Vocab 321- 360

comp.

Peon

someone unimportant

Perish

to die, to end

philosophical

advancement of knowledge

pilfer

to steal a small amounts

polyglot

a speaker of many languages

portside

the left side of a vehicle

preen

grooming

premise

fact upon an argument is made

privy

to have access to something that most dont

proclivity

a natural captivity for something

prognosticate

to predict the future

proletarian

working class

propitious

something looks like it will be successful or good

provender

food for livestock

proxy

substitute

prude

someone who is excessively moralistic

puissant

powerful, mighty

pulchritude

physical beauty

pyre

pile of wood for burning a dead body

quackery

questionable medicine

quaff

to drink in one go

quagmire

a swamp; a difficult situation

quarantine

isolation to prevent the spread of disease

raiment

outerwear

Rationalism

A belief in a an orderly universe

ravage

to destroy, break

refectory

dining hall, a place you go to eat

reflect

return something to its origin

refract

bounce of to a new direction

rejoinder

a formal response

repartee

snappy or cleaver comeback

retch

to vomit

revelry

The sounds exited people make

rhetoric

the art and science of getting people to agree with you

rile

to make someone angry, or irritated.

ruse

trick, scam or deceive

salient

prominent feature

sanguine

someone who is cheerful to the point of being naive

sapience

wisdom and self awareness

savant

person with knowledge in a particular field