SAT Vocab Set 10

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms (323-358) from the lecture notes, each with concise definitions for exam review.

partisan

someone with biased beliefs

patronize

to financially support, be condescending towards

paucity

scarcity

pedant, pedantic, pedantry

a person who makes a great show of his knowledge

peevish

unpleasant

penchant

preference

penurious

cheap or stingy

peremptory

bossy, decisive

perfunctory

done routinely with little interest or care

peripheral

outermost, secondary

perquisite

additional payments, bonus

petulant

irritable

philanthropist, philanthropic

someone who supports charity

piety, pious

religious devotion

placate

calm someone down

placid

calm

plasticity

malleability, the ability to be shaped or molded

plausible, plausibility

likely true

plethora, plethoric

surplus

pliable, pliant

easily shaped or influenced

polemical

controversial

prattle

babble

precarious

dangerous, unstable

precipitate

outcome

preclude

prevent

precocious

early development in maturity and intelligence

presumptuous

too bold, arrogant

pretext

a misleading claim or appearance

prevaricator

liar

procure

get or provide

prodigious

huge

profound , profundity

intense, significant

profuse, profusion

plentiful

prohibitive, prohibition

restrictive

proliferate, proliferation

grow, increase

prolific

fertile, fruitful