Vocabulary English-English With P Part 2
Penance (noun)
act of self-punishment as reparation for guilt, sins, etc.
- As penance for their sins, some religions require their members to engage in certain embarrassing rituals before they can receive forgiveness.
Peninsula (noun)
a piece of land jutting out into the water and connected with a larger body of land with an isthmus
- Jamestown, Virginia, founded during the latter half of the seventeenth century, was built on a peninsula.
Peppered (verb)
to direct a concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows
- The military outpost was peppered with machine gun fire continuously for three hours.
Percentage (noun)
rate or proportion percent
- Binet discovered that the percentage of subnormal children stayed about the same if he took the ratio between the child’s "mental age" and "chronological age" instead of the difference between the two.
Perception (noun)
the condition of being aware; that which exists in the mind as the product of careful mental activity
- The cognition and perception program represents a very diverse group of faculty and students with research interests in all areas of cognitive science, including sensation, perception, motor performance, attention, memory, learning, and decision making.
Perch (adjective)
a resting place or vantage point; a roost for a bird
- When feeding in a field, crows usually post a sentinel on a lofty perch to sound a warning if any danger should approach.
Peril (noun)
exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost
- With the falloff in old-style agriculture, the region's remarkably diverse plant community, including many rare wildflower species, is also in peril.
Peripheral (adjective)
of minor importance; marginal
- Cervantes's book was read as a parody of novels of chivalry until the Romantics revealed its true importance as a novel. Part one interpolates peripheral episodes into the main plot.
Perish (verb) to cease living
- At least 80 and perhaps hundreds of people perished in the deadliest historical eruption to occur in what is now Hawaii.
Permeate (verb)
to diffuse through or penetrate something
- Hot, humid weather permeated the East on Thursday, and many areas of the central United States received rain.
Perpendicular to (adjective)
at right angles to the horizon or to level ground
- Since lift always occurs perpendicular to the surface of the wing, the lift acts at an angle and the plane turns accordingly.
Persecution (noun)
very painful punishment
- Some people with mental disorders have a tendency toward self-persecution, self- sabotage, and even violence.
Persistent (adjective)
insistently continuous; of long duration
- After persistent rumors of a deep underground lake somewhere in a cave in East Tennessee, a large body of water now named the Lost Sea was discovered in 1905.
Persnickety (adjective)
fussy about small details: fastidious
- Some common complaints about usage strike me as too persnickety, but I'm just discussing mistakes in English that happen to bother me.
Personalize (verb)
to make personal, which is characterized by a close and thorough acquaintance
- To personalize a business relationship can be effective in many cultures.
Perspective (noun)
that which is or can be seen; mental view of the relative importance of things
- Although few occupations include "sociologist" in their title at the bachelor's level, the sociological perspective is excellent preparation for a wide variety of occupations.
Pervasive (adjective)
widespread; occurring quite often
- Over one half million people in the U.S. today have autism or some form of pervasive developmental disorder.
Pest (noun)
something resembling a pest in destructiveness; especially: a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns (as agriculture or livestock production)
- "Disgusting," "dirty," and "pest" are just some of the words we associate with the very unpopular insect, the cockroach.
Phenomenal (adjective)
so remarkable as to elicit disbelief
- Few in the music world were prepared for the phenomenal success in 1983 of Michael Jackson's Thriller produced by Quincy Jones.
Phobia (noun)
having a fear of something
- People who have a lot of phobias will also be characterized as having unusually high stress levels.
Phony (adjective)
unreal, fake, pretend
- Multiple Personality Disorder was being thrown into disrepute by many people giving phony demonstrations of alter switching during television talk shows.
Phrase (noun)
to convey in language or words of a particular form
- It would seem socially unacceptable utter the following phrase to a co-worker: “You are ugly?”
Physiologist (noun)
one who studies the functions of the living organisms and their living parts
- The first studies done with classical conditioning were performed by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist.
Pier (noun)
a structure extending into navigable water for use as a landing place or promenade or to protect or form a harbor
- Seaweeds, or algae, some of which attach themselves to stationary objects such as rocks or piers by the suction of organs called holdfasts, do not have roots like higher land plants.
Pigment (noun)
something that imparts color
- Many types of seaweed and other plants that do not appear to be green also have chlorophyll and therefore can convert the sun's energy into food. In these plants, the greenness is hidden by other pigments.
Pilgrimage (noun)
a journey to a shrine or sacred place
- Dr. Martin Luther King emphasized the goal of black voting rights when he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial during the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.
Pinpoint (verb)
to look for and discover; to establish the identification of
- In cores from Antarctica and Greenland, researchers have pinpointed the beginning of atomic bomb testing in the mid 1950s.
Pipeline (noun)
a line of pipe with pumps, valves, and control devices for conveying liquids, gases, or solids Diamonds were formed under extreme heat and pressure at our Earth's core.
- They traveled to the surface through volcanic pipelines known as kimberlitic during the Earth's formation.
Pivotal (adjective)
vitally important, crucial
- The difference is that these kids were already playing a pivotal role in the shaping of that culture, being the first generation to grow up with a Life on the Internet.
Placebo (noun)
an inert or harmless substance used especially in the controlled experiments testing the effectiveness of another substance
- The research compared results of the crushed-body treatment with the results of immunotherapy that used insect venom and also the results of a placebo.
Plug (verb)
to make unsuitable for passage or progress by obstruction
- Acne starts when greasy secretions from the skin's sebaceous glands plug the tiny openings for hair follicles.
Plausible (adjective)
worthy of being believed
- Believing that he had a plausible alibi the day his wife was murdered, investigators let the suspect go home with no charges being filed.
Playwright (noun)
a person who writes plays
- William Shakespeare, famous for the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet,” was one of the greatest playwrights to ever exist.
Plume (noun)
an open and mobile column of smoke, exhaust gases, or blowing snow
- Great plumes of smoke were seen in the horizon.
Poach (verb)
to take game or fish by illegal methods
- Chinese folk medicines utilize almost every part of the tiger's body, leading to widespread poaching of these animals.
Pocketbook (noun)
financial resources: income
- Our recommendations will help you build a system that fits both your needs and your pocketbook.
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