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Emoji
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#6450
👀
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perceptive
/pərˈsɛptɪv/
adjective
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Having or showing keen insight, understanding, or awareness.
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She is very perceptive and quickly notices when something is wrong. |
a perceptive eye |
an ability to notice and understand things quickly and accurately
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insightful, observant, discerning, sharp, intuitive
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unaware, oblivious, ignorant
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perceptive mind, perceptive analysis, perceptive observation, highly perceptive
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#6451
💔
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perfidy
/ˈpɜrfɪdi/
noun
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the act of betrayal or deceit; treachery
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The politician's perfidy shocked even his closest supporters. |
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treachery, betrayal, disloyalty, deceit, duplicity
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loyalty, faithfulness, honesty
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act of perfidy, political perfidy, perfidy and betrayal
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#6452
🕵️
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perfidious
/pərˈfɪdiəs/
adjective
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deceitful and untrustworthy
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The spy was executed for his perfidious actions. |
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treacherous, deceitful, disloyal, unfaithful, duplicitous
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loyal, faithful, trustworthy
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perfidious act, perfidious betrayal, perfidious nature
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#6453
🔥
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perfervid
/pərˈfɜrvɪd/
adjective
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intensely passionate or fervent
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She gave a perfervid speech in defense of human rights. |
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fervent, passionate, ardent, zealous, intense
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apathetic, indifferent, unemotional
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perfervid speech, perfervid enthusiasm, perfervid devotion
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#6454
✨
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perfectible
/pərˈfɛktəbl/
adjective
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capable of being made perfect or improved
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Human nature is imperfect but perfectible. |
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improvable, correctable, amendable, fixable
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irredeemable, hopeless
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perfectible nature, perfectible system, perfectible design
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#6455
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perennial
/pəˈrɛniəl/
adjective
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lasting or existing for a long time, or recurring continually
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Climate change is a perennial concern for scientists. |
perennial favorite |
something that is always liked or chosen over time
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everlasting, enduring, persistent, continual, constant
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temporary, short-lived, fleeting
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perennial problem, perennial plant, perennial issue, perennial concern
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#6456
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peremptory
/pəˈrɛmptəri/
adjective
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Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a commanding way.
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The officer gave a peremptory order to evacuate the building. |
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authoritative, commanding, dictatorial, decisive, imperious
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submissive, hesitant, weak
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peremptory order, peremptory tone, peremptory command
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#6457
🧳
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peregrination
/ˌpɛrəɡrɪˈneɪʃən/
noun
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A long journey or wandering, especially on foot.
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Their peregrination across Asia lasted two years. |
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journey, travel, wandering, expedition, roaming
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stay, residence
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long peregrination, peregrination across, peregrination of
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#6458
🌍
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peregrinate
/ˈpɛrəɡrɪˌneɪt/
verb
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peregrinated
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peregrinated
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peregrinates
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peregrinating
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To travel or wander from place to place.
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He loved to peregrinate across the countryside during summer. |
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wander, roam, travel, journey, explore
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settle, stay
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peregrinate the world, peregrinate through, peregrinate across
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#6459
🔥
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perdition
/pərˈdɪʃən/
noun
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A state of eternal spiritual ruin, often referring to hell or damnation.
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The preacher warned that greed would lead to perdition. |
go to perdition |
to be damned or ruined eternally
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hell, damnation, ruin, destruction, doom
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salvation, redemption
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eternal perdition, lead to perdition, fall into perdition
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#6460
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percussion
/pərˈkʌʃən/
noun
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Musical instruments that are played by striking, shaking, or scraping, such as drums or cymbals.
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The percussion section added rhythm and energy to the orchestra. |
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drumming, rhythm, beat, striking, tapping
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silence, stillness
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percussion instruments, percussion ensemble, percussion music, percussion section
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#6461
☕
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percolator
/ˈpɜːrkəleɪtər/
noun
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A device used for brewing coffee by continually cycling boiling water through coffee grounds.
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She made a fresh pot of coffee using the percolator. |
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coffee maker, brewer, coffeepot
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kettle
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coffee percolator, electric percolator, old-fashioned percolator
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#6462
💧
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percolate
/ˈpɜːrkəleɪt/
verb
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percolated
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percolates
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percolating
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To filter gradually through a porous surface or substance; to spread slowly.
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The rainwater percolated through the soil into the groundwater. |
percolate through |
to gradually pass or spread through something
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filter, seep, trickle, infiltrate, penetrate
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block, stop, clog
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percolate through, percolate slowly, percolate coffee
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#6463
🔎
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percipient
/pərˈsɪpiənt/
adjective
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Having good understanding or insight; able to perceive things clearly.
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As a percipient critic, she recognized the deeper meaning of the play. |
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perceptive, observant, discerning, insightful
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unaware, oblivious
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percipient observer, percipient analysis, percipient view
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#6464
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percipience
/pərˈsɪpiəns/
noun
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The ability to perceive, understand, or notice things quickly.
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His percipience in reading people made him a great negotiator. |
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insight, perception, awareness, discernment
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ignorance, blindness
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keen percipience, show percipience, remarkable percipience
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#6465
⭐
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pentagram
/ˈpɛntəˌɡræm/
noun
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A five-pointed star often used as a symbol in magic, mysticism, or religion.
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The wizard drew a pentagram on the floor as part of the ritual. |
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five-pointed star, star symbol, occult star, magical star, mystic star
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circle, square, triangle
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draw a pentagram, magical pentagram, inverted pentagram, protective pentagram
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#6466
🧠
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perception
/pərˈsɛpʃən/
noun
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The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something; an interpretation of sensory information.
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Public perception of the issue has changed over time. |
change perception |
To alter the way people view or interpret something
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awareness, understanding, recognition, insight, cognition
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ignorance, misunderstanding
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public perception, perception of reality, perception gap
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#6467
🔎
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perceptible
/pərˈsɛptəbl̩/
adjective
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Able to be noticed or recognized by the senses or the mind.
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There was a perceptible change in the atmosphere. |
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noticeable, detectable, discernible, observable
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imperceptible, invisible, unnoticeable
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perceptible change, perceptible difference, barely perceptible
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#6468
👀
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perceive
/pərˈsiːv/
verb
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perceived
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perceived
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perceives
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perceiving
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To become aware of or recognize something through the senses or the mind.
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She perceived a change in his tone of voice. |
perceive as |
To regard or interpret something in a particular way
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notice, detect, observe, discern, sense
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ignore, overlook, miss
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perceive as, perceive reality, perceive threat, perceive difference
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#6469
🚶
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perambulate
/pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪt/
verb
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perambulated
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perambulated
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perambulates
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perambulating
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To walk through or travel around, especially for leisure.
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They perambulated the old town, enjoying the sights. |
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stroll, wander, roam, saunter, amble
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run, sprint, rush
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perambulate the city, perambulate the park, leisurely perambulate
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#6470
🎯
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per se
/pɜːr ˈseɪ/
adverb
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By or in itself; intrinsically.
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The idea is not bad per se, but it needs improvement. |
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intrinsically, inherently, essentially, fundamentally
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extrinsically, externally
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not per se, per se rule, per se illegal, per se valid
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#6471
👷
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peon
/ˈpiːɒn/
noun
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a low-ranking worker, often performing menial tasks
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The office peon delivered the files to each department. |
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servant, worker, helper, attendant, subordinate
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boss, master, superior
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office peon, loyal peon, school peon, menial peon
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#6472
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penury
/ˈpɛnjʊri/
noun
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extreme poverty or destitution
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He grew up in penury but became successful later in life. |
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poverty, destitution, deprivation, need, hardship
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wealth, prosperity, affluence
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live in penury, escape penury, extreme penury, penury-stricken
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#6473
💸
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penurious
/pəˈnjʊəriəs/
adjective
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extremely poor; poverty-stricken; miserly
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The penurious family struggled to buy food. |
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poor, impoverished, destitute, needy, stingy
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rich, wealthy, affluent
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penurious state, penurious family, penurious lifestyle, penurious conditions
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#6474
🌑
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penumbra
/pəˈnʌmbrə/
noun
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a partially shaded area around the shadow of an object, especially during an eclipse
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The moon’s penumbra created a dim shadow over the Earth. |
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shadow, shade, gloom, obscurity, twilight
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light, brightness, clarity
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lunar penumbra, solar penumbra, penumbra region, penumbra shadow
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#6475
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penultimate
/pəˈnʌltɪmət/
adjective
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second to the last in a sequence or series
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She finished the penultimate chapter before going to sleep. |
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second-to-last, next-to-last, preceding, prior, before-last
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last, final
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penultimate chapter, penultimate round, penultimate episode, penultimate day
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#6476
⚛️
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pentavalent
/ˌpɛntəˈveɪlənt/
adjective
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Having a valence of five, especially in chemistry.
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Phosphorus can exist in a pentavalent state. |
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five-valent, chemical valence, pentatomic, quinquivalent
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univalent, divalent, trivalent
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pentavalent compound, pentavalent state, pentavalent element
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#6477
🏅
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pentathlon
/pɛnˈtæθlɒn/
noun
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An athletic contest featuring five different events.
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She trained hard to compete in the modern pentathlon. |
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athletic contest, sports competition, multi-event, decathlon (related)
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single race, individual event
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modern pentathlon, Olympic pentathlon, compete in pentathlon
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#6478
📖
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pentameter
/pɛnˈtæmɪtər/
noun
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A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
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Shakespeare often wrote his plays in iambic pentameter. |
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verse line, poetic meter, iambic line, rhythm line
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prose, free verse
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iambic pentameter, write in pentameter, lines of pentameter
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#6479
📐
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pentahedron
/ˌpɛntəˈhiːdrən/
noun
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A solid geometric figure with five faces.
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In geometry class, the teacher explained the structure of a pentahedron. |
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five-faced solid, polyhedron, geometric figure, 3D shape
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cube, sphere
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regular pentahedron, geometric pentahedron, study pentahedron
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