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Word Smart 19
Patent - Peruse
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English
10th Grade
02/28/2008

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Term
Patent
Definition
Obvious
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Paternal
Definition
Fatherly, fatherlike
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Pathology
Definition
The science of diseases
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Patriarch
Definition
The male head of the family or tribe
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Patrician
Definition
A person of noble birth; an aristocrat
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Patronize
Definition
To treat as an inferior
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Paucity
Definition
Scarcity
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Peccadillo
Definition
A minor offense
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Pedantic
Definition
Boringly scholarly or academic
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Pedestrian
Definition
Unimaginative; banal (unoriginal, ordinary)
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Pejorative
Definition
Negative, disparaging
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Penchant
Definition
A strong taste for liking something; a predilection
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Penitent
Definition
Sorry; repentant; contrite
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Pensive
Definition
Thoughtful and sad
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Peremptory
Definition
Final, categorial, dictatorial
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Perennial
Definition
Continual, happening again and again or year after year
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Perfidy
Definition
Treachery
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Perfunctory
Definition
Unenthusiastic, careless
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Peripatetic
Definition
Wandering, traveling continually, itinerant
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Periphery
Definition
The outside edge of something
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Perjury
Definition
Lying under oath
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Permeate
Definition
To spread or seep through; to penetrate
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Pernicious
Definition
Deadly, extremely evil
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Perquisite
Definition
A privilege that goes along with a job; a "perk"
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Pertinent
Definition
Relevant, dealing with the matter at hand
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Perturb
Definition
To disturb greatly
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Peruse
Definition
To read carefully
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Root - Pas/pat/path
Definition
Feeling, suffering, disease - Apathy, sympathy, passionate, compatible
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Root - Pater/patr
Definition
Father, support - Patron, patronize, paternal
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Root - Ped/pod
Definition
Foot - Pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, podiatrist
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Root - Pen/pun
Definition
To pay, to compensate - Penal, penalty, repent
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Root - Per
Definition
Completely, wrong - Persistent, perspire, peruse, perennial
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Root - Peri
Definition
Around - Peripheral, perimeter
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