SAT Vocab petulant-poignant

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platitude

a dull or tribute remark; a cliché

philistine

a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

plethora

an excess

plebeian

common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois

pivotal

crucial

plaintive

expressing sadness or sorrow

philanthropy

love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

placate

to pacify; to appease; to soothe

poignant

painfully emotional; extremely moving; shape or astute.

pious

reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout; hypocritical

Petulant

rude; cranky; ill-tempered


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