6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 65

Word Type Used in a Sentence Synonym
peal verb The bells will peal out their song. ringing with a set of changes
peninsula noun We visited the Olympic peninsula. land projected into water connected by an isthmus
pension noun I depend on my pension for money. retirement benefit
perilous adj. They set out on a perilous journey. full of peril, dangerous
perplex verb That problem can perplex anybody. confuse or trouble
persecute verb The government sometimes will persecute unjustly. oppress or harass
pest noun He made a pest of himself. an annoying person, a nuisance
petal noun The flower had five petals. part of a flower
petticoat noun She wore a pink petticoat. woman's slip or underskirt
phantom noun He came and went like a phantom. apparently seen or heard but not real