peremptory
— Adjective
– English
～ offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
peremptory
— Adjective
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～ not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands"
perennial
— Adjective
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～ recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
perennial
— Adjective
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～ lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
perennial
— Adjective
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～ lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
perfect
— Adjective
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～ being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
perfect
— Adjective
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～ precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
perfect
— Adjective
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～ without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
perfected
— Adjective
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～ (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed; "a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style"
perfectible
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of becoming or being made perfect
perfervid
— Adjective
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～ characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
perfidious
— Adjective
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～ tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
perfoliate
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
perforate
— Adjective
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～ having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
perforated
— Adjective
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～ having a number or series of holes; "a perforated steel plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp"
perforated
— Adjective
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～ having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
perfumed
— Adjective
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～ filled or impregnated with perfume; "perfumed boudoir"; "perfumed stationery"; "scented soap"
perfumed
— Adjective
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～ having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
perfunctory
— Adjective
– English
～ done or produced as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
perfunctory
— Adjective
– English
～ hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"