permute
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～ change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
perorate
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～ conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
perorate
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～ deliver an oration in grandiloquent style
peroxide
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～ bleach with peroxide; "She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond"
perpetrate
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～ perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
perpetuate
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～ cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
perplex
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～ be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
perplex
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～ make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
persecute
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～ cause to suffer; "Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries"
perseverate
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～ psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated"
persevere
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～ be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
persist in
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～ do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
persist
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～ continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
persist
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～ be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
persist
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～ stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
personalise
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～ make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
personalize
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～ make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
personate
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～ pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
personate
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～ attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
personify
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～ represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"