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Often, perpendicular to. at right angles (to), at 90 degrees
(to): The two paths are perpendicular to one another.
perpetrate
v. commit, execute, perform, carry out or through, effect,
effectuate, accomplish, do, be responsible for, practise, Colloq
pull (off): Atrocities were perpetrated on both sides in the
war.
perpetual adj. 1 eternal, infinite, everlasting, never-ending, unending,
perennial, ageless, timeless, long-lived, permanent, unceasing,
lasting, enduring, unvarying, unchanging, immutable, invariable,
undeviating, Literary sempiternal: They declared their
perpetual love for each other. 2 constant, uninterrupted,
continuous, unfailing, incessant, persistent, unremitting,
unending, non-stop, endless, recurrent, continual, repetitive:
Why should we have to listen to the neighbours' perpetual
bickering?
perpetuate
v. continue, maintain, extend, keep (on or up), keep going,
preserve, memorialize, immortalize, eternalize: Thoughtless
jokes can perpetuate damaging stereotypes.
perpetuity
n. permanence, constancy, timelessness; eternity: The estate
was bequeathed to the townspeople in perpetuity.
perplex v. confuse, bewilder, puzzle, mystify, distract, baffle,
befuddle, confound, muddle, disconcert, stump, nonplus, stymie,
stupefy, stun, daze, dumbfound or dumfound, flabbergast, Colloq
bamboozle, hornswoggle, Chiefly US and Canadian discombobulate,
throw for a loop: The more I tried to understand bathymetric
semiotics, the more perplexed I became. Anne-Marie's reticence
perplexed us all.
perplexing
adj. confusing, bewildering, puzzling, mystifying, baffling,
confounding, disconcerting, stupefying, flabbergasting,
enigmatic, paradoxical, incomprehensible, unfathomable,
impenetrable, recondite, arcane, labyrinthine, complex,
complicated, Byzantine, intricate, involved, convoluted,
twisted, knotty, Gordian: The writing is filled with perplexing