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waiting for the vole to appear from its burrow.
percolate v. seep, steep, transfuse, leach, drip, drain, strain, filter,
pervade, infuse, ooze, transude, filtrate, trickle, permeate,
suffuse, penetrate: The earth is too hard for the rainwater to
percolate to the roots below. It slowly percolated through to me
that Clare had told the police where I was hiding.
perdition n. damnation, hell, hell-fire, doom, ruin, condemnation,
destruction, ruination, downfall: If what divines call lust be
punished with perdition, who is pure?
peremptory
adj. 1 commanding, imperative, compelling, obligatory,
mandatory, irrefutable, incontrovertible, decretal: After the
sound of marching came a peremptory knock at the door. 2
decisive, final, preclusive, arbitrary, categorical,
unequivocal, dogmatic, unconditional, unreserved, flat,
out-and-out, outright, unqualified, unmitigated: The juror was
subject to peremptory dismissal because he was the defendant's
cousin. 3 imperious, authoritative, tyrannical, despotic,
dictatorial, autocratic, emphatic, positive, firm, insistent,
Colloq bossy: How dare you take such a peremptory tone when
speaking to your father!
perennial adj. 1 durable, lasting, continuing, enduring, constant,
stable, lifelong, persistent, incessant, uninterrupted,
continual, continuous, chronic: Once we expected our rivers to
yield a perennial supply of fresh water. Bing Crosby has been a
perennial favourite since the 1930s. 2 permanent, unfailing,
never-failing, endless, unending, ceaseless, unceasing,
imperishable, undying, perpetual, everlasting, timeless,
eternal, immortal, Literary sempiternal: The artificial flowers
at her grave symbolize Ingrid's perennial youth.
perfect adj. 1 complete, absolute, finished, (fully) realized,
fulfilled, consummate, pure, entire, whole, perfected, best,
ideal: Many have called the building a perfect example of the
Palladian style. 2 sublime, ideal, superb, supreme, superlative,
best, flawless, faultless, pre-eminent, excellent, exquisite,
unexcelled, unrivalled, unequalled, unmatched, matchless,
incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, inimitable: At her throat
she wore the most perfect emerald I had ever seen. 3 blameless,