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P — Perilous to Perverse (Part 10 of 10)

Peruvian bark. Cinchona, Jesuit’s bark, Cinchona bark.

Pervade, v. a.

    1. Permeate, penetrate, pass through.
    2. Overspread, fill, run through, be diffused through, be disseminated through, extend through, affect entirely.

Perverse, a.

    1. Distorted (from the right), bad, perverted.
    2. Obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untrastable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, ungovernable, froward, pervicacious.
    3. Cross, petulant, peevish, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill-tempered, ill-natured, spleeny, spiteful.
    4. Untoward, vexatious, troublesome, inconvenient.