Statistics for P Vocabulary Words Quiz #2

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Definition	Word	% Correct
Widespread outbreak of disease	Pandemic	88%
To hunt illegally	Poach	88%
Church bench	Pew	86%
Car part that moves up and down within a cylinder	Piston	69%
Order of mammals that includes monkeys and apes	Primate	63%
Baby carriage	Pram	62%
False name	Pseudonym	62%
Next-to-last	Penultimate	59%
Playful fairy or elf-like creature	Pixie	55%
Roof of the mouth	Palate	54%
Central European dance music that often features an accordion	Polka	54%
Person who kills his father	Patricide	52%
Food item that spoils quickly	Perishable	51%
Short story that teaches a lesson via analogy	Parable	45%
Statement that can only be true if it is false, and vice-versa	Paradox	44%
To pigs as bovine is to cows	Porcine	43%
Heathen	Pagan	40%
Sub-division of a kingdom (in taxonomy)	Phylum	40%
Boxer	Pugilist	40%
Fireworks	Pyrotechnics	38%
Type of knitting stitch	Purl	35%
Self-imposed punishment to atone for a sin	Penance	28%
Voilà; ta-da	Presto	25%
To womanize (especially if married)	Philander	22%