Vocabulary and Synonyms

(1) Optimist = the one who looks on the bright side of things (2) Optician = the one who is skilled in matters of eyesight (3) Optometer = an instrument for sight testing (4) Pessimist = the one who looks on the dark side of things

(1) Anarchy = a state of lawlessness (2) Aquatic = living or sporting (playing) in or on water  (3) Atheist = the one who does not believe in God (4) Amateur = the one who does something for pleasure and not as a profession

(1) Postmark = the mark stamped upon a letter to deface that date, etc. (2) Postmortem = medical examination of a dead body (3) Postbag = a bag in which letters, etc. are kept (4) Postday = the day on which letters are posted or received

Pillage means to rob a place using violence, especially in wartime. Plunder is a direct synonym.

A parvenu is a person of humble origins who has gained wealth or influence and is often viewed as ostentatious or pretentious.

Pathetic describes something or someone that arouses pity or sadness. Pitiful is a direct synonym.

Patrician refers to a person of noble or high social rank. Noble is the correct synonym.

Peculate means to embezzle or steal money that one has been entrusted with. Embezzle is the exact synonym.

Pell-mell describes something done in a rushed, confused, or disorderly manner. Chaotic is the correct synonym.

A penumbra is the partially shaded outer region of a shadow cast by an opaque object. Partial shadow is the correct definition.

Permeate means to spread throughout something or to pass through it. Penetrate is the correct synonym.

Perversion refers to the alteration of something from its original course or meaning to a distortion of what is right or good. Wickedness is the closest synonym among the choices.