271 Oppression suppression, bliss, blissfulness, The people reacted

subjection, ecstasy, elatedness, against the oppression

prolonged cruel subjugation, elation, euphoria, of the government by
or unjust enslavement, exhilaration, holding a
treatment or exploitation, exuberance, demonstration.
exercise of cruelty, exultation, felicity,
authority. ruthlessness, gladness
harshness, brutality
272 Paltry cheap, admirable, She made some paltry
contemptible, commendable, excuse and left.
very small or cruddy, deplorable, creditable,
meagre despicable, dirty, laudable,
grubby, lame, meritorious,
lousy, mean, nasty, praiseworthy
pitiable, pitiful
273 Peril danger, Security, safety, The refugees were in
hazard, certainty. peril of death from
serious and imminence, hunger.
immediate menace,
danger. pitfall, risk,
threat, trouble
274 Prolixity long-windedness, conciseness, It will probably make
pleonasm, briefness, misunderstanding, and
unduly prolonged verbiage, condensation, make the version
or drawn out wordiness, crispness, prolixity.
diffusion, concision,
redundancy, directness
verbosity
275 Persuasion coaxing, ineffective, We hope your
persuading, disinterest persuasion will wear
convincing others coercion, down his opposition.
to change their inducement,
point of view convincing,
blandishment
encouragement,
urging, prompting
276 Pernicious adverse, bad, anodyne, benign, Pollution of the water
baleful, baneful, harmless, innocent, supply reached a level
having a harmful damaging, innocuous, pernicious to the
effect, dangerous, inoffensive, safe health of the
especially in a deleterious, population.
gradual or subtle detrimental,
way. evil
277 Pilgrimage journey, jaunt, stay, rest, They set out for a
peregrinate, abide pilgrimage to Rome.
a journey of a tour, travel,
pilgrim trek, trip,
especially: one to voyage
a shrine or a
sacred place.