Pie+Pio+and+Plac+Plea-Period+5

Pie, Pio, Plac & Plea

**Pio: religious**  __ Impious __ __:__ (adjective)not showing respect or reverence.  The student was fearful of seeming __ impious __ when he disagreed with the teacher.  __ Espionage __ : (noun) the practice of spying or using spies  Large agencies often turned their skills toward economic __ espionage. __

** Pie: Religious **  __ Piety __ (noun): stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.  Christians involved in their church partake in acts of __ piety __ and charity.

** Plac: calm, to please ** <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;"> __ Placate __ <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">: (verb) make someone less angry or hostile <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">The children tried to __ placate __ <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">their mother by washing the dishes. <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">__Placebo:__ (noun) a harmless pill <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">The women taking the __ placebo __ <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">did not get the same results as the woman taking the real medicine.

** Plea: appeal ** <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.1667px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">__Plead:__ (verb) to make an emotional request <span style="color: #94c600; display: block; font-family: 'Wingdings 2'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">The defendant __ pleaded __ <span style="color: #3e3d2d; display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">not guilty.