commit; perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
They were caught perpetrating the crime at midnight.
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enduring; lasting three seasons or more
having extremely high standards; a feeling that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
treacherous; tending to betray
inattentive; hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
outside; on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
lying while under oath; criminal offense of making false statements under oath
possible to fill or pass through; allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
extremely harmful