261-180 Flashcards

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Pedestrian

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Boring, regular

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Peevish

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Perversely stubborn

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Pejorative

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Having a negative connotation

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Pernicious

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Deadly, noxious

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Pertinacious

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Unyielding, stubbornly holding onto a belief

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Peruse

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to examine with great detail

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Pervade

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To spread throughout

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Philistine

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Smug and ignorant With animosity toward art and culture

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Picayune

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Of little value or importance

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Pique

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To arouse anger or resentment

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Ossify

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To change into bone, to make rigid

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Ostracism

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Banishment by concensus

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Palliate

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to relieve or moderate the intensity of

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Palltry

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Small, meager

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Paradox

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seemingly contradictory

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Parochial

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Holding a narrow, restricted point of view

17
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Parody

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To imitate for comic relief

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Patent

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Obvioius

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Patrician

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Person of noble birth

20
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Opulent

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Luxurious