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comprehensive; overall
overarching
The community’s ———– needs are more jobs and better housing.
overarching
, a competition
pageant
a beauty———–
pageant
a unnecessary and time-consuming work
palaver
The artist said that applying for the grant was exciting except for the———- of filling in so many forms.
palaver
a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but will reduce the pain
palliative
When they knew the patient was not going to get better, the——– care team did everything they could to keep him comfortable.
palliative
A large, yellow-skinned tropical fruit.
papaya
We like to eat————- as a dessert.
papaya
a short, simple story that teaches or explains an idea, especially a moral or religious idea
parable
My father told me the————– of the boy who cried wolf.
parable
A doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.
paradoctor
When a canoeist suffered a severe injury in an isolated area, a————- came to treat him before having him airlifted to a hospital.
paradoctor
A bank of earth behind a trench
parados
The———– will act to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.
parados
the oldest and powerful man of a family
patriarch
In the movie, Williams plays the part of the family————.
patriarch
syn: lack (of)
paucity
There is a———– of information on the ingredients of many food product.
paucity
a small stalk that supports a fruiting or flowering organ
pedicel
Each small flower on the lily is attached to the main stalk by a ———-
pedicel
