261-280 Flashcards
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Pique
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To arouse anger or resentment, irritate, provoke
2
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Opulent
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Luxurious
3
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Patent
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Obvious
4
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Pertinacious
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Unyielding
Stubbornly holding to some belief
7
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Patrician
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Person of Nobel birth
An aristocrat
8
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Paltry
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Small, trivial, meager, insignificant
10
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Parochial
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Holding a narrow or restricted point of view, often selfish or prejudiced
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Pedestrian
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Plain, boring, banal
13
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Parody
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A work that imitates for comic effect or ridicule
14
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Peevish
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Perversely stubborn
Characterized by ill temper or moodiness
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Pejorative
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Having a negative connotation
Disparaging, belittling
16
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Peruse
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To examine with great detail, read through something very carefully
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Pervade
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To spread through out
18
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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
Petty, small- minded piety
