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Penury

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N. Severe poverty
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[pen·u·ry || ‘penjərɪ /-jʊr-]
poverty, indigence; stinginess, miserliness

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Penchant

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N. Strong inclination تمايل, liking
Dave has a penchant for taking risks.
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[pen·chant || 'pɒ̃ːŋʃɒ̃ːŋ] 
liking, affinity; attraction
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Perennial

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N. Something long-lasting
These plants are hardy (strong) perennials and will bloom for many years.
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[per·en·ni·al || pə'renɪəl] 
lasting throughout the whole year; continuing for many years; perpetual, everlasting 
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[per·en·ni·al || pə'renɪəl] 
something that continues for many years
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Perfidious

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Adj. treacherous, disloyal

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Pervasive

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Adj. spread throughout
Despite airing them for several hours, she could not rid her clothes of the pervasive odor بوof mothballs نفتالينthat clung چسبيدهcling to them.
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[per’va·sive || pər’veɪsɪv /pə-]
penetrating, infiltrating; spreading, extending; permeating, suffusing

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, not easily disturbed
The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person, unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.
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[phleg·mat·ic || fleg’mætɪk]
slow, sluggish; passive, indifferent, apathetic

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Piety

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Pietyn. Devoutness دينداري, reverence for god.
Living her life in prayer and good works, mother teresa exemplified the true spirit of piety. Pious, adj
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[pi·e·ty || ‘paɪətɪ]
devoutness, orthodoxy; religiousness, piousness

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Plasticity

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N. Ability to be molded

When clay dries out, it loses its plasticity and becomes less malleable.

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Platitude

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N. Trite remark, commonplace سطحي و كليشه اي statement
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[plat·i·tude || ‘plætɪtuːd /-tjuːd]
superficiality, state of being commonplace, banality; trite saying, cliche, dull remark

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Porous

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Adj. full of pores سوراخ خلل, like a sieve الك
Dancers like to wear porous clothing because it allows the ready passage of water and air.

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[po·rous || ‘pɔːrəs]
full of pores, poriferous, having tiny holes

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Precarious

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Adj. uncertain, risky
Saying the stock was currently overpriced and would be a precarious investment, the broker advised her client against purchasing it.
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[pre·car·i·ous || prɪ’kerɪəs /-‘keər-]
dangerous, risky; unsteady, unstable; uncertain, unsure; lacking a foundation, lacking a solid base

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Precipitate

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Adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden, lacking delibration
Though I was angry enough to resign on the spot, I had enough sense to keep myself from quitting a job in such a precipitate fashion.

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Precursor

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N. Forerunner
Though gray and burns share many traits خصيصه with the romantic poets who followed them, most critics considr them precursors of the romantic movement, not true romantics.
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[pre·cur·sor || ‚prɪ’kɜrsə(r) /-‘kɜːs-]
precedent, antecedent; predecessor (in a job or position); herald or harbinger; announcer, crier

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Presumptuous

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Adj. arrogant گستاخ, taking liberties آزادي
It seems presumptuous for one so relatively new to the field to challenge the conclusions of its leading experts. Presumption n

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[pre’sump·tu·ous || prɪ’zʌmptʃʊəs]
arrogant, haughty, conceited; forward, bold, immodest

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Probity

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N. Uprightness, incorruptibility
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[prob·i·ty || ‘prəʊbətɪ]
honesty, integrity, truthfulness; fairness, uprightness, decency

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Problematic

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Adj. doubtful, unsettled, questionable
Given the way building costs have exceeded estimates for the job, whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.
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[prob·lem·at·ic || ‚prɑblə’mætɪk(l) /‚prɒ-]
troublesome, presenting a problem, presenting a difficulty

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Profound

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Adj. deep, not superficial, complete
Freud's remarkable insight into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honor him as a profound thinker.
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[pro·found || prə'faʊnd] 
of great depth, fathomless; deep, not superficial; intense, extreme; serious, sober 
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[pro·found || prə'faʊnd] 
deep sea, ocean
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Prohibitive

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Adj. Tending to prevent the purchase or use of something, inclined to prevent or forbid
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[pro’hib·i·tive || prəʊ’hɪbətɪv /prə’hɪbɪ-]
forbidding, disallowing, enjoining; preventing, hindering, preclusive

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Prologue

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N. Introduction (to a poem or play)

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Prominent

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Adj, conspicuous, notable, برجسته
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[‘prom·i·nent || ‘prɑmɪnənt /’prɒm-]
important, distinguished, eminent; conspicuous, noticeable; protruding, projecting; famous, renowned

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Propagate

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V. Multiply, spread
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[prop·a·gate || ‘prɑpəgeɪt /’prɒ-]
procreate, generate, reproduce; scatter, disseminate; multiply, proliferate, increase; spread, extend

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Propensity

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N. Natural inclination
Convinced of his own talent, sol has an unfortunate propersity to belittle the talent of others.
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[pro·pen·si·ty || prə’pensətɪ]
inclination, tendency, disposition, aptitude; special trait, distinct trait

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Propitiate

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V. Appease

The natives offered sacrifices to propiciate the gods.

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Protocol

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N. Diplomatic etiquette

We must run this state dinner according to protocol if we are to avoid offending any of our guests.

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Prototype

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N. Original work used as a model by others

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Psyche

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N. Soul, mind
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[Psy·che || 'saɪkɪ] 
(Greek Mythology) princess bride of the god Eros; name of a Canadian Gothic music band 
noun 
[Psy·che || 'saɪkɪ] 
mind of a person; soul, spirit 
verb 
[Psy·che || 'saɪkɪ] 
understand the mind of a person (Slang)
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Qualified

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Adj. Limited, restricted

Unable to give the candidate full support, tha mayor gave him only a qualified endorsement.

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Quibble

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N. Minor objection or complaint

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[quib·ble || ‘kwɪbl]
act of evading a discussion or argument by using ambiguous speech; equivocal statement, ambiguous comment; petty criticism
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[quib·ble || ‘kwɪbl]
use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty criticisms

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Rarefied

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Adj. Made less dense ( of a gas)

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Recalcitrant

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Adj. Obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority, unruly
Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?

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[re’cal·ci·trant || rɪ’kælsɪtrənt]
rebellious, disobedient; stubborn, unmanageable

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Recant

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Recantv. Disclaim or disavow, retract a peevious statement, openly confess error. Repudiate
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[re·cant || rɪ’kænt]
give up, renounce; deny, disavow, retract

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Recondite

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Adj. Abstruse, profoundعميق, secret

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[rec·on·dite || rɪ’kɑndaɪt ,’rekən- /rɪ’kɒn- ,’rekən-]
profound, deep, difficult to comprehend; relatively unknown, obscure

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Refractory

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Adj. Stubborn, unmanageable

The refractory horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey ghe jockey.

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Refute

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V. Disprove

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[re·fute || rɪ’fjuːt]
rebut, disprove, prove false

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Relegate

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V. Banish تبعيدto an inferior position, delegate گماردن, assign
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[rel·e·gate || ‘relɪgeɪt]
refer, assign to another person; demote, assign to an inferior position

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Reproach

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V. Express disapproval or disappointment, blame accuse

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[re·proach || rɪ’prəʊtʃ]
reproof, accusation, blame; act of admonishing, act of rebuking; cause for placing blame, cause for admonition
verb
[re·proach || rɪ’prəʊtʃ]
blame, accuse; reprove, rebuke, admonish; censure, condemn; cause discredit, cause disgrace

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Reprobate

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N. Person hardened in sin فاسد, devoid of a sense of decency
I cannot understant why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.

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depraved; (Christianity) condemned to everlasting punishment in hell
noun
person who is morally unprincipled, person who is determined in advance to damnation; scoundrel
verb
[rep·ro·bate || ‘reprəʊbeɪt]
censure, denounce, condemn

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Repudiate

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V. Disown تكذيب كردن, disavow. Recant
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[re·pu·di·ate || rɪ’pjuːdɪeɪt]
reject, disavow; disown, renounce; deny, refuse; condemn

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Reticent

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Reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silent

Adj.

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