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P Flashcards

1
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Pacify

A

To calm someone down; to placate

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2
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Painstaking

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Extremely careful; taking pains

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Palliate

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To relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem; to assuage; to mitigate

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4
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Palpable

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Capable of being touched; obvious; tangible

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5
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Paltry

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Insignificant; worthless

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Panacea

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Something that cures everything

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Paradigm

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A model or example

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Paradox

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A true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical

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Parochial

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Narrow or confined in point of view; provincial

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Parody

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A satirical imitation

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11
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Parsimonious

A

Stingy

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12
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Partisan

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One who supports a particular person, cause, or idea

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13
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Patent

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Obvious

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14
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Paternal

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Fatherly; fatherlike

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15
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Pathology

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The science of diseases

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16
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Patriarch

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The male head of a family or tribe

17
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Patrician

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A person of noble birth; an aristocrat

18
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Patronize

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To treat as an inferior; to condescend to

19
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Paucity

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Scarcity

20
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Peccadillo

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A minor offense

21
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Pedantic

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Boringly scholarly or academic

22
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Pedestrian

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Unimaginative; banal

23
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Pejorative

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Negative; disparaging

24
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Penchant

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A strong taste or liking for something; a predilection

25
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Penitent

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Sorry; repentant; contrite

26
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Pensive

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Thoughtful and sad

27
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Peremptory

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Final; categorical; dicatatorial

28
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Perennial

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Continual; happening again and again or year after year

29
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Perfidy

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Treachery

30
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Perfunctory

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Unenthusiastic; careless

31
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Peripatetic

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Wandering; traveling continually; itinerant

32
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Periphery

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The outside edge of something

33
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Perjury

A

Lying under oath

34
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Permeate

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To spread or seep through; to penetrate

35
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Paroxysm

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A formal word that refers to a sudden strong feeling or uncontrollable expression of emotion

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