P Flashcards by olga pniewska

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Paean

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A song or expression of praise

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Palatial

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Magnificient

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Palimpsest

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An object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface

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Palpable

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Capable of being touched or felt

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Paltry

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Pitifully small or worthless

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Panache

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Szyk, polot

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Pandemic

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Pandemiczny

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Panegyric

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Formal hymn of praise

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Paradigm

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An outstandingly clear or typical example

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Paragon

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A model of perfection

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Paramount

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Supreme (najważniejszy)

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Pare

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Reduce

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Pariah

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wyrzutek

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Patent

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Obvious

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Pathogenic

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Causing disease

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Patronize

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To buy from

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Patrician

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Aristocratic

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Peculate

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Zdefraudować

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Pecuniary

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Relating to money

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Pellucid

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Easy to understand

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Penchant

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Skłonność, upodobanie

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Penitent

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Skruszony

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Penury

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Severe poverty

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Peregrinate

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To travel on foot

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Phalanx

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Falanga

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Philistine

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Anti-intellectual, lowbrow (prostak)

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Philology

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The study of ancient texts and languages

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Phlegmatic

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Flegmatyczny

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Pique

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Provoke

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Plaintive

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Melancholy

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Platitude

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Overused

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Plebeian

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Characteristic of commoners

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Plucky

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Courageous

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Politic

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Polityczny (shrewd and crafty in managing or dealing with things)

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Polyglot

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Poliglota

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Pore

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sleczec, uwaznie studiowac

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Portentous

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Foreshadowing, ominous

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Posit

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przyjmowac

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Potable

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Suitable for drinking (pitny)

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Potentate

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A ruler

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Precarious

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Lacking in security or stability

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Precipitous

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Spadzisty

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Presage

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A feeling of what will happen in the future

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Prestidigitation

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A cleverly executed trick

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Preternatural

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Supernatural

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Primeval

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Ancient

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Prodigal

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Wasteful

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Proffer

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To offer for acceptance

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Progenitor

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Founder

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Proliferate

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Increase in number

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Promulgate

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Proclaim

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Propensity

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Skłonność

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Prosaic

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Ordinary, dull; relating to prose (prozaiczny)

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Proscribe

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To forbid as harmful

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Prostrate

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Lyinf face downward in adoration

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated

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Proxy

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Pełnomocnik (a person authorized to act for someone else)

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Pseudonym

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Pseudonim

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Pugilism

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Boxing

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Punctilious

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Precyzyjny, dokładny

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Pundit

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Ekspert, spec

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Purloin

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To steal

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Purport

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To claim, suppose