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P Flashcards

1
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Pacify

A

To quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of

To bring peace to

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Pact

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A formal agreement

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Palpable

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Obvious, evident

Capable of being touched or felt

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Paltry

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Ridiculously or insultingly small

Completely worthless

Mean or contemptible

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Paradigm

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A model or typical example of something

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Parody

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In imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with exaggeration for comic effect

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Parsimonious

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Stingy or frugal

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Particle

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A small portion of matter

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Partisan

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A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person

Prejudiced in favor of a particular cause

A member of an armed group formed to secretly fight against an occupying force

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Patron

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A person who gives support to a person, organization, cause, or activity

A regular customer

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Peak

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The pointed top of a mountain

To reach a highest point

Greatest, maximum

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Pedestrian

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Lacking inspiration or excitement, dull

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Permeate

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To spread throughout something

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Perpetuate

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To make an undesirable situation continue indefinitely, preserve

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Perplexed

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Completely baffled or puzzled

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Persevere

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To continue in s course of action even in the face of difficulty

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Persist

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To continue firmly it obstinately in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure

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Perturb

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To make someone anxious or unsettled

Something tending to get its normal state of path

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Plea

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An urgent and emotional request

A formal statement about one’s guilt or innocence

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Plight

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A dangerous or difficult situation

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21
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Pluck

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Spirited and determined courage

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Plunder

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To steal goods using force during a time of war or civil disorder

The violent and dishonest acquisition of property

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Pompous

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Excessively elevated or ornate

Arrogant

Relating to or suggestive of pomp or splendor

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Porous

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Having or full of pores

Containing vessels

Permeable to fluids or outside influences

Capable of being penetrated

25
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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically

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Precipitate

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To cause a bad situation to happen suddenly

Done, made, or acting suddenly without careful consideration

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Precise

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Marked by exactness and accuracy

28
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Precocious

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(Of a child) having developed certain abilities or qualities salt an earlier age than usual

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Predicament

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A difficult, unpleasant, it embarrassing situation

30
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Prediction

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A thing predicted, a forecast

31
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Predominate

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To be the strongest or main element, to. E greater in number or amount

To have or exert control or power

32
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Prejudiced

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Biased in a bigoted or discriminatory manner

33
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Presume

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To assume

To be audacious enough to do something

34
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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed

35
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Prevalent

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Widespread in a particular area at a particular time

36
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Primary

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Of chief importance

First

A part of an election

37
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Pristine

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In its original condition

Clean and fresh, spotless

38
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Prominent

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Important, famous

Protruding

Eye catching, attracting attention

39
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Prone

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Likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, susceptible, vulnerable

Lying flat and facing downwards

40
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Prophesy

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To say that specified thing will happen in the future

41
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Prototype

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A first, typical, or preliminary model of something from which other forms are developed or copied

42
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Provoke

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To stimulate a strong and unwelcome reaction or emotion in someone

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

44
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Pungent

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Having an unpleasantly sharp or strong taste or smell

(Of comment, criticism, or humor) having a sharp and caustic quality

45
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Puny

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Small and weak

46
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Puzzled

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Perplexed

47
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Personify

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To give a nonhuman figure human features or abilities

48
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Pervasive

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Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people

49
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Pessimistic

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Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

50
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Petty

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Of little importance

(Of a behavior) characterized by an undue concern for trivial matters in a small-minded or spiteful say

Of secondary or lessor importance, rank, or scale

51
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Pigment

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The natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue

To color something

52
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Pilfer

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To steal things if relatively little value

53
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Pinnacle

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The most successful point

A high pointed piece of rock

54
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Pious

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Devoutly religious

Hypocritical

(Of a hope) sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled

Dutiful or loyal

55
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Placate

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To make someone less angry or hostile

56
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Plausible

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(Of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable

(Of a person) skilled at producing persuasive arguments

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