P-R Flashcards by Shirley Ong

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Paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Philanthropy

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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Plastic

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Able to be molded, altered, or bent

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Plethora

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Excess

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or being about abruptly, lacking deliberation

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

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Pristine

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Fresh and clean, uncorrupted

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Propitiate

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To conciliate, to appease

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Propriety

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Correct behaviour; obedience to rules and customs

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Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Pungent

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

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Quiescent

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Motionless

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Reticent

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Silent, reserved

Rhetoric

Effective writing or speaking