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P Vocabulary Flashcards

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Paean

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Song of joy or triumph

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Palaeontology

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Study of past geological eras through fossil remains

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Pallid

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Lacking colour or liveliness

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise, formal hymn

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Partisan

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One sided

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Pathological

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Away from normal condition

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Patois

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Regional dialect

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Pedantic

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Showing off learning

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Pellucid

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Transparent, easily understood

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Penchant

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Inclination

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Peregrination

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Wandering from place to place

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Peremptory

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Imperative, leaving no choice

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Perennial

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Persistent, present through the years

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Perfidious

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Faithless, disloyal

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Perfunctory

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Superficial

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Perigee

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Point in orbit closest to earth

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Permeable

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Penetrable

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Perturb

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To disturb greatly, make uneasy, cause body to deviate from regular orbit

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout every party

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Petulant

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Rude, peevish

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Phlegmatic

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Calm in temperament, sluggish

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Phoenix

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Mythical immortal bird

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Physiognomy

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Facial features

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Piety

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Devoutness

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Piquant

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Attractive, appealing stimulating

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Pique

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Fleeting feeling of hurt pride

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Placate

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To lessen another’s anger, pacify

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Placid

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Calm

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Plaintive

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Mournful

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Plumb

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To determine depth, examine deeply

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Plummet

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To fall, plunge

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Plutocracy

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Society ruled by the wealthy

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Porous

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Full of holes, permeable to liquids

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Poseur

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Person who affects attitude/identity to impress others

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Plasticity

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Condition being able to be shaped/formed

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Platitude

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Stale, overused expression

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Platonic

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Spiritual, without sensual desire

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Plethora

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Excess, over abundance

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Prate

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To talk idly, chatter

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Prattle

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Meaningless foolish talk

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Preamble

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Preliminary statement

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Preempt

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To supersede, appropriate for one’s self

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Prehensile

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Capable of grasping

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Precarious

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Uncertain

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Precept

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Principle, law

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Precipitate

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To cause to happen, throw down from height

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Precipitate

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Rash, hasty, sudden

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Precursor

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Forerunner

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Premonition

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Forewarning

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Presage

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To foretell, indicate in advance

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Presumptuous

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Rude, improperly hold

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Preternatural

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Beyond normal course of nature

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Prevaricate

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To quibble, evade the truth

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Primordial

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Original, existing from the beginning

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Pristine

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Untouched, uncorrupted

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Probity

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Honesty, high-mindedness

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Problematic

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Posing a problem

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, extravagant

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Profound

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Deep, not superficial

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Prohibitive

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Preventing, forbidding

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Proliferate

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To increase rapidly

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Propensity

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Inclination, tendency

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Propitiate

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To win over, appease

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Propriety

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Correct conduct, fitness

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Proscribe

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To condemn, outlaw, forbid

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Provident

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Frugal, providing for future needs

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Punctilious

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Careful in observing rules of behaviour/ceremony

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Pungent

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Strong or sharp smell/taste, penetrating, to the point

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Purport

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To profess, claim

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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