P Words Flashcards
Patriarchal
A patriarchal society, family, or system is one which the men have all or most of the power and importance
Syn: inherited, paternal, innate
Poignance
Keenly distressing to the feelings
Syn: sadness, pathos, arouse, pitifulness
Preeminent
Eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing
Syn: paramount, primer, foremost, supreme
Proviso
A clause, as in legal document, etc stipulating or requiring some specific thing; proviso; condition
Syn: qualifications, prerequisite, term, caveat, limitation, restriction
Pungent
Sharply penetrating; expressive; biting
Syn: poignant, piercing, acrid, tangy, barded,
Puttee
A long strip of cloth spiral round the leg from ankle to knee, worn esp. formerly as part of a solder’s uniform
Syn: gaiter, leg wrappings, leg covering
Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
Syn: prediction, visionary, foresight, clairvoyant
Premise
- A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion
- A previous statement or assessment that serves as the basis for an argument
- A piece of real estate; house or building and it’s land
Syn: theory, thesis(not proven yet), postulate, supposition, conjecture (w/ little hard evidence), contention, tenet,
Polarity
The state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects
Syn: difference, conflict, contrary, separation
Prism
- (Optics)
A transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light - A crystalline body whose lateral faces meet at edges that are parallel to each other
Syn: gem, stone, blade
Prosper
Flourish physically; grow strong and healthy
Syn: thrive, blossom, advance
Pillage
Rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime
Syn: ransack, plunder, raid, deprive, pilfer, purloin
Pacifist
A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable
Syn: peace-lover, peacemaker, dove, peace-monger
Pariah
An outcast
Syn: reject, undesirable
Platitude
A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful
Syn: cliché, commonplace, truism
Prejudice
- Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased
Syn: influence, favoritism, unfairness
- Harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgement
Syn: detrimental, impairment, damage, hurt
Penance
voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong
Syn: atonement, penalty
Plight
a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
Syn: predicament, dilemma, extremity
