Pacify-Permeate Flashcards
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Painstaking
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Extremely careful
Taking pains
1
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Pacify
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To calm someone down
To placate
2
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Palliate
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To relieve or alleviate something without getting rid if the problem
To assuage
To mitigate
3
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Palpable
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Capable of being touched
Obvious
Tangible
4
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Paltry
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Insignificant
Worthless
5
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Panacea
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Something that cures everything
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Paradigm
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A model or example
7
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Paradox
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A true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself
An untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
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Parochial
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Narrow or confined in point if view
Provincial
9
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Parody
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A satirical imitation
10
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Parsimonious
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Stingy
11
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Partisan
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One who supports a particular person cause, or idea.
12
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Patent
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Obvious
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Paternal
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Fatherly
Father like
14
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Pathology
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The science of diseases
