Section 5 Flashcards
Mire
Boggy ground or state of distress
Multifarious
Many types or aspects
Mundane
Lacking interest or excitement
Nefarious
Wicked or criminal
Obsequious
Obedient or attentive to a servile degree
Odious
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive
Opaque
Not able to be seen through
Ostentatious
Vulgar or pretentious display designed to attract or impress
Palpable
Able to be felt; tangible
Paragon
A person or thing regarded as perfect in quality
Pariah
And outcast or undesirable
Parochial
Relating to a church parish/narrow minded
Paucity
The presence of something in insufficient amounts
Pedantic
To be a perfectionist
Pejorative
Expressing contempt or disapproval
Philistine
Someone who is hostile, indifferent, or non-understanding of the arts
Pique
Resentment resulting from an attack on ones pride/to pique curiosity
Pithy
Concise and forcefully expressive; terse
Poignant
Evoking a sense of sadness
Archaic: sharp in taste or smell
Polemical
Involving strongly critical or controversial writing or speech
Precocious
Developing special abilities at an early age, especially children
Proclivity
The tendency to choose or do something regularly; inclination
Progeny
Descendants
Prolific
Producing large quantities
Prosaic
Lacking poetic beauty; common
Protean
Ever-changing
Protract
To prolong
Pugnacity
Readiness or desire to fight/argue
Pulchritude
Beauty
Meticulous
Being very cautious of detail
