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Vocab: P Flashcards

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Paean

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Song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy

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Paleontology

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Study of past geological eras through fossil remains

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Pallid

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Lacking color or liveliness

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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Paragon

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Model of excellence of perfection

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Partisan

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One- sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced

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Pathological

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Departing from normal condition

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Patois

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A regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon

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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; translucent; 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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Peregrinations

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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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Present throughout the years; persistent

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Perfidious

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Faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

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Perfunctory

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Superficial; not through; performed really as a duty

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Perigee

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Point in an orbit that is closest to the 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 or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout every part

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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, immoral bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction

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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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Appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive

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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; to pacify

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Placid

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Calm

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Plaintive

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Melancholy; mournful

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Plasticity

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Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability

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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; theoretical

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Plethora

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Excess; over abundance

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Plumb

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To determine the depth; to 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 hikes; permeable to liquids

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Poseur

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Person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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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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Precarious

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Uncertain

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Precept

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Principle; law

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Precursor

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Forerunner; predecessor

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Precipitate

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V: To cause to happen; throw down from a height
ajd: rash; hasty; sudden

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Preempt

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To supersede; appropriate for oneself

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Prehensile

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Capable of grasping

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Premonition

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Forewarning; presentiment

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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 bold

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Preternatural

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Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural

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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; doubtful; unsettled

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Prodigal

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Wasteful; extravagant; lavish

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Profound

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Deep; not superficial

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Prohibitive

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So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; 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; forbid; outlaw

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Provident

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Providing for future needs; frugal

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Punctilious

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Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony

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Pungent

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Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point

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Purport

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To profess; suppose; claim

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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