Week 18 Flashcards
Parachute, n.
A device for slowing the descent of a person or object through the air that consists of a fabric canopy beneath which a person or object is suspended.
Paradigm, n.
An outstandingly clear or typical example or pattern.
Paradise, n.
A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.
Paradox, n.
A statement or sentiment seemingly opposite or opposed to common sense yet perhaps true.
Paragraph, n.
A distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line, consists of one or more sentences, and typically deals with a single thought or topic.
Parallel, adj.
Extending in the same direction and everywhere equidistant.
Paramedic, n.
A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals.
Paramount, adj.
Of foremost importance or concern; superior to all others.
Parasite, n.
An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
Parenthesize, v.
To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
Pariah, n.
An untouchable; social outcast.
Parliament, n.
A national representative body having supreme legislative powers within the state.
Partridge, n.
Any of several game birds belonging to the same subfamily as the bobwhite.
Passenger, n.
A person who travels in a conveyance, such as a car or train, without participating in its operation.
Pasture, n.
Land that is used for the grazing of animals.
Patriarch, n.
A man regarded as father or founder (as of a race, science, religion, or class of people).
Patriot, n.
A person who loves his country and defends and promotes its interests.
Pavement, n.
A hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel.
Peculiar, adj.
Unusual or eccentric; odd.
Pedestrian, adj.
Marked by drabness or dullness; commonplace.
Pedicure, n.
Cosmetic care of the feet and toenails.
Pelican, n.
Any of various large, web-footed birds of the genus pelecanus of tropical and warm regions, having a long straight bill from which hangs a distensible pouch of skin for catching and holding fish.
Perjury, n.
The voluntary violation of an oath.
Perseverance, n.
Continued or steadfast pursuit or prosecution of an undertaking or aim.
Persimmon, n.
The orange, several-seeded berry fruit of a persimmon tree.
Persuade, v.
To induce to undertake a course of action or embrace a point of view by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty.
Petroleum, n.
A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the Earth’s surface.
Pharmaceutical, adj.
Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
Phase, n.
A distinct stage of development.
Physician, n.
A person licensed to practice medicine; a medical doctor.
Physics, n.
The science of matter and energy and of the interactions between the two.
