Word List 21

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Oratorio

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N. dramatic poem set to music

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Opulence

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N. wealth

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Ordinance

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N. decree

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Ornate

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ADJ. excessively decorated

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Ornithologist

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N. scientific student of birds

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Oscillate

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V. vibrate pendulum-like; waver

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Ossify

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V. change or harden into bone

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Ostensible

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ADJ. apparent; professed; pretended

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Ostentatious

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ADJ. showy; pretentious

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Ostracize

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V. exclude from public favor; ban

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Overt

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ADJ. open to view

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Pacifist

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N. one opposed to force; antimilitarist

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Paean

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N. song of praise or joy

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Palatable

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ADJ. agreeable; pleasing to the taste

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Palatial

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ADJ. Magnificent

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Palaver

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N. discussion; misleading speech; chatter

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Palette

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N. board on which a painter mixes pigments

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Pallet

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N. small, poor bed

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Palliate

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V. ease pain

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Pallid

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ADJ, pale; wan

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Palpable

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ADJ. tangible; easily perceptible

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Palpitate

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V. throb; flutter

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Paltry

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ADJ. insignificant; petty

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Panacea

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N. cure-all; remedy for all diseases

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Pander

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V. cater to the low desires of others

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Panegyric

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N. formal praise

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Parable

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N. a short, simple story teaching a moral

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Paradox

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N. statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement

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Paragon

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N. model of perfection

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Parallelism

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N. state of being parallel; similarity

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Paraphernalia

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N. equipment; odds and ends

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Paregoric

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N. medicine that eases pain

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Pariah

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N. social outcast

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Parlance

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N. laguage; idiom

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Parley

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N. conference

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Paroxysm

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N. fit or attack of pain, laughter, or rage

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Parsimonious

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ADJ. Stingy, excessively frugal

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Parvenu

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N. upstart; newly rich person

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Pathos

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N. tender sorrow; pity

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Patriarch

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N. father and ruler of a family or tribe

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Patrimony

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N. inheritance from father

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Paucity

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N. scarcity

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Peccadillo

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N. slight offense

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Peculate

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V. steal; embezzle

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Pecuniary

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ADJ. pertaining to money

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Pedagogue

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N. teacher; dull and formal teacher

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Pedantic

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ADJ. showing off learning; bookish

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Pelf

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N. stolen property

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Pellucid

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ADJ. transparent; limpid; easy to understand

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Penchant

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N. strong inclination; liking

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Pendent

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ADJ. suspended; jutting; pending

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Penumbra

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N. Partial shadow

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Penurious

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ADJ. stingy; parsimonious

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Penury

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N. extreme poverty

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Perdition

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N. damnation; complete ruin

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Peremptory

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ADJ. demanding and leaving no choice

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Perennial

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N. lasting

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Perfidious

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ADJ. basely false

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Perfidy

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N. violation of a trust

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Perforce

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ADV. of necessity

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Perfunctory

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ADJ. superficial; listless; not enough