Writers notebook Vocab 3 Flashcards

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A model or pattern of excellence.

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Paragon

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A pattern that serves as a model or example.

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Paradigm

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A conference; especially between enemies

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Parley

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3
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The leader of a family of tribe

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Patriarch

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An inheritance from a father or an ancestor; anything inherited

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Partimony

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A slight or trifling sin; a minor offense.

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Peccadillo

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Consisting of or relating to money

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Pecuniary

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Ordinary; moving on foot

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Pedestrian

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Upright or vertical; being at right angles to the plane of the horizon.

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Perpendicular

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To think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify

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Personify

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