Ap English Lit Words P - Z

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Panegyric

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Statement of high praise

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paradigm

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an example or model

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paradox

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a statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self contradictory, but in reality may be true

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Parallelism

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A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used

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Paramount

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Of chief concern or importance

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Parody

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An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

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Pathos

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Appeal based on emotion

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Patronizing

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Treating in a condescending manner

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pejorative

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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone

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Penitent

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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds

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Permeated

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Spread or flowing throughout

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Pernicious

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Causing great harm

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Pervasive

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Dispersed throughout

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Phenomenon

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An unusual, observable event

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Plausible

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Seemingly valid or acceptable

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Poignant

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Profoundly moving

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Ponderous

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Extremely dull

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Pramatic

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Practical

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Premise

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Another word for a claim, a statement of truth

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Premonition

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A feeling about the future

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Prodigious

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enormous

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Profound

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having great depth

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Proliferate

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to grow or increase rapidly

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propitious

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presenting favourable circumstances

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Proprity

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Appropriateness of behavior

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Prosaic

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dull

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Proximity

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closeness

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Prudent

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Common sense

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pugnacious

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combative

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pun

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a play on words

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putrid

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rotten

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quandary

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perplexity

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rancorous

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hateful

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rapport

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a relationship that individuals build

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rational

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logical

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reclamation

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the act of making something useful again

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replete

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abundantly supplied

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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rhetoric

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the art of using language

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ruse

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a crafty trick

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sardonic

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disdainfully

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serene

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calm

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servile

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submissive

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slander

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false charges

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solvent

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able to pay one's debt

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sonorous

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producing a deep or full sound

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spontaneous

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unplanned

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spurious

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not genuine

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staid

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serious

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stoic

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indifferent

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stratagem

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a clever trick used to decieve

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subdue

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to hold back

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substantiated

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supported with proof

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superficial

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concerned only with what is on the surface

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superfluous

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extra

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suppressed

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subdued

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surreptitiously

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done by secretive means

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syllogism

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a form of deductive reasoning

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synthesis

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to unite

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tenacity

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persistence

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tenuous

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having little substance

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timorous

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timid

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torpor

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laxiness

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transient

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passing away with time

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transitory

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short lived

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trepidation

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uncertainty

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trivial

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a little importance

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truncated

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shortened

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venerated

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highly respected

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vilify

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to make vicious statements about

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vindicated

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freed from blame

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virtusos

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a tremendously skilled artist

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wary

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on gaurd

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whimsical

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subject to erratic behaviour

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wily

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cunning