• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/27

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

27 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Ordinance
a city statute
Ordnance
military weapons
Ordure
filth, excrement
Oriel
a bay window
Orifice
opening into a cavity
Oscillate
swing in regular motion
Ostensible
avowed, apparent
Ostentatious
pretentious
Pachyderm
a tick-skinned animal
Pacific
calm, tranquil, placid
Paean
a song of praise
Paisley
a soft fabric woven in a detailed, colorful pattern used originally for shawls
Palanquin
a boxlike litter carried on poles used in Eastern countries
Palaver
talk smoothly or flatteringly
Palliate
make an offense seem less grave
Palpitate
beat rapidly
Pamper
gratify to the full, coddle, spoil
Panacea
a remedy for all ills
Panegyric
a discourse in praise of a person
Panic
sudden and overwhelming terror
Panoply
a complete set of armor
Pantheism
any religion that identifies the universe with God
Pantoscopic
affording a wide scope of vision, seeing everything
Paradigm
model, pattern to be copied
Paradox
internal contradiction, a statement that appears to contradict itself
Paralyze
to unnerve or render ineffective
Parapet
wall on the edge of a roof