Kaplan Vocab P

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palatial

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relating to a palace; magnificent

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palliate

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to make less serious; ease

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pallid

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lacking color or liveliness

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panache

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flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve

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panegyric

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elaborate praise; formal hymn or praise

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panoply

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impressive array

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paradox

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a contradiciton or dilemma

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paragon

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mdoel of excellence or perfection

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pare

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to trim off excess; reduce

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pariah

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an outacst

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parry

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to ward off or deflect, especially by a quickwitted answer

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pastiche

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piece of literature or music imitating other works

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pathogenic

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causing disease

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peccadillo

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minor sin or offense

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pedant

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someone who shows off learning

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pejorative

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having bad connotations; disparaging

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penury

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AN OPPRESSIVE LACK OF RESOURCES (AS MONEY_; SEVERE POVERTY

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PEREGRINATE

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TO WANDER FOR PLACE TO PLACE; TO TRAVEL; ESPECIALLY ON FOOT

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PERFIDious

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willing to betray one's trust

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way; indifferent

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peripatetic

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wandering from place to place, specially on foot

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permeate

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to penetrate

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perspicacious

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shrewd, astute, or kneen-witted

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pervade

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to be present throughout; to permeate

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phalanx

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a compact or close-knit body of people. animals, or things

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philanthropy

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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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philistine

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a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

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phlegmatic

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calm and unemotional in temperament

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pithy

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profound or substantial yet concise, succint and to the point

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placate

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to soothe or pacify

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plastic

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able to be molded, altered, or bent

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plebian

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crude or coarse; characterisitic of commoners

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plethora

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excess

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plucky

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courageous; spunky

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polemic

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controversy; argument; verbal attack

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politic

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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic

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polyglot

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a speaker of many languages

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posit

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to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation

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potentate

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a monarch or ruler with great power

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pragmatic

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practical, as opposed to idealistic

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prattle

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meaningless, foolish talk

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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring aobut abruptly; lacking deliberation

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precis

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short summary of facts

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prescient

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having foresight

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prevaricate

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to lie or deviate form the truth

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pristine

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fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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probity

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complete honesty and integrity

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proclivity

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a natural inclination or predisposition

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prodigal

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lavish; wassteful

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profligate

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corrupt; degenerate

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proliferate

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to increase in nbumber quickly

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propitiate

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to conciliate; to appease

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propriety

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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying ruels and customs

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prudence

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wisdom, caustion, or restraint

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puerile

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childish, immature, or silly

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pugilism

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boxing

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pulchritude

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beauty

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pungent

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sharp and irritating to the senses

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pusillanimous

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cowardly; without courage