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34 Cards in this Set
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Overwrought
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adj. extremely agitated; hysterical.
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Ovoid
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adj. egg-shaped
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Pachyderm
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n. thick-skinned animal
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Paean
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n. song of praise or joy
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Palimpset
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n. parchment used for second time after original writing has ben erased
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Pall
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v. grow tiresome
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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; make less severe or offensive
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Pallid
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adj. pale; wane
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Paltry
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adj. insignificant; petty; trifling
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Pan
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v. cricize harshly
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Panacea
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n. cure-all; remedy for all disease
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Panache
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n. flair; flamboyance. Many performers have a certain panache.
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Pandomonium
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n. wild tumult. Pandomonium broke out when the ships collided.
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Pander
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v. cater to the low desires of others. Small movie makers don't like to pander to the tastes of the masses.
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Panegyric
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n. formal praise. Blusing at all the praise heaped upon him by the speakers, the modest hero said, "I don't deserve such panegyrics!"
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Paragon
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n. model of perfection. My voice will be a paragon for future female singers.
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Paramour
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n. illicit lover. In "Shameless", Ani DiFranco sings of her paramour.
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Pariah
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n. social outcase. If everyone ostracized signer Mariah Carey, she would be a pariah.
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Parity
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n. equality; close resemblance. I find your analogy lacking, because I do not see the parity between the two subjects.
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Parlance
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n. language; idiom. All this legal parlance confusesd me; I need an interpreter.
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Parley
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n. conference. The peace parly has not produced its intended goal.
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Parochial
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adj. narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes. Many Mason residents are parochial.
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Paroxysm
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n. fit or attack of pain, laughter, or rage. When she heard the comedian, she was seized by a paroxysm of laughter.
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Parquet
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n. floor made of wood strips inlain in a mosaic like pattern. The home builders decided to lay a parquet in the kitchen.
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Parry
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v. ward off a blow; deflect. Keith tried to parry his rivals blowing punches.
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Parsimony
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n. stinginess; excessive frugality. State Marner's parsimony did not allow him to indulbe in any luxuries.
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Pastiche
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n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing
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Patoral
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adj. rural
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Patent
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adj. open for the public to read; obvious. It was patent to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
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Patina
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n. green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting. Judging by the patina of the statue, we can tell the statue is not a modern piece
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Patois
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n. local or provincial dialect. His years of study of the language at the university did not enable him to understand the patois o fthe natives.
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Paucity
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n. scarcity. They closed the restuarant due to the paucity of business.
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Peccadillo
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n. slight offense. Whenever Huck stole an egg, the farmer acted as if here were a theif, versus a mere peccadillo.
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