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121 Cards in this Set

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paean
a song of praise of thanksgiving
palliate
to make less serious ease
panacea
cure all
panegyric
elaborate praise formal hymn of praise
panoply
impressive array
parley
discussion usually between enemies
parochial
of limited scope or outlook provincial
parsimony
stinginess
pastiche
piece of literature or music imitating other works
paucity
scarcity, lack
peccadillo
minor sin or offense
peculation
theft of money or goods
penchant
inclination
penultimate
next to last
penumbra
partial shadow
perambulate
to walk around
periphrastic
using circumlocution; use of long phrase and words when shorter ones could be used
pernicious
very harmful
perspicacious
shrewd astute keen witted
pertinacious
persistent stubborn
phalanx
massed group of soldiers, people, or things
philistine
narrow minded person someone lacking appreciation for art or culture
plait
to braid
plangent
resounding,plaintive
plaudit
to applaud
pneumatic
relating to air, worked to compressed by air
polemic
controversy argument verbal attack
polygot
speaker of many languages
posit
to put in position;to suggest an idea
precept
principal; law
precursor
forerunner, predecessor
predilection
preference liking
prescient
having foresight
privation
lack of usual necessities, or comforts
probity
honest, high mindness
progenitor
originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct light
prognosticate
to predict
prolific
productive fertile
prolix
tedious wordy
promulgate
to make known publicity
propinquity
nearness
propitious
favorable advantageous
proselytie
to induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion
prostrate
lying face down, lying flat on the ground
protagonist
main character in a play or story hero
provident
frugal prudent
provincial
rustic limited in scope unsophisticated
prurient
lustful exhibiting rude desires
puerile
childish immature silly
pulchritude
beauty
pundit
an authority or critic
pusillanimous
cowardly
querulous
inclined to complain, irritable
quotidian
occurring daily commonplace
raconteur
a witty skillful story teller
raillery
lighthearted, jesting
rancour
bitter hatred
rapacious
greedy predatory
rapprochment
reestablishing a friendly relationship
raze
to tear down demolish
recalcitrant
resisting authority or control
recidivism
tendency to repeat previous behavior
recondite
relating to obscure learning, known to only a gew
recreant
disloyal coward
redress
relief from wrong or injury
rejoinder
response
renegate
to go back on one's word
renitent
resisting pleasure obstinate
repast
meal
reprobate
morally unprincipled person
requite
to return or repay
respite
interval of relief
restive
impatient, uneasy, restless
retinue
group of attendants with an important person
revelry
boisterous festivety
ribald
humorous in a vulgar way
riposte
a retort
rococo
very highly ornamented
rotund
round in shape fat
ruminate
to contemplate reflect upon
sacrosanct
extremely sacred, beyond criticism
sagacious
shrewd wise
salacious
lustful
salubrious
heathful
sanguine
ruddy cheerful optimistic
sapient
wise
scabbard
sheath for a sword or dagger
scintilla
a very small amount
scintillate
to sparkle flash
scurrilous
vulgar low indecent
sedition
behavior promoting rebellion
senescent
aging growing old
sentinent
aware conscious able to perceive
sepulchral
typical of a place of burial
seraphic
angelic pure sublime
shirk
to avoid a task due to laziness or fear
simper
to smirk smile foolishly
sinecure
well paying job or office that requires little or no work
slake
to quench or moderate
slovenly
untidy messy
sojourn
temporary stay
solecism
grammatical mistake
solipsism
belief that the self is the only reality
somnabulist
sleepwalker
sonorous
producing a full rich sound
sophist
person good at arguing deviously
sportive
playful
squalid
filthy morally repulsive
staid
self restrained straight laced
stentorian
extremely loud
striate
striped grooved
stringent
imposing severe rigorous standards
stymie
to present as an obstacle
subterfuge
thick or tactic used to avoid something
sully
to soil stain or tarnish
supercilious
arrogant haughty overbaring
surly
rude or bad tempered
surreptitious
characterized by secrecy
sybarite
person devoted to pleasure or luxury
synchophant
self serving flatterer
synchopation
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm