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60 Cards in this Set
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Outnumber |
To be greater in number than someone or something |
King army was outnumbered by the invading army |
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Output |
Amount of something produced by a person, machine or industry |
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Outrageous |
Shocking and morally unacceptable |
Keyword : outer age, torture aged people The way the officer asked for bribes was outrageous |
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Outspoken |
Frank, straightforward |
Keyword : out spoken , open talk He was outspoken person |
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Overwhelm |
To cause someone to feel sudden strong emotions |
Key : overvwell They were overwhelmed with grief when their friend died |
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Painstaking |
Extremely carful and correct , meticulous |
Keyword : pain taking , carefully It took 12 month of painstaking studies and research to write the paper |
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Panacea |
Remedy for all ills or difficulties |
Key : pan Asia medicine’s for illness Mobile is not panacea for all our productivity problems |
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Panacea |
Remedy for all ills or difficulties |
Key : pan Asia medicine’s for illness Mobile is not panacea for all our productivity problems |
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Panache |
Distinctive and confident way of doing something |
Key: pan ash Rani presented the slides with great panache |
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Panacea |
Remedy for all ills or difficulties |
Key : pan Asia medicine’s for illness Mobile is not panacea for all our productivity problems |
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Paradigm |
Typical example or pattern of something |
Society paradigms of the ideal wife |
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Partial |
Incompelete |
Key: part shell |
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Partisan |
Supporter , follower |
Key: party son
Most of our newspaper are becoming increasingly partisan |
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Passable |
Just good enough to be acceptable, satisfactory |
Key : pass able
Martian can speak passable English |
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Paucity |
Insufficient, deficient |
Key : paw city
There was paucity of wine in the marriage party |
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Pastoral |
Relating to spiritual guidance of a congregation |
Key : past oral Most church provides pastoral support the perish members |
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Patent |
Official legal rights to make or sell the invention |
Key : pay tent |
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Pathetic |
Miserably inadequate, of very low standards |
Key : path tick When I saw the pathetic situation of my friend I gave Heer some food to eat |
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Peculiarity |
Stranger , unusual |
Key : pack liar Ed’s other peculiarity was the he would rarely wish his clothes |
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Peculiarity |
Stranger , unusual |
Key : pack liar Ed’s other peculiarity was the he would rarely wish his clothes |
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Peddle |
To sell things , especially by moving from one place to another |
Key : pet I’ll He peddled exotic vegetables around the city |
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Peculiarity |
Stranger , unusual |
Key : pack liar Ed’s other peculiarity was the he would rarely wish his clothes |
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Peddle |
To sell things , especially by moving from one place to another |
Key : pet I’ll He peddled exotic vegetables around the city |
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Pedestrian |
Person who travel by foot |
Key : pet test ran Sage |
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Pedestrian |
Person who travel by foot |
Key : pet test ran Sage In today’s world hard to find the pedestrian as people prefer to travel by vehicle |
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Pejorative |
Expressing contempt or disapproval |
Key : pe jar active Pejorative remarks by the principal angered the students |
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Pellucidity |
Clarity |
Key : spell luci The pellucidity of the glass cup proved that he had cleaned it |
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Pellucidity |
Clarity |
Key : spell luci The pellucidity of the glass cup proved that he had cleaned it |
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Penchant |
Strong liking , habit of doing something |
Key : punch ant He has a penchant for playing the piano’s |
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Penchant |
Strong liking , habit of doing something |
Key : punch ant He has a penchant for playing the piano’s |
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Pendulum |
Device consisting of weight on a stick or thread that moves from one side to other , change , especially from one opinion to an opposite one |
Key : pen dul As so often in the test prep , the pendulum has swung back to other extreme and coaching classes are popular again |
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Pendulum |
Device consisting of weight on a stick or thread that moves from one side to other , change , especially from one opinion to an opposite one |
Key : pen dul As so often in the test prep , the pendulum has swung back to other extreme and coaching classes are popular again |
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Penetrate |
Go into or through something |
Key : Pen net rate During the riot , bullet penetration his house and damaged the building |
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Pellucidity |
Clarity |
Key : spell luci The pellucidity of the glass cup proved that he had cleaned it |
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Penchant |
Strong liking , habit of doing something |
Key : punch ant He has a penchant for playing the piano’s |
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Pendulum |
Device consisting of weight on a stick or thread that moves from one side to other , change , especially from one opinion to an opposite one |
Key : pen dul As so often in the test prep , the pendulum has swung back to other extreme and coaching classes are popular again |
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Penetrate |
Go into or through something |
Key : Pen net rate During the riot , bullet penetration his house and damaged the building |
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Penance |
Self punishment for repentance of wrong doing |
Key : pen ants I am doing penance for my sins |
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Perceptual |
Ability to notice something or come to an opinion about something using your sense |
Key : purse actual Visual perceptual skills are the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eye sees |
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Perceptual |
Ability to notice something or come to an opinion about something using your sense |
Key : purse actual Visual perceptual skills are the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eye sees |
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Perfunctory |
Carried without real interest , feel or effort |
Key : pet fun story They all has a perfunctory smile on their face |
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Peripheral |
Not as important as something else |
Key : perimeter for all There was no time to recount peripheral details |
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Pernicious |
Having harmful effect |
Key : perk nice us Due to johns pernicious behaviour, he lost his close friends |
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Perseverance |
Continuing in doing something despite difficultly |
Perk several ant Planning and perseverance will help you to succeed |
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Pernicious |
Having harmful effect |
Key : perk nice us Due to johns pernicious behaviour, he lost his close friends |
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Persists |
Continuing in a opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty , determination |
Persistence is the secret behind his success |
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Pernicious |
Having harmful effect |
Key : perk nice us Due to johns pernicious behaviour, he lost his close friends |
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Perseverance |
Continuing in doing something despite difficultly |
Perk several ant Planning and perseverance will help you to succeed |
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Persists |
Continuing in a opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty , determination |
Persistence is the secret behind his success |
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Personify |
Represent by a figure in human form |
Key : person if y Teacher who personified love and kindness |
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Persists |
Continuing in a opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty , determination |
Persistence is the secret behind his success |
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Perspicacity |
Ability to understand things quickly and make accurate judgments |
The police officer perspicacity enabled him to easily recognise the theif in crowd |
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Pertain |
Related to , applicable to |
The matters pertaining to defense are highly confidential |
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Pertain |
Related to , applicable to |
The matters pertaining to defense are highly confidential |
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Perused |
To read something thoroughly |
Key : per used He opened the newspaper and began to peruse the editorial page |
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Pervasive |
Speed through out the area , prevalent |
Key : per vase eve My dad was scared to send me to the city as violence and crime are pervasive there |
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Pessimism |
Negative thinking , tendency to see the worst aspect of thing |
Key : Pepsi miss
Joes pessimism usually depress everyone in the family |
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Phlegmatic |
Unemotional |
Key : flag mat Even though Paul was yelled at by his wife , he remained phlegmatic and did not get upset |
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Perfidy |
State of being deceitful , untrustworthy |
Key : perk foody We will never forget the crime and petrifies down by them |
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Perfunctory |
Done quickly, without interest |
Key : perk factory The politician greeting wa simply perfunctory |
