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59 Cards in this Set
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pacify |
v. soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue |
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pact |
n. agreement; treaty |
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paean |
n. song of praise or joy |
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painstaking |
adj. showing hard work; taking great care |
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palatable |
adj. agreeable; pleasing to the taste |
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palette |
n. flat surface on which painter mixes pigments; range of colors commonly used by a particular artist |
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pall |
v. grow tiresome |
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palliate |
v. lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
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pallid |
adj. pale; wan |
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palpable |
adj. tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable |
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palpitate |
v. throb; flutter |
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paltry |
adj. insignificant; petty; trifling |
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pan |
v. criticize harshly |
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panacea |
n. cure-all; remedy for all diseases |
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panache |
n. flair; flamboyance |
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pandemic |
adj. widespread; affecting the majority of people |
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pandemonium |
n. wild tumult |
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pander |
v. cater to the low desires of others |
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panegyric |
n. formal praise |
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panoramic |
adj. related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view |
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pantimime |
n. acting without dialogue |
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parable |
n. short, simple story teaching a moral |
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paradigm |
n. model; example; pattern |
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paradox |
n. something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
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paragon |
n. model of perfection |
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parallelism |
n. state of being parallel; similarity |
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parameter |
n. boundary; limiting factor; distinguishing characteristic |
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paramount |
adj. foremost in importance; supreme |
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paranoia |
n. psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution |
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paraphernalia |
n. equipment; odds and ends |
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paraphrase |
v. restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author |
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parasite |
n. animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant |
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parched |
adj. extremely dry; very thirsty |
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pariah |
n. social outcast |
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parity |
n. equality in status or amount; close resemblance |
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parochial |
adj. narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes |
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parody |
n. humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty |
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paroxysm |
n. fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage |
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parry |
v. ward off a blow; deflect |
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parsimony |
n. stinginess; excessive frugality |
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partial |
adj. incomplete; having a liking for something |
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partiality |
n. inclination; bias |
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partisan |
adj. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
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partition |
v. divide into parts |
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passive |
adj. not active; acted upon |
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passport |
n. legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing him or her to travel abroad |
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pastiche |
n. piece of writing or music made up of borrowed bis and pieces; hodgepodge |
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pastoral |
adj. rural; simple and peaceful; idyllic; related to shepherds |
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patent |
adj. open for the public to read; obvious |
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pathetic |
adj. causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching |
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pathological |
adj. related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal |
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pathos |
n. tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
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patina |
n. green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
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patriach |
n. father and ruler of a family or tribe |
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patrician |
adj. noble; aristocratic |
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patronize |
v. support; act superior toward; be a customer of |
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paucity |
n. scarcity |
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pauper |
n. very poor person |
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peccadillo |
n. slight offense |
