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Question 1

paean

Answer 1

song of joy and triumph. Like hymn
Giuliani turned his answer into a paean to the police.

Question 2

paleontology

Answer 2

the study of fossils

Question 3

pallid

Answer 3

1 very pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy
pallid cheeks
2 not very interesting
a pallid performance

Question 4

panegyric

Answer 4

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something a lot
Like tribute. Encomium. Accolade. Euology. Paean(song). Hymn

Question 5

pathological

Answer 5

departing from normal condition
1 pathological behaviour or feelings happen regularly, and are strong, unreasonable, and impossible to control
a pathological hatred of women
a pathological liar
2 a mental or physical condition that is pathological is caused by disease
pathological conditions such as cancer

Question 6

patois

Answer 6

a spoken form of a language used by the people of a small area and different from the national or standard language. لهجه شهرستانی
a patois of the Louisiana backwoods(a distant and undeveloped area away from any towns)

Question 7

paucity

Answer 7

scarcity

Question 8

pedantic

Answer 8

paying too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details. Like captious
pedantic about
Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation.

Question 9

pellucid

Answer 9

easily understood, transparent

Question 10

penchant

Answer 10

inclination. like propensity
a penchant for fast cars

Proclivity: tendency to bad things
Predilection: tendency to unusal things
Mendacity: tendency to lie

Question 11

penury

Answer 11

extreme poverty

Question 12

peregrination

Answer 12

1 a long journey
2 wandering around

Question 13

peremptory

Answer 13

expecting to be obeyed immediately and without any questions بی چون و چرا
a peremptory demand for silence

Question 14

perennial

Answer 14

1 continuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again. Like premordial
Lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning.
Teddy bears are a perennial favorite with children.
2 a plant that is perennial lives for more than two years → annual

Question 15

perfidious

Answer 15

untrustworthy. treacherous غیر قابل اعتماد
unabletobetrusted,orshowingnoloyalty
She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.
aperfidiousscheme

Question 16

perigee

Answer 16

point in an orbit that is closest to the earth.OPP apogee
The best time to observe the moon is when the moon reaches its perigee.

Question 17

pervasive

Answer 17

existing everywhere
the pervasive influence of television
the all-pervasive mood of apathy(بی تفاوتی) like ubiquitous

Question 18

physiognomy

Answer 18

facial features
the physical appearance of the face

Question 19

piety

Answer 19

when you behave in a way that shows respect for your religion
an act of Christian piety

Question 20

piquant

Answer 20

1 having a pleasantly spicy taste
a piquant wild mushroom sauce
2 interesting and exciting

Question 21

pique

Answer 21

a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because someone has ignored you or insulted you. Almost Like indignant
He stormed out in a fit of pique.

The verbpiquemeans to make someone angry or annoyed. But when somethingpiquesyour interest or curiosity, here the verbpiquejust means to arouse, stimulate, or excite.

Question 22

placid

Answer 22

calm
Call a sea placid when it has a smooth surface and no waves. Call a person placid if they dont like to make a fuss.

Question 23

plaintive

Answer 23

melancholy, mournful
a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad
plaintive cry/voice/sound etc
the plaintive cry of the seagull

Question 24

platitude

Answer 24

a statement that has been made many times before and is not interesting or clever – used to show disapproval like banal
His excuse was the platitude ‘boys will be boys’.

Question 25

platonic

Answer 25

A platonic relationship or emotion is loving but not sexual:
She knew he was attracted to her, but preferred to keep their relationship platonic.

Question 26

plumb

Answer 26

1 plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc)
to feel an unpleasant emotion in a very extreme way
When his wife left him, Matt plumbed the very depths of despair.
That night they plumbed the depths of treachery(خیانت) and horror, and murdered the king as he slept.
2 to succeed in understanding something completely SYN fathom
Psychologists try to plumb the deepest mysteries of the human psyche.

Question 27

plummet

Answer 27

to fall, plunge

Question 28

plutocracy

Answer 28

نظام سرمایه داری
Theocracy: ruled by religious leaders
Oligarchy: ruled by a small group of people
Monarchy: ruled by a king or queen
Autocratic: is a dictator ruler
Imperial: relating to an empire or emperor سلطنتی
Interregnum: when a country has no ruler

Question 29

porous

Answer 29

1 allowing liquid, air etc to pass slowly through many very small holes متخلخل
porous material
2 easy to pass through or get into something
the porous border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Question 30

poseur

Answer 30

a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

Question 31

prate

Answer 31

to talk idly, chatter
I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half.

idle chatter/talk/gossip (not serious, or not done with any definite intention)

Question 32

prattle

Answer 32

to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things. like prate or quibble
prattle away/on
What’s Sarah prattling on about?

Question 33

preamble

Answer 33

noun like introduction
a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about
preamble to
the preamble to the American Constitution
Harding gave him the news without preamble (=without saying anything else before it).

Question 34

precarious

Answer 34

uncertain. Likely to fall
the company’sprecariousfinancialposition

Question 35

precept

Answer 35

principle
basic moral precepts

Question 36

precursor

Answer 36

something that happened or existed before something else and influenced its development. like prior or preempt
Sulphur dioxide is the main precursor of acid rain.
Biological research has often been a precursor to medical breakthroughs.

Question 37

prehensile

Answer 37

a prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them
The Spider Monkey’s prehensile tail, used as a fifth limb.

Question 38

premonition

Answer 38

a strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen. like presentiment.
premonition of
a premonition of death
premonition that
When Anne didn’t arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger.

Question 39

presage

Answer 39

verb نشان از چیزی داشتن
to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad
The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.

Question 40

preternatural

Answer 40

supernatural
1 beyond what is usual or normal
He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness.
2 strange, mysterious, and unnatural
the preternatural green light

Question 41

prevaricate

Answer 41

to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly like equivocate
‘I’m not sure, ’ he prevaricated.

Question 42

primordial

Answer 42

1 existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth از اذل بوده
the primordial seas
2 primordial feelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like
He was driven on by a primordial terror(a feeling of extreme fear).

Question 43

probity

Answer 43

honesty
I have always found Bentner to be a model of probity in our dealings.

Question 44

problematic

Answer 44

involving problems and difficult to deal with
The reforms could turn out to be highly problematic.

Question 45

profound

Answer 45

deep
Tolstoy’s experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.
a profound sense of guilt

Question 46

prohibitive

Answer 46

1 prohibitive costs are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something
The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive.
2 a prohibitive rule prevents people from doing things
prohibitive regulations

Question 47

proliferate

Answer 47

to increase rapidly
By the 1970s, such names were proliferating.
The HIV virus is able to proliferate at an astonishing rate.

Question 48

propensity

Answer 48

inclination, tendency. like penchant
the male propensity to fight
He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.

Question 49

propriety

Answer 49

1 correctness of social or moral behaviour OPP impropriety درستی
propriety of
They discussed the propriety of treating ill children against the wishes of the parents.
with propriety
They conducted themselves with propriety.
2 → the proprieties (the accepted rules of correct social behaviour)

Question 50

provident

Answer 50

frugal
(Prudent especially with money)

Question 51

punctilious

Answer 51

very careful to behave correctly and follow rules. تابع قانون
punctilious about
Joe was always punctilious about repaying loans.

Question 52

pungent

Answer 52

Like piquant
1 having a strong taste or smell
pungent smell/aroma/odour etc
the pungent odour of garlic
2 formal pungent speech or writing is clever and direct, and usually criticizes someone or something strongly
He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.

Question 53

pusillanimous

Answer 53

cowardly. Like craven
Others would see the acceptance of this bounded walking environment as timid and pusillanimous.

Question 54

purport

Answer 54

Claim to be or do something even if it is not true.
Two undercover officers purporting to be dealers infiltrated the gang.
The document is purported to be 300 years old.