P Flashcards by Karol Szymański

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Paean

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A tribute

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Palatial

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Magnificent

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Palimpsest

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An object or place having diverse layers

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Palpable

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Easily percieved

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Paltry

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pitifully small

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Panache

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Dash in style and action

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Pandemic

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Occuring over a wide geographic aree and affecting large portion of population

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise

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Paradigm

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typical example

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Paragon

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A model of excellence

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Paramount

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Supreme

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Pare

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Reduce

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Pariah

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Outcast

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Patent

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Obvious

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Pathogenic

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Causing disease

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Patrician

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Aristocratic

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Patronize

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To buy from

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Peculate

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To embezzle

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Pecuniary

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Relating to money

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Pellucid

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Easy to understand

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Penchant

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An inclination

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Penitent

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Repentant

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Penury

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Severe poverty

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Peregrinate

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To travel on foot

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Phalanx

Close-knit body of people, animals

Philistine

A person who is guided by materialism

Philology

A study of ancient texts

Phlegmatic

Having an unemotional temper

Pique

Provoke

Plaintive

Melancholy

Platitude

overused and trite remark

Plebeian

Characteristic of commoners

Plucky

Spunky

Politic

Shrewd and crafty in managing

Polyglot

A speaker of many languages

Pore

To read studiously

Portentous

Foreshadowing

Posit

Propose as an explanation

Potable

Suitable for drinking

Potentate

A ruler

Precarious

steep

Presage

Sth that foreshadows

Prestidigitation

Sleight of hand

Preternatural

Supernatural

Primeval

Ancient

Prodigal

Wasteful

Proffer

To offer for acceptance

Progenitor

Founder

Proliferate

Increase in number

Promulgate

Proclaim

Propensity

A natural preference

Prosaic

Dull

Proscribe

To condemn

Prostrate

Lying face downward in adoration

Provincial

Narrow

Proxy

A person authorized to act for someone else

Pseudonim

Fictitious name

Pugilism

Boxing

Puissant

Powerful

Punctilious

Concerned with precise details with codes

Pundit

One who gives opinions in an authorized manner

Purloin

To steal

Purport

To claim