P Vocabulary Flashcards by Melanie Boudreau

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palliate

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to reduce the severity of

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pallid

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lacking color

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panacea

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a remedy for all ills or difficulties

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paragon

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model of excellence or perfection

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pariah

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an outcast

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parsimony

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frugality, stinginess

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pathos

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an emotion of sympathy

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paucity

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small in quantity

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pejorative

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derogatory, uncomplimentary

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pellucid

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easily intelligible, clear

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penurious

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miserly, stingy

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perfidious

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disloyal, unfaithful

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perfunctory

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showing little interest or enthusiasm

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pernicious

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extremely harmful or destructive

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perspicacity

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shrewdness, perceptiveness

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pertinacious

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stubbornly persistent

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petulance

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rudeness, irritability

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pithy

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concisely meaningful

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platitude

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an uninspired remark, cliche

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plethora

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an abundance, excess

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polemic

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an aggressive argument against a specific opinion

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portent

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an omen

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precocious

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advanced, developing ahead of time

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prescient

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to have foreknowledge of events

primeval

original, ancient

probity

virtue, integrity

proclivity

a strong inclination toward something

promulgate

to proclaim, make known

propensity

an inclination, a preference

propitious

favorable

prosaic

plain, lacking liveliness

proscribe

to condemn, outlaw

protean

able to change shape, displaying great variety

prurient

eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

puerile

juvenile, immature

pugnacious

quarrelsome, combative

pulchritude

physical beauty

punctilious

eager to follow rules or conventions