Set 4 Flashcards by Joseph Hungate

Provocative

angering, inflammatory

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Puerile

juvenile, infantile, childish

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Pugnacious

bellicose, combative, aggressive

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Punctilious

fastidious, meticulous

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Pungent

bitter, acrid, acrimonious

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Quagmire

stalemate, checkmate, impasse

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Quandary

predicament, conundrum, enigma

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Querulous

Complaining in a petulant manner, “she became querulous and demanding”

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Quixotic

impractical, unrealistic

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raconteur

storyteller, teller of tails

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Rambunctious

boisterous, rowdy

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Rancorous

resentful, spiteful, vengeful

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Rapacious

predatory, ravenous, voracious

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Rarified

lofty, elevated, exalted

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Raucous

strident, shrill, piercing, harsh

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Recalcitrant

disobedient, defiant

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Recant

retract, abrogate, abjure

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Reciprocate

respond in kind, return the favor

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Reclamation

restoration, regeneration

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Recluse

hermit, loner

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Redoubtable

formidable, awesome, powerful

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Perspicuous

lucid, clear, pellucid

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Pertinacious

stubborn, obstreperous

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Peruse

scrutinize, examine carefully

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Philistine

hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts

Picayune

trivial, of minor importance

Pertinent

germane, relevant, to the point

Petulant

easily angered, ill-humored

Pinion

fetter, shackle, handcuff

Pique

irritate, annoy

Plebeian

proletarian, common, insignificant

Poignant

profound, compelling

Potentate

magnate, tycoon, celebrity

Precept

canon, rubric, guideline

Precocious

gifted or talented beyond one's years

Prescience

clairvoyance, preternatural, foreknowledge

Probity

honesty, integrity

Profligate

degenerate, corrupt, libertine

Profundity

scholarly, intellectual, abstruse

Propitious

fortuitous, serendipitous

Prosaic

ordinary, not original

Protean

varied, eclectic

Piquant

pungent, sharp

Platitude

cliche, hackneyed

Precipitate

hasten, trigger, accelerate

Prevaricate

lie, falsify, distort

Pariah

outcast, exile

Parochial

narrow-focused, provincial, unsophisticated

Parsimonious

stingy, miserly, penurious

Pastoral

serene, tranquil, halcyon, placid

Pathos

pity, sympathetic response

Patronizing

condescending, scornful, disdainful, arrogant

Paucity

scarcity, dearth

Pedagogue

educator, pedant, strict instructor

Pellucid

translucent, diaphanous, crystal clear

Penchant

inclination, proclivity, predilection, tendency

Pendulous

hanging, swinging, swaying

Penitent

remorseful, regretful

Percipient

insightful, perspicacious, astute

Perfidious

pernicious, virulent, treacherous

Perfunctory

cursory, superficial, shallow

Permute

alter, change, mutate

Perquisite

profit, gain, benefit

Personify

embody, incarnate

Perspicacious

insightful, discerning, astute

Parity

equality

Patrician

aristocrat, nobleman

Omnifarious

multifold, of all shapes

Omnipotence

all-powerful

Omniscient

all-knowing, wise, sagacious

Onus

burden, millstone, encumbrance

Opacity

vague, abstruse, erudite

Opine

consider, surmise, conjecture

Opprobrious

dishonorable, disgraceful

Opulent

wealthy, rich, profuse

Oracle

wise man, sage, prophet

Orthodox

conventional, conformist

Ostentatious

showy, pompous

Ossify

become hardened, inflexible, intransigent, stubborn

Ostracize

exclude, banish, exile

Overweening

excess, overdone

Pacific

peaceful, tranquil

Palliate

mollify, mitigate, extenuate, assuage

Pallid

pale, feeble

Panacea

magic solution, cure-all

Panache

flamboyance, ostentation, elegance

Panegyrize

praise, eulogize, laud, tout

Paradigm

example, archetype, prototype

Nihilist

anarchist, extremist, skeptic

Nocuous

harmful, noisome, perfidious

Noisome

disgusting, repugnant, sickening

Maverick

independent, nonconformist

Nonpareil

peerless, without equal, unrivaled

Nostalgia

longing for, yearning, musing, reminiscence

Obdurate

stubborn, obstinate

Obeisance

homage, adoration, reverence, veneration

Obfuscate

obscurity, murkiness, confusion

Obloquy

disrepute, discredit, ignominy

Obsequious

submissive, docile

Obstinate

obdurate, stubborn

Obtrusive

prominent, obvious, bold, conspicuous

Odious

loathsome, detestable, heinous, ignominious

Nomenclature

terminology, classification

mettle

fortitude, tenacity, determination