vocab Flashcards
(38 cards)
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pallid
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lacking color
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panacea
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remedy for all ills
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paragon
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model of excellence/perfection
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pariah
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outcast
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parsimony
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stingyness, frugality
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pathos
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emotion of sympathy
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paucity
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small amount
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pejorative
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derogatory
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pellucid
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easily intelligible, clear
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penurious
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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
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perspicacity
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perceptiveness
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pertinacious
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stubbornly persistent
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petulance
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rudeness
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pithy
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concisely meaningful
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platitude
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cliche
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plethora
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abundance
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polemic
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aggressive argument against an opinion
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portent
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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
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primeval
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original ancient
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probity
integrity
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proclivity
strong inclination
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promulgate
proclaim, to make known
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propensity
inclination
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propitious
favorable
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prosaic
plain, lacking liveliness
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proscribe
outlaw
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protean
able to change shape, displaying great variety
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prurient
eliciting or having a deep interest in sex
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puerile
juvenile
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pugnacious
combative
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pulchritude
physical beauty
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punctilious
eager to follow rules
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palliate
to reduce the severity of
