Weekly Vocab- Quarter 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Week One: Pallid (adjective)
lacking color
Paradigm (noun)
a remedy for all ills or remedies
Paramount (adjective)
greatest of importance, rank, character
Penitent (adjective)
remorseful, regretful
Penultimate (adjective)
next to last
Week two: Perfunctory (adjective)
showing little interest or minimum effort
Permeate: (verb)
spread throughout
Placid (adjective)
calm, peaceful
Plausible (adjective)
believable, reasonable
Pragmatic (adjective)
practical
Week 3: Rancid (adjective)
having a terrible taste or smell
Rancor (noun)
deep, bitter resentment
Rebuke (verb)
to scold, criticize
Refute (verb)
to prove wrong
Remiss (adjective)
negligent, failing to take care
Week four: Reproach (verb)
to scold, disapprove
Repudiate (verb)
to reject, refuse to accept
Rescind (verb)
to take back, repeal
Revere (verb)
feel deep respect or admiration for
Ruminate (verb)
to contemplate, reflect
Week five: Satiate (verb)
satisfied to the fullest
Seminal (adjective)
influential, important
Stoic (adjective)
unaffected by passion or feeling
Strident (adjective)
harsh, loud