Flashcards in Word List 08 Deck 2 Page 8 Deck (23):
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Omniscient
Knowing everything
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Oratory
Effective public speaking
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Ornithologist
One who studies birds
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Outwit
To outsmart
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Palisade
Line of cliffs
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Panache
Style
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Pare
To remove or reduce by cutting
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Parry
To ward off( a punch)
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Patter
Meaningless speech
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Pejorative
Insulting
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Penury
Poverty
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Perfidy
Disloyalty
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Perpetuate
To make last
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Pestilence
Disease
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Pinion
wing; to hold someone down
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Placard
Poster
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Plaudit
Praise
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Plunder
To rob
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Pontificate
To speak in a "know it all" way
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Potable
Drinkable
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Precarious
Dangerous
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Precocious
Matured earlier than normal
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