Word List 36 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Philistine

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Narrow-minded

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Phlegmatic

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Calm; not-easily disturbed

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Picaresque

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Pertaining to rogues in literature

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Piety

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Religious devotion

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Pillage

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Plunder

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Pine

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Languish

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Pinnacle

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Peak

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Pious

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Devout

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Piquant

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Pleasantly tart-tasting

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Pique

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Irritation; resentment

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Pitfall

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Hidden danger

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Pithy

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Concise; meaningful

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Pittance

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A small allowance or wage

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Pivotal

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Crucial; key; vital

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Placate

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Pacify; conciliate

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Plaintive

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Mournful

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Platitude

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Trite remark

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Plaudit

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Enthusiastically worded approval

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Plenitude

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Abundance; completeness

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Pliable

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Flexible; yielding

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Pliant

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Flexible; easily influenced

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Plight

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Condition, state

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Plumage

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Feathers of a bird

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Plumb

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Vertical

Plummet

Fall sharply

Poignancy

Quality of being deeply moving

Pomposity

Self-important behavior

Ponderous

Weighty; unwieldy

Pontifical

Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

Pore

Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize

Portend

Foretell; presage

Portent

Sign; omen; forewarning

Portly

Stately; stout

Poseur

Person who pretends to be sophisticated; elegant

Postulate

Essential premise; underlying assumption

Potable

Suitable for drinking

Potent

Powerful; persuasive

Potentate

Monarch; sovereign

Prate

Speak foolishly; boast idly

Prattle

Babble

Preamble

Introductory statement

Precarious

Uncertain; risky

Precedent

Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action