Word List 36 Flashcards
(43 cards)
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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
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Plummet
Fall sharply
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Poignancy
Quality of being deeply moving
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Pomposity
Self-important behavior
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Ponderous
Weighty; unwieldy
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Pontifical
Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious
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Pore
Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize
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Portend
Foretell; presage
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Portent
Sign; omen; forewarning
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Portly
Stately; stout
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Poseur
Person who pretends to be sophisticated; elegant
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Postulate
Essential premise; underlying assumption
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Potable
Suitable for drinking
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Potent
Powerful; persuasive
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Potentate
Monarch; sovereign
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Prate
Speak foolishly; boast idly
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Prattle
Babble
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Preamble
Introductory statement
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Precarious
Uncertain; risky
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Precedent
Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
