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| plait |
to braid, as hair or straw |
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| plaintive |
expressing sorrow: The plaintive melody of her lullaby brought back bittersweet memories of childhood. |
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| plaintiff |
injured person in a lawsuit |
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| pittance |
meager amount or wage: Josh complained that he was paid a pittance for the great amount of work he did at the firm. |
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| pique |
fleeting feeling of hurt pride: to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.): Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip. |
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| pillory |
ridicule and abuse; a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision; to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent |
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| pillage |
to loot, especially during a war: to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city. |
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| piddling |
trivial; a piddling sum of money |
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| picayune |
petty, of little value: a picayune amount |
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| phonic |
relating to sound |
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| phonetics |
the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language; study of speech sounds: People who do not know phonetics often attempt to describe particular speech sounds by labelling them 'soft' or 'hard'. |
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| phoenix |
mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes |
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| phegmatic |
calm in temperament; sluggish; self-possessed, calm, or composed: If you are a phlegmatic, you most likely possess a dry wit and a steady, amicable demeanor. |
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| phlegm |
coldness or indifference; the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages |
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| philology |
the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning;
sutdy of words: Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. |
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| philistine |
narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art or culture |
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| philanderer |
pursuer of casual love affairs |
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| petulance |
rudeness, peevishness: In a burst of petulance she threw the book out of the window. |
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| pettish |
fretful; cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish |
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| pestilence |
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease;
epidemic, plague: The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. |
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| perusal |
close examination: The actor agreed to accept the role after a two-month perusal of the movie script. |
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| perturbation |
disturbance: Ruth tried to control her perturbation and meet her guest with an unruffled countenance. |
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| pertinacious |
persistent, stubborn; holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute. |
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| pert |
lively and bold |
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| perspicacious |
shrewd, astute, keen-witted: He was a perspicacious student of human nature, and knew how we would react. |
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| perjure |
to tell a lie under oath |
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| periphrastic |
containing too many words; noting a construction of two or more words having the same syntactic function as an inflected word: The English future tense is periphrastic: it is formed with an auxiliary verb (shall or will) followed by the base form of the main verb. |
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| peripatetic |
moving from place to place |
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| perfidious |
faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
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| peremptory |
imperative; dictatorial |
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| perdition |
complete and utter loss; a state of final spiritual ruin; damnation |
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| percipient |
discerning, able to perceive |
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| perambulate |
walk about |
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| penumbra |
partial shadow: A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation. |
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| penultimate |
next to last |
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| pensive |
thoughtful |
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| penitent |
expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant |
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| penchant |
inclination: Hagen's penchant for cooking was legendary. |
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| penance |
voluntary sufferin to repent for a wrong; a sacrament, as in the Roman Catholic Church, consisting in a confession of sin, made with sorrow and with the intention of amendment, followed by the forgiveness of the sin. |
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| pediment |
triangular gable on a roof or facade |
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| peculation |
theft of money or goods; embezzle |
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| peccadillo |
minor sin or offense |
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| pavilion |
tent or light building used for shelter or exhibitions |
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| pauper |
very poor person, esp. a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity. |
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| paucity |
scarcity, lack |
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| patronize |
to condescend to, disparage; to buy from; to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support. |
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| patrimony |
inheritence or heritage derived from one's father |
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| patricide |
murder of one's father |
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| patrician |
aristocrat |
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| patent (adj) |
obvious, unconcealed; readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners. |
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| partisan (n) |
strong supporter |
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| partisan (adj) |
biased in favor of |
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| parry |
to ward off or deflect; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question. |
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| parochial |
of limited scope or outlook, provincial |
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| parley |
discussion, usually between enemies; an informal conference between enemies under a truce, esp. to discuss terms, conditions of surrender, etc. |
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| parity |
equality |
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| pariah |
outcast; any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. |
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| paradoxical |
self-contradictory but true |
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anahitb Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:06:37 GMT |
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| paradox |
contradiction, incongruity; dilemma, puzzle: A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. |
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anahitb Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:06:37 GMT |
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| paradigm |
idel example, model |
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| panorama |
broad view; comprehensive picture |
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| panache |
flamboyance, verve: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache. |
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| panacea |
cure-all; solution to all problems: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea. |
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| paltry |
pitifully small or worthless |
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| palpitation |
trembling, shaking, irregular beating |
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| palpable |
obvious, real, tangible |
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anahitb Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:06:36 GMT |
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| pall(v) |
to lose strength or interest |
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| pall |
covering that darkens or obscures: coffin |
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| palisade |
fence made up of stakes |
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| palette |
board for mixing paints; range of colors |
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| palaver |
idle talk; a long parley, esp. one between primitive natives and European traders, explorers, colonial officials, etc. |
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| pacifist |
one opposed to war; a person whose personal belief in pacifism causes him or her to refuse being drafted into military service. |
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| pacific |
calm, peaceful |
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