english vocab #6
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urbanhalle on January 22, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Obscure | not discovered or known about; uncertain |
| Obsolete | no longer produced or used |
| Obstinate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen point of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so |
| Ominous | giving the impression that something unpleasant or bad is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious |
| Omnipotent | having unlimited power; able to do anything |
| Opulent | ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish |
| Ornate | made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns |
| Ostentatious | characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice |
| Paradigm | a typical example or pattern of something; a model |
| Paramount | more important than anything else; supreme |
| Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect |
| Patronizing | treat with an apparent kindness that portrays a feeling of superiority |
| Pejorative | expressing contempt or disapproval |
| Penitent | feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong; repentant |
| Permeated | spread throughout (something); pervade |
| Pervasive | spreading widely throughout an area or group of people |
| Plausible | seeming reasonable or possible |
| Poignant | evoking a keen sense of great sorrow or regret |
| Ponderous | slow and clumsy because of great thought |
| Pragmatic | dealing with problems sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather theoretical considerations |
| Premonition | a strong feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something unpleasant |
| Profound | very great or intense |
| Proliferate | increase rapidly in numbers; multiply |
| Propriety | conformity to established standards of good manners |
| Prosaic | having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty |
| Proximity | nearness in time, space or relationship |
| Prudent | acting or showing care and thought for the future |
| Pugnacious | eager or quick to argue, quarrel or fight |
| Pundit | wise man or teacher |
| Putrid | decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell |
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