| Term | Definition |
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| overwrought | nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done |
| s hysteria | excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria |
| ovoid | egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate |
| pachyderm | thick-skinned animal |
| pacifist | one opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes |
| pacify | soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to |
| n paean | song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory |
| n painstaking | taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through |
| n palatable | agreeable; pleasing to the taste |
| n palate | roof of the mouth; sense of the taste |
| n palatial | of or suitable for a palace; magnificent |
| n paleontology | study of prehistoric life or fossils; CF. paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; Ex. paleography: study of ancient written documents |
| palette | board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters) |
| n palimpsest | parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased |
| s parchment | writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat |
| n pall | become boring; grow tiresome |
| n pallet | small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet |
| n palliate | ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness) |
| n pallid | pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion |
| palpable | tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder |
| n palpitate | throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate. |
| s throb | (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart |
| n paltry | insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash |
| n pan | criticize harshly |
| panacea | cure-all; remedy for all diseases |
| n panache | flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); Ex. with great panache; CF. ÀÜ ¾Æ·¡·Î õÀ» »©³»´Â ¼Ø¾¾ |
| pandemic | widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people |
| pandemonium | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
| n pander | cater to (the low desires of others) |
| s cater | provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) |
| n panegyric | formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics. |
| panoramic | denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area |
| pantomime | acting without dialogue; V. |
| papyrus | ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant |
| n parable | short simple story teaching a moral |
| paradigm | model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word |
| paradox | something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| paragon | model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue |
| parallelism | state of being parallel; similarity; analogy |
| s parallel | similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled |
| n parameter | limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget |
| paramount | foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal |
| paramour | illicit lover |
| s inamorata | woman whom a man loves |
| paranoia | psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ: paranoid, paranoiac |
| paraphernalia | equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry |
| s dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
| paraphrase | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
| parasite | animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside |
| s infest | inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters |
| n parched | extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat) |
| n pariah | social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah |
| s outcast | one that has been excluded from a society; ADJ. |
| parity | equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate |
| n parlance | language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance |
| n parley | conference (between opponents); CF. speak |
| n parochial | narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes |
| s parish | area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church |
| s outlook | point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook |
| parody | humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; V. |
| s spoof | parody |
| s takeoff | burlesque; act of leaving the ground |
| paroxysm | fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage; sudden outburst |
| n parquet | floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece |
| parry | ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried the unwelcome question very skillfully; N. CF. ¸·´Â´Ù´Â °³³äÀÌ ¾Æ´Ô |
| s ward | administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert |
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
| partial | incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something |
| partiality | state of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference |
| n partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla |
| s parvenu | upstart; newly rich person |
| partition | divide into parts |
| n pass\'e | old-fashioned; past the prime |
| passive | not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance |
| n pastiche | imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists |
| pastoral | rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor |
| patent | obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N. |
| pathetic | causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching |
| s touching | causing a feeling of pity or sympathy; pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or sympathy; ADJ. touched |
| pathological | pertaining to disease; N. pathology: study of disease |
| n pathos | tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel |
| n patina | green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| s varnish | paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V. |
| n patois | local or provincial dialect |
| patriarch | father and ruler of a family or tribe |
| n patrician | noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian |
| patronize | support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott |
| paucity | scarcity; dearth |
| pauper | very poor person |
| n peccadillo | slight offense or fault; CF. sin |
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