Quizlet GRE set 34

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  1. overwrought: extremely agitated, histerical
  2. ovoid: egg shaped
  3. paancea: cure all
  4. pachyderm: thick skinned animal
  5. pacifist: one opposed to force, antimilitarist
  6. pacify: soothe
  7. painstaking: showing hard work, taking great care
  8. palatable: agreeable, pleasing to taste
  9. palate: roof of the mouth, sense of taste
  10. palatial: magnificent
  11. paleontology: study of prehistoric life
  12. palette: board on which painter mixes pigments
  13. palimpest: parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
  14. pall: grow tiresome
  15. pallet: small bed
  16. palliate: ease pain
  17. pallid: pale, wan
  18. palpable: tangible, easily perceptible
  19. palpitate: throb, flutter
  20. paltry: insignificant, petty
  21. pan: criticize harshly
  22. panache: flair, flamboyance
  23. pandemic: widespread
  24. pandemonium: wild tumult
  25. pander: cater to the low desires of others
  26. panegyric: formal praise
  27. panoramic: denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view
  28. pantomime: acting without dialogue
  29. papyrus: ancient paoper
  30. parable: short simple story with a moral
  31. paradigm: model, example
  32. paradox: contradictory in nature
  33. paragon: model of perfection
  34. parallelism: similarity
  35. parameter: limit
  36. paramount: supreme
  37. paramour: ilicity lover
  38. paranoia: pyschosis marked by delusions of grandeur
  39. paraphernalia: equipment, odds and ends
  40. paraphrase: restate a passage in one's own words
  41. parasite: animal or plant living on another body
  42. parched: extremely dry
  43. pariach: social outcast
  44. parity: equality
  45. parlance: language, idiom
  46. parley: conference
  47. parochial: narrow in outlook, provincial
  48. parody: spoof
  49. paroxysm: fit of attack or pain
  50. parquet: flood made of wood strips
  51. parry: ward off a blow, deflect
  52. parsimony: miserliness
  53. partial: incomplete
  54. partiallity: inclination, bias
  55. partisan: one sided
  56. partition: divided into parts
  57. passe: old fashioned, past
  58. passive: not active
  59. pastiche: imitation of anonther's style in music or writing
  60. pastoral: rural
  61. patent: open for public to read, obvious
  62. pathetic: causing sadness, pity
  63. pathological: pretaining to disease
  64. pathos: tender sorry pity, quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
  65. patina: green crust on old bronze works
  66. patois: local or provincial dialect
  67. patriarch: father or ruler of a family
  68. patrician: noble, aristrocratic
  69. patronize: support
  70. paucity: scarcity
  71. pauper: very poor person
  72. pean: song or praise or joy
  73. pecadillo: slight offense