Set: SAT VOCABS (P)
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All 72 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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painstaking | extremely careful; taking pains |
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palliate | to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem; to assuage; to mitigate |
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palpable | capable of being touched; obvious; tangible |
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paltry | insignificant; worthless |
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panacea | something that cures everything |
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paradigm | a model or example |
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paradox | a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement of or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical |
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parochial | narrow or confined in point of view; provincial |
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parody | a satirical imitation |
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parsimonious | stingy |
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pervade | to spread throughout |
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petulant | rude; cranky; ill-tempered |
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philanthropy | love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds |
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philistine | a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters |
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pious | reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout; hypocritical |
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pivotal | crucial |
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placate | to pacify; to appease; to soothe |
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plaintive | expressing sadness or sorrow |
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platitude | a dull or trite remark; a cliche |
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plebeian | common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois |
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plethora | an excess |
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poignant | emotional; exremely moving; sharp or astute |
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polarize | to break up into opposing factions or groupings |
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polemic | a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue |
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ponderous | so large as to be clumsy; massive; dull |
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portent | an omen; a sign of something coming in the future |
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postulate | something accepted as true without proof; an axiom |
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pragmatic | practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory |
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precedent | an earlier example or model of something |
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precept | a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim |
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precipitate | to cause to happen abruptly |
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precipitous | steep |
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preclude | to prevent something from ever happening |
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precursor | forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows |
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predilection | a natural preference for something |
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preeminent | better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme |
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preempt | to seize something by prior right |
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premise | an assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
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prepossess | to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand |
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prerogative | a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some othe rgroup or classification |
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prevail | to triumph; to overcome rivals; (with on, upon, or with) to persuade |
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pristine | original; unspoiled; pure |
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prodigal | wastefully extravagant |
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prodigious | extraordinary; enormous |
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prodigy | an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence |
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profane | not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous |
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profess | to declare; to declare falsely or pretend |
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proficient | throughly competent; skillful; very good (at something) |
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profligate | extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral |
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profound | deep (in several senses) |
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profuse | flowing; extravagant |
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proletariat | the industrial working class |
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proliferate | to spread or grow rapidly |
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prolific | abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile |
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promulgate | to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something |
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propensity | a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection |
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propitious | marked by favorable signs or conditions |
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proponent | an advocate; a supporter of a position |
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proprietary | characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property |
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propriety | properness; good manners |
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prosaic | dull; unimaginative; like prose (as opposed to poetry) |
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proscribe | to outlaw; to prohibit |
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proselytize | to convert (someone) from one religion or doctrine ot another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine |
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protagonist | the leading character in a noverl, play, or other work; a leader or champion |
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protract | to prolong |
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provident | preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal |
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provincial | limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow |
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provisional | conditional; temporary; tentative |
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proximity | nearness |
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prudent | careful; having foresight |
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purported | rumored; claimed |
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putative | commonly accepted; supposed; reputed |
Set Information
| Terms | 72 |
| Creator | aci1130 |
| Created | April 15, 2007 |
| Groups | None |
| Tag | cafelatte92ki |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |
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aci1130 : Changed provincial → limited in outlook to one's own small cornerof the world; narrow to provincial → limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow
Last Message: 15 months ago
Most Missed Words
- pervade → to spread throughout - 2 misses
- pious → reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout; hypocritical - 2 misses
- plebeian → common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois - 2 misses
- plethora → an excess - 2 misses
- precept → a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim - 2 misses
- precipitous → steep - 2 misses
- predilection → a natural preference for something - 2 misses