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overwrought |
extremely agitated, histerical |
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ovoid |
egg shaped |
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pachyderm |
thick skinned animal |
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pacifist |
one opposed to force, antimilitarist |
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pacify |
soothe |
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pean |
song or praise or joy |
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painstaking |
showing hard work, taking great care |
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palatable |
agreeable, pleasing to taste |
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palate |
roof of the mouth, sense of taste |
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palatial |
magnificent |
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paleontology |
study of prehistoric life |
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palette |
board on which painter mixes pigments |
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palimpest |
parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased |
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pall |
grow tiresome |
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pallet |
small bed |
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palliate |
ease pain |
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pallid |
pale, wan |
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palpable |
tangible, easily perceptible |
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palpitate |
throb, flutter |
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paltry |
insignificant, petty |
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pan |
criticize harshly |
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paancea |
cure all |
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panache |
flair, flamboyance |
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pandemic |
widespread |
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pandemonium |
wild tumult |
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pander |
cater to the low desires of others |
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panegyric |
formal praise |
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panoramic |
denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view |
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pantomime |
acting without dialogue |
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papyrus |
ancient paoper |
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parable |
short simple story with a moral |
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paradigm |
model, example |
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paradox |
contradictory in nature |
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paragon |
model of perfection |
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parallelism |
similarity |
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parameter |
limit |
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paramount |
supreme |
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paramour |
ilicity lover |
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paranoia |
pyschosis marked by delusions of grandeur |
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paraphernalia |
equipment, odds and ends |
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paraphrase |
restate a passage in one's own words |
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parasite |
animal or plant living on another body |
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parched |
extremely dry |
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pariach |
social outcast |
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parity |
equality |
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parlance |
language, idiom |
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parley |
conference |
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parochial |
narrow in outlook, provincial |
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parody |
spoof |
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paroxysm |
fit of attack or pain |
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parquet |
flood made of wood strips |
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parry |
ward off a blow, deflect |
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parsimony |
miserliness |
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partial |
incomplete |
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partiallity |
inclination, bias |
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partisan |
one sided |
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partition |
divided into parts |
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passe |
old fashioned, past |
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passive |
not active |
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pastiche |
imitation of anonther's style in music or writing |
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pastoral |
rural |
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patent |
open for public to read, obvious |
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pathetic |
causing sadness, pity |
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pathological |
pretaining to disease |
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pathos |
tender sorry pity, quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
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patina |
green crust on old bronze works |
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patois |
local or provincial dialect |
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patriarch |
father or ruler of a family |
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patrician |
noble, aristrocratic |
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patronize |
support |
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paucity |
scarcity |
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pauper |
very poor person |
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pecadillo |
slight offense |
