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GRE Vocab 4000
Question | Answer |
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palatial | grand, splendid |
pall | to become dull or weary |
palliate | assuage |
pallid | pale, sallow |
paltry | scarce |
panacea | cure-all |
pander | cater to people's baser needs |
panegyric | praise |
panorama | vista |
partisan | supporter |
parvenu | new comer, social climber |
pasquinade | satire |
passim | here and there |
pastel | pale |
pastoral | rustic |
patent | obvious |
pathogen | agent causing disease |
pantomime | mime |
paramour | lover |
parapet | rampart, defense |
patrimony | inheritance |
parenthetical | in parenthesis |
patrician | aristocrat |
pare | peel |
patronymic | a name formed from the name of the father |
patter | walk lightly |
pawn (noun) | tool, stooge |
pawn (verb) | pledge |
peaked | wan, pale, haggard |
peal | reverberation, outburst |
pariah | outcast |
parlay | increase |
parley | conference |
parochial | provincial |
paroxysm | outburst, convulsion |
parry | avert, ward off |
peccadillo | a minor fault |
peculate | embezzle |
pedagogue | dull, formal teacher |
pedant | pedagogue |
peerage | aristocracy |
pejorative | insulting |
pellucid | transparent |
pensive | sad |
penurious | stingy |
penury | poverty |
percolate | ooze, permeate |
perdition | damnation |
peregrination | wandering |
peremptory | dictatorial |