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GRE Vocab 4000
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |