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words week 8
NEED TO PASS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Palpitate | (of the heart) beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly. |
| Pandemonium | wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. |
| Pander | gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.) |
| Panorama | an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer. "the tower offers a wonderful panorama of Prague" |
| Pantomime | a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music |
| Paradox | a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory |
| Paranoia | a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance |
| Partition | a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution |
| Perforate | pierce and make a hole or holes in. |
| periphery | the outer limits or edge of an area or object. |