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19-24
Vocab 19-24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NEMESIS - link MY SIS | an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome |
| NETTLE - link SETTLE | to irritate; vex |
| NOCTURNAL - link NIGHT TURTLE | of or occurring at night |
| NULLIFY - link FLY | to make useless; cancel; undo |
| NURTURE - link NURSE | to nourish, to feed; to educate; to train; to foster |
| OBESE - link BEES | extremely fat; grossly overweight |
| OBTRUDE- link NUDE | to impose oneself or one’s ideas on others; to stick out |
| OFFAL - link AWFUL | waste parts, especially of a butchered animal; rubbish |
| OFFICIOUS - link OFFICE | interfering; intrusive; eager in offering unwanted services or advice |
| ONEROUS - link OWNER | troublesome or oppressive; burdensome |
| OPAQUE - link FAKE | impervious to light; dull; hard to understand; unclear |
| OSTENSIBLE - link SENSIBLE | appearing as such; offered as genuine or real |
| PACIFIST - link FIST | one who is in opposition of war or violence |
| PALISADE - link PAL IN THE SHADE | a fortification of timbers set in the ground; an extended cliff |
| PALLIATE - link PAL HE ATE | to make seem less serious; to mitigate |
| PALPABLE - link PAL THE BULL | capable of being touched or felt |
| PANACHE - link MUSTACHE | dashing elegance of manner or style |
| PANDEMIC - link PANDA | widespread; general |
| PANORAMA - link CAMERA | an unbroken view of a wide area |
| PARABLE - link PAIR OF BULLS | a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson |
| PARAGON - link PAIR OF GUNS | a model or pattern of excellence |
| PARLEY - link PARTY | a conference, especially between enemies |
| PATRIARCH - link PASTRY ART | the leader of a family or tribe |
| PATRIMONY- link PAT'S MONEY | an inheritance from a father or an ancestor; anything inherited |
| PECCADILLO - link ARMADILLO | a slight or trifling sin; a minor offense |
| PECUNIARY - link PECULIAR DAIRY | consisting of or relating to money |
| PEDESTRIAN - link PEDESTRIAN | ordinary; moving on foot |
| PERPENDICULAR - link PEN | upright or vertical; being at right angles to the plane of the horizon |
| PERSONIFY - link PERSON FLY | to think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify |
| PHILIPPIC - link FLIP IT | a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language; a tirade |
| PINGUID - link PENGUIN | fat |
| PINION - link PIN | to bind the wings so as not to fly; to confine |
| PIOUS - link PIE | devout or virtuous; holy |
| PLETHORA - link FLORA | a state of excessive fullness; superabundance |
| PLIABLE - link FLY BULL | receptive to change; easily persuaded or controlled; easily bent or twisted |
| PLUCKY - link DUCKY | brave and spirited; courageous |
| POLARIZE - link POLAR ICE | to break up into opposing factions or groups |
| POLTROON - link PLATOON | a coward |
| PORTAL - link PORTHOLE | an entrance, door or gate |
| PORTEND - link POOR END | to warn of as an omen; forecast |
| PRATTLE - link RATTLE | to babble; to talk meaninglessly |
| PREDATORY - link BREAD STORY | victimizing or destroying others for one’s own gain; pillaging |
| PREHENSILE - link UTENSILE | adapted for grasping or holding |
| PRESENTIMENT - link PRESENT | a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition |
| PRISTINE - link CLEAN | extremely pure; untouched |
| PRODIGIOUS - link DISH | enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvellous, amazing |
| PROFOUND - link TOES FOUND | intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depths of one’s nature |
| PROPINQUITY - link PROXIMITY | proximity, nearness; kinship |
| PRUDENT - link STUDENT | cautious; discreet; exercising good judgment |
| PSYCHE - link BIKE | the human soul; the mind |
| PURBLIND - link BLIND | having poor vision; nearly or partly blind |
| QUAFF - link GIRAFFE | to drink heartily |
| QUAIL - link QUAIL (bird) | to shrink with fear; to cower; to lose heart and courage |
| QUELL - link QUILT | to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force |
| QUIETUDE - link QUIET DUDE | calm; tranquility; peacefulness |
| RAFFISH - link FISH | cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry; disreputable |
| RANSACK - link RANSACK | to search thoroughly; pillage |
| REIGN - link RAIN | the exercise or possession of supreme power |
| REPLETE - link PETE | full or supplied to the utmost; gorged |
| PARADIGM - link PAIR OF DIMES | a pattern that serves as a model or example |
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