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Vocabulary 4A
Odious-pertinent
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Odious | Hateful |
| Ominous | Threatening |
| Onerous | Burdensome or oppressive |
| Onus | A burden or responsibility |
| Ostracism | Exclusion from society |
| Pacifism | Belief in peace; nonaggression |
| Panacea | A cure-all |
| Paragon | A model of excellence |
| Pariah | A social outcast |
| Partisan | Showing partiality to a party or one side of an issue |
| Passivity | Inactiveness; nonparticipation |
| Pathos | The quality that arouses emotion or sympathy |
| Peculiar | Odd; unique |
| Pejorative | Expressing disapproval |
| Perfunctory | Just going through the motions; mechanical |
| Peripheral | Tangential; unimportant; minor |
| Perjury | Lying under oath |
| Permeate | To pervade |
| Pernicious | Harmful; poisonous |
| Pertinent | Relevant |