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overwrought--philanderer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pachyderm | thick skinned animal |
| pacifist | antimiltratist |
| paean | song of praise,joy |
| palette | paint mixing board |
| pall** | grow tiresome |
| pallet | poor's bed |
| palliate | ease pain |
| pallid | pale,wan |
| paltry | insignificant,petty,trifling |
| palimpsest | parchment used for 2nd time after original writing has been erased |
| pan | critisize harshly |
| panacea | cure all |
| panache | flair,flambuoyant |
| pandemonium | wild tumult,chaos |
| pander | cater to low desiresof others |
| panegyric | formal praise |
| panoramic | unobstructed and comprehensive view |
| pantomime | acting without dialogue |
| papyrus | ancient paper from papyrus plant |
| parable | short,simple moral story |
| paradigm | model,example,pattern |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| paramour | illicit lover |
| pariah | social outcast |
| pariance | language,idiom |
| parley | conference |
| parochial | narrow in outlook,provincial |
| parody | humorous imitation,travesty,spoof |
| paroxysm | fit or attack of apin |
| parquet | floor made of wood strips in mosaic pattern |
| parry | ward off blow,deflect |
| parsimony | stinginess,poor,excessive frugality |
| partisan | one sided-ness,prejudiced |
| passe | old fashioned |
| pastiche | imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing |
| pastoral | rural |
| patent | open for public to read,obvious |
| pathos | tender sorrow,pity,quality in art or literature produces such feelings |
| patina | green crust on old bronze items |
| patois | local or provincial dialect |
| patrician | noble,aristrocratic |
| patronize | support,act superior,toward,be a customer of |
| paucity | scarcity |
| peccadillo | slight offense |
| pecuniary | pertaining to money |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| pedant | scholar overemphasizing book learning and technicalities |
| pedantic | bookish,showing off learning |
| pedestrian | ordinary,unimaginative |
| pejorative | negative in expression |
| pell-mell | in confusion,imbroglio,disorderly |
| pellucid | transparent,limpid,easily understood |
| penchant | liking,strong inclination |
| pendant(adj) | hanging down from something |
| penitent | repentant |
| pensive | thoughtful mood |
| penury | severe poverty |
| peon | bond servant,landless agricultural worker |
| perdition | damnation,complete ruin |
| perergrination | journey |
| peremptory | demanding n leaving no choice,compulsory |
| perfidious | treacherous,disloyal |
| perfunctory | superficial,not thorough,lacking intrest,care or enthusiasm |
| peripatetic | walking about,moving |
| perjury | false testimony while under oath |
| pernicious | very destructive |
| peroration | conclusion of an oration |
| perpetrate | commit an offense |
| perpetual | everlasting |
| perquisite | any gain above stipulated salary |
| personable | attractive |
| perspicacious | having insight |
| perspicuity | clearness of expresion,freedom from ambiguity |
| pert | impertinent,forward,rude |
| pertinacious | stubborn,persistent |
| pertinent | suitable,to the point |
| peruse | read with care |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| perverse | stubbornly wrongheaded,wicked and unacceptable |
| perversion | corruption |
| pestilential | causing palgue |
| petty | trivial,unimportant,very small |
| petulant | touchy,peevish |
| pharisaical | pertaining to pharisces,hypocritical,self righteousness |
| philanderer | faithless lover,flirt |
| overwrought | extremely agitated |
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