21/22 Flashcards


Set Details Share
created 10 months ago by ngust090
10 views
show moreless
Page to share:
Embed this setcancel
COPY
code changes based on your size selection
Size:
X
Show:

1

Ostracize

To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.; to banish from one's native country

2

Pallid

pale; faint or deficient in color; lacking in vitallity or intrest

3

Palpable

readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived; obvious, evident; capable of being achieed or completed; capable of touching

4

Panacea

a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all; an answer or colution for all problems or difficulties

5

Paradox

a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses possible truth

6

Paragon

a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence; someone of exceptional merit; epitome

7

Pastoral

having the simplicity charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas

8

Pathological

caused by or involving disease; caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition

9

Pedestrian

a person who goes or travels on foot

10

Penchat

a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

11

Penultimate

Next to the last

12

Perfidious

Deceitful; deliberately faithless

13

Peripheral

relativity minor aspect of the subject in question; relating to or situated on the edge or periphery

14

Pernicious

Evil and cruel; fatal; deadly

15

Persona

The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others

16

Perspicacity

The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness

17

Peruse

to read through with care

18

Pervasive

spread throughout

19

Placebo

An object that has no medical effect but is given to satisfy a patient or as a control for testing

20

Prose

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure