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Details Title: GRE Word Smart 4 Description: Difficult Words (P-R) Total Flash Cards: 125 Created: 09/12/2005 16:21:18	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term paean Definition song or expression of praise Term palliate Definition to make something appear less serious Term panegyric Definition formal expression or praise Term paradigm Definition something that serves as a model, example Term pariah Definition an outcase Term parody Definition a humorous imitation indended for ridicule Term parry Definition to block, evade or ward off Term parsimonious Definition cheap miserly Term partisan Definition one-sided, commited to a party Term paucity Definition scarcity, a lacking of Term peccadillo Definition a slight offense Term pedagogy Definition the art or profession of training, teaching, or instruciting Term pedantic Definition ostentatious display of learning Term pedestrian Definition commonplace, trite Term penchant Definition strong inclination, a liking Term penurious Definition penny-pinching Term peremptory Definition admitting no contradiciton Term perennial Definition recurrent through the year or many years Term perfidy Definition intentional breach of faith Term perfunctory Definition cursory, done without care or interest Term peripathetic Definition itinerant, traveling, nomadic Term pernicious Definition extremely harmful Term personable Definition pleasing in appearance Term perspicacious Definition acutely perceptive Term peruse Definition to examine with great care Term pervade Definition to permeate throughout Term petrous Definition like a rock, hard, stony Term petulant Definition impatient, irritable Term philistine Definition a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual values Term phlegmatic Definition calm, sluggish Term picaresque Definition involving clever rogues or adventurers Term pied Definition multi-colored Term pillory Definition to punish, hold up to public scorn Term pine Definition to yearn intensely Term pious Definition extremely devout Term piquant Definition agreeably pungent, spicy Term pique Definition resentment Term pirate Definition to use illegally Term pith Definition the essential or central part Term placate Definition to appease, calm Term plaintive Definition mournful, sorrowful Term plangent Definition pounding, thundering, resounding Term plastic Definition moldable, pliable, not rigid Term platitide Definition a superficial or trite remark Term plethora Definition an overabundence Term pluck Definition courage Term plumb Definition to measure the depth Term plummet Definition to plunge or drop straight down Term poignant Definition distressing, pertinent, touching Term polemical Definition controversial, argumentative Term pragmatic Definition practical Term prate Definition chatter, babble Term prattle Definition to babble meaninglessly Term precarious Definition uncertain, risky Term precept Definition rule establishing standards of conduct Term precipitate Definition acting with excessive haste or impulse Term precursor Definition something that precedes Term prediliction Definition liking or preference Term preempt Definition to replace Term preen Definition to dress up Term prescience Definition knowing of events prior to their occurance Term presumptuous Definition overstepping bounds Term prevaricate Definition to mislead Term pristine Definition pure Term prize Definition to pry, press or force with a lever Term probity Definition adherence to highest principles, uprightness Term proclivity Definition natural predisposition or inclination Term prodigal Definition recklessly wasteful, lavish Term prodigious Definition abundant in size Term profligate Definition excessively wasteful Term profuse Definition given or coming forth abundantly Term proliferate Definition to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly Term prolific Definition producing large volumes and amounts Term prolix Definition long-winded, verbose Term propensity Definition natural inclination or tendency Term propinquity Definition nearness in time or place Term propitiate Definition to appease, conciliate Term propitious Definition auspicious, favorable Term proscaic Definition dull, unimaginitive Term proscribe Definition to outlaw or prohibit Term provident Definition frugal, looking to the future Term puerile Definition childish, immature Term pugnacious Definition contentious Term punctilious Definition precise Term pundit Definition an authority on a subject Term pusillanimous Definition cowardly Term putrefy Definition to rot, decay Term quaff Definition to drink deeply Term quail Definition to shrink back in fear, lose courage Term qualify Definition to limit Term qualms Definition misgivings Term queries Definition questions Term querulous Definition prone to complaining or grumbling Term quiescence Definition stillness Term quixotic Definition foolishly impractical Term quotidian Definition occuring or recurring daily Term rail Definition complain about bitterly Term ramify Definition to be divided or subdivided Term rancourous Definition characterized by bitter resentment Term rapacious Definition voracious, greedy Term rarefy Definition to make becoming thin, less dense Term rebus Definition riddle Term recalcitrant Definition difficult to manage Term recant Definition to retract Term recondite Definition hidden, concealed Term reconnoiter Definition to engange in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspecition of Term recumbent Definition leaning, resting, prone Term redolent Definition fragrant, suggestive, or evocative Term redoubtable Definition awe-inspiring, worthy of honor Term refulgent Definition radiant, shiny; brilliant Term refute Definition to disprove Term regale Definition to delight, feast Term relegate Definition to forcibly assign Term remonstrate Definition to protest, object Term renege Definition to fail to honor a promise Term rent Definition torn, split apart Term repine Definition to feel or express dejection Term repudiate Definition to refuse to have anything to do with, disown Term rescind Definition to invalidate, repeal Term resolute Definition adamant, steadfast Term reticent Definition quiet, reserved Term reverent Definition marked by profound awe Term rhetoric Definition the art or study of effective use of language Term rubric Definition authoritative rule Term rue Definition regret, feel remorse