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causing disease
"The pathogenic effects of pathogens." |
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aristocrat
"The patrician had lots of money." |
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murder of one's father
"Patricide is a rare case of murder." |
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inheritance or heritage derived from one's father
"The patrimonical mannerisms I've acquired from my father." |
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scarcity, lack
"The paucity of oil is frightening." |
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very poor person
"Paupers collect pennies." |
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tent or light building used for shelter or exhibition
"The new pavilion showed that the town fair would open soon." |
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minor sin or offence
"Just as everone has his foible, so too are peccadillos commited - we must learn to forgive." |
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theft of money or goods
"The thief's peculation" -embezzlement |
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teacher
"The teacher was a pedagogue, teaching dogmatically." |
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One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
"The pedant was a bookworm who only studied fastitudiously." |
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triangular gable on a roof or facade
"The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with sculptures" |
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transparent; translucent; easily understood
"The pellucid glass was clear." |
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voluntary suffering to repent for a wrong
"Nietzsche despised any methods of penance, saying it was simply morality in the pejorative sense." |
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inclination
"I have a penchant to go to the beach" -predilection |
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expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant
"The penitent prisioner feels bad for what he has done - but could this be a form of penance?" |
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partial shadow
"The penumbra casted by the tree made the child scared that there were witches." |
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extreme poverty
"The penury in India - we must dissolve this destitution." |
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walk about
"Her perambulated through the park with no direction." |
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discerning, able to perceive
"The percipient student was extremely keen." |
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complete and utter loss; damnition
"Road to perdition, road to devistation." |
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to wander from place to place
"The nomad peregrinates the lands on foot." |
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imperative; dictatorial
"The authority spoke in a peremptory, imperative tone." |
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present throughout the years; persistent
"The perennial presence of life on earth." |
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faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
"The rebellion was the first perfidious action showing that the king no longer had complete power." |
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done in a routine way; indifferent
"Looking for a perfunctory way to study, he decided to create a to-do list." |
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point in orbit nearest to the sun
"The planet shines brightest in its perihelion phase." |
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moving from palce to place
"Aristotle conducted his lectures peripateticly, while walking form place to place." |
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containing too many words
"The periphrastic essay can be better understood without its ramblings." |
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to tell a lie under oth
"Perjury will get a witness in a lot of trouble." |
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