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Description=Word List No. 34
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word	definition	part of speech	high-frequency
overwrought	extremely agitated; hysterical	adjective
ovoid	egg-shaped	adjective
pachyderm	thick-skinned animal	noun
pacifist	one opposed to force; antimilitarist	noun
pacify	soothe; make calm or quiet	verb
paean	song of praise or joy	noun	
painstaking	showing hard work; taking great care	adjective	
palatable	agreeable; pleasing to the taste	adjective	
palate	roof of the mouth; sense of taste	noun
palatial	magnificent	adjective	
paleontology	study of prehistoric life	noun	
palette	board on which painter mixes pigments	noun	
palimpsest	parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased	noun
pall	grow tiresome	verb	
pallet	small, poor bed	noun	
palliate	ease pain; make less severe or offensive	verb	
pallid	pale; wan	adjective	
palpable	tangible; easily perceptible	adjective	
palpitate	throb; flutter	verb	
paltry	insignificant; petty	adjective
pan	criticize harshly	verb
panacea	cure-all; remedy for all diseases	noun	
panache	flair; flamboyance	noun	
pandemic	widespread; affecting the majority of people	adjective	
pandemonium	wild tumult	noun	
pander	cater to the low desires of others	verb	
panegyric	formal praise	noun	
panorama	comprehensive view; unobstructed view in all directions	noun	
pantomime	acting without dialogue	noun	
papyrus	ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant	noun	
parable	short, simple story teaching a moral	noun	
paradigm	model; example; pattern	noun	
paradox	statement that looks false but is actually correct	noun	
paragon	model of perfection	noun	
parallelism	state of being parallel; similarity	noun	
parameter	limits; independent variable	noun	
paramount	supreme; foremost in importance	adjective
paramour	illicit lover	noun
paranoia	chronic form of insanity marked by delusions	noun	
paranoiac	mentally unsound person suffering from delusions	noun	
paraphernalia	equipment; odds and ends	noun	
paraphrase	restate a passage in one's own words while retaining the thought of the author	verb	
parasite	animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant	noun	
parched	extremely dry; very thirsty	adjective	
pariah	social outcast	noun	
parity	equality; close resemblance	noun	
parlance	language; idiom	noun
parley	conference	noun	
parochial	narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes	adjective	
parody	humorous imitation; travesty	noun	*
paroxysm	fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage	noun	
parquet	floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like pattern	noun
parry	ward off a blow; deflect	verb	
parsimonious	stingy; excessively frugal	adjective	
partial	incomplete; biased; having a liking for something	adjective	
partiality	inclination; bias	noun	
partisan	one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party	noun	*
parvenu	upstart; newly rich person	noun	
pass	old-fashioned; past the prime	adjective	
passive	not active; acted upon	adjective	
pastiche	imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing	noun	
pastoral	rural	adjective	
patent	open for the public to read; obvious	adjective	
pathetic	causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching	adjective	
pathological	pertaining to disease	adjective	
pathos	tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings	noun	
patina	green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly by varnished painting	noun	
patois	local or provincial dialect	noun
patriarch	father and ruler of a family or tribe	noun	
patrician	noble; aristocratic	adjective	
patronize	support; act superior toward	verb	
paucity	scarcity	noun
pauper	very poor person	noun
peccadillo	slight offense	noun