GRE Vocab 4000
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| palatial |
grand, splendid |
| pall |
to become dull or weary |
| palliate |
assuage |
| pallid |
pale, sallow |
| paltry |
scarce |
| panacea |
cure-all |
| pander |
cater to people's baser needs |
| panegyric |
praise |
| panorama |
vista |
| partisan |
supporter |
| parvenu |
new comer, social climber |
| pasquinade |
satire |
| passim |
here and there |
| pastel |
pale |
| pastoral |
rustic |
| patent |
obvious |
| pathogen |
agent causing disease |
| pantomime |
mime |
| paramour |
lover |
| parapet |
rampart, defense |
| patrimony |
inheritance |
| parenthetical |
in parenthesis |
| patrician |
aristocrat |
| pare |
peel |
| patronymic |
a name formed from the name of the father |
| patter |
walk lightly |
| pawn (noun) |
tool, stooge |
| pawn (verb) |
pledge |
| peaked |
wan, pale, haggard |
| peal |
reverberation, outburst |
| pariah |
outcast |
| parlay |
increase |
| parley |
conference |
| parochial |
provincial |
| paroxysm |
outburst, convulsion |
| parry |
avert, ward off |
| peccadillo |
a minor fault |
| peculate |
embezzle |
| pedagogue |
dull, formal teacher |
| pedant |
pedagogue |
| peerage |
aristocracy |
| pejorative |
insulting |
| pellucid |
transparent |
| pensive |
sad |
| penurious |
stingy |
| penury |
poverty |
| percolate |
ooze, permeate |
| perdition |
damnation |
| peregrination |
wandering |
| peremptory |
dictatorial |
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