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palliate |
1. To make (an offence or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; excuse. 2. To mak [...] |
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pari passu |
A banking term, meaning at an equal rate or pace. It implies fairness and impart [...] |
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parvenu |
A person who has risen above their class or station. Usually used derogatorily. [...] |
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penurious |
1. Miserly; stingy. 2. Poverty stricken; needy. 3. Yielding little; barren. |
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penury |
[1] A state of extreme poverty; to be very poor
[2] Dearth; barrenness; insuffi [...] |
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peradventure |
(archaic) Perhaps; perchance; it may be. ~n (archaic) Uncertainty; doubt - `beyo [...] |
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peregrine |
(archaic) 1. Foreign; alien. 3. Roving or wandering; migratory. |
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peremptory |
1. Overbearing; imperious. 2. Having the nature of or expressing command; urgent [...] |
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perigrinate |
-intr. To journey or travel from place to place, usually over a long time and ov [...] |
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perorate |
To speak at great length, often in an inflated, pompous manner; declaim |
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peroration |
The concluding part of a speech or written discourse, usually consisting of a fo [...] |
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perspicacious |
1. Acutely discerning, perceptive or understanding. adv. perspicacity |
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pike |
(archery) To shorten a longbow and thus increase its draw weight. |
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pithy |
Precisely meaningful, cogent and terse. Also `pithiness', `pithily' |
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plangent |
Any sound which strikes with reverberation or is loud and resounding, eg. waves [...] |
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pleonasm |
1. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy. 2. A [...] |
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polemic |
Any virulent criticism, especially of an established doctrine, eg. "Cease your [...] |
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porpoising |
(archery) Said of arrows that dip up and down whilst in flight. |
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precipitous |
[1] reckless, hasty
[2] characterized by precipices
[3] abrupt: extremely stee [...] |
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preclude |
1. To make impossible or impracticable by previous action; prevent. 2. To bar or [...] |
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preferment |
1. The act of advancing to higher office or rank. 2. A position, appointment or [...] |
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probity |
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; honesty. |
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procrastinate |
1. To put off doing something until a future time. n. procrastination. |
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prodigality |
1. Extravagant wastefulness. 2. Profuse genorosity. 3. Extreme abundance; lavish [...] |
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pustulation |
1. The formatuion or appearance of pustules. 2. A pustule. |