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34 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency paean song of praise or joy noun painstaking showing hard work; taking great care adjective palatable agreeable; pleasing to the taste adjective palatial magnificent adjective paleontology study of prehistoric life noun palette board on which painter mixes pigments 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 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 reflection noun parallelism state of being parallel; similarity noun parameter limits; independent variable 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 parley conference noun parochial narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes adjectiv e parody humorous imitation; travesty noun * paroxysm fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage noun parry ward off a blow 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 fe elings noun patina green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly by varnished painting noun patriarch father and ruler of a family or tribe noun patrician noble; aristocratic adjective patronize support; act superior toward verb paucity scarcity noun peccadillo slight offense noun