P' Flashcards by olga pniewska

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parched

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very dry

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pallid

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dull, pale

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pariah

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outcast

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partisan

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stronnik

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pathology

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disease or study of disesase; extreme abnormality

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pellucid

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very clear

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penitent

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feeling sorry for past crimes or sins

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penurious

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extremely frugal

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perceptive

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quick to notice

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perfidious

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disloyal

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perfunctory

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routine

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permeate

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to spread through

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persevere

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to continue despite difficulties

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perspicacity

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keenness of observation

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peruse

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to examine or study

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pervasive

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spreading throughout

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phlegmatic

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flegmatyczny

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placate

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able to be reshaped

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plausible

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apparently believable

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polarize

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to seperate into opposing groups or forces

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portend

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to indicate a future event

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potentate

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ruler

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pragmatism

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practical means

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preamble

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wstep

precocious

mature at an unusually early age

predatory

drapiezny

predilection

preference

predominant

greatest in numbers or influence

prepossessing

attractive

presumptuous

przekraczac granice przyzwoitosci

pretentious

claiming excessive value or importance

procrastinate

to delay

profane

swiecki

proficient

skillful

proliferate

to increase

prolific

produktywny, plodny

prominence

fame

promulgate

to declare

propagate

to foster, to cause to grow

propriety

appropriateness

prosaic

everyday

protagonist

the main character

provocative

prowokacyjny

proximity

nearness

prudent

wise, cautious and practical

pugnacious

zadziorny

punctilious

very concerned about proper forms of behaviour and manners

pundit

ekspert, spec

punitive

karny

purify

to make pure, clen or perfect