P Flashcards by olga pniewska

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Paean

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A song or expression of praise

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Palatial

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Magnificient

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Palimpsest

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An object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface

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Palpable

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Capable of being touched or felt

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Paltry

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Pitifully small or worthless

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Panache

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Szyk, polot

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Pandemic

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Pandemiczny

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Panegyric

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Formal hymn of praise

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Paradigm

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An outstandingly clear or typical example

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Paragon

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A model of perfection

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Paramount

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Supreme (najważniejszy)

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Pare

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Reduce

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Pariah

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wyrzutek

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Patent

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Obvious

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Pathogenic

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Causing disease

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Patronize

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To buy from

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Patrician

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Aristocratic

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Peculate

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Zdefraudować

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Pecuniary

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Relating to money

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Pellucid

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Easy to understand

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Penchant

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Skłonność, upodobanie

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Penitent

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Skruszony

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Penury

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Severe poverty

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Peregrinate

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To travel on foot

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Phalanx

Falanga

Philistine

Anti-intellectual, lowbrow (prostak)

Philology

The study of ancient texts and languages

Phlegmatic

Flegmatyczny

Pique

Provoke

Plaintive

Melancholy

Platitude

Overused

Plebeian

Characteristic of commoners

Plucky

Courageous

Politic

Polityczny (shrewd and crafty in managing or dealing with things)

Polyglot

Poliglota

Pore

sleczec, uwaznie studiowac

Portentous

Foreshadowing, ominous

Posit

przyjmowac

Potable

Suitable for drinking (pitny)

Potentate

A ruler

Precarious

Lacking in security or stability

Precipitous

Spadzisty

Presage

A feeling of what will happen in the future

Prestidigitation

A cleverly executed trick

Preternatural

Supernatural

Primeval

Ancient

Prodigal

Wasteful

Proffer

To offer for acceptance

Progenitor

Founder

Proliferate

Increase in number

Promulgate

Proclaim

Propensity

Skłonność

Prosaic

Ordinary, dull; relating to prose (prozaiczny)

Proscribe

To forbid as harmful

Prostrate

Lyinf face downward in adoration

Provincial

Unsophisticated

Proxy

Pełnomocnik (a person authorized to act for someone else)

Pseudonym

Pseudonim

Pugilism

Boxing

Puissant

Powerful

Punctilious

Precyzyjny, dokładny

Pundit

Ekspert, spec

Purloin

To steal

Purport

To claim, suppose