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- noisome, adj.
- noxious to health
- obdurate, adj.
- hardened and unrepenting, stubborn, inflexible
- obfuscate, v.
- to darken, to obscure, to muddle
- obsequious, adj.
- excessivley willing to serve or obey, servile
- obstreperous, adj.
- noisy, vociferous
- obtuse, adj.
- not sharp or pointed, blunt; also, dull-witted
- officious, adj.
- unnecessarily accommodating, meddlesome
- onerous, adj.
- burdening, oppressive, laborious
- opaque, adj.
- not letting light pass though, not reflecting light, hard to understand,
obscure
- oscillate, v.
- to swing to and fro, to be indecisive in purpose or opinion
- ossify, v.
- to settle or fix rigidly into a practice, to become bone
- overwrought, adj.
- overworked, fatigued, nervous, strained, excited
- paean, n.
- a song of praise or triumph
- palliate, v.
- to make something appear less serious than it is
- palpable, adj.
- that which can be touched, felt or handled, easily perceived by the
senses
- panegyric, n.
- a formal speech or praise, a eulogy
- paradigm, n.
- a pattern, model, or example
- paradox, n.
- a statement that seems contradictory
- pariah, n.
- an outcast, someone rejected and despised by others
- paucity, n.
- dearth, scarcity, lack
- pedagogy, n.
- the profession or function of teaching
- pellucid, adj.
- transparent, easy to understand
- penury, n.
- lack of money or property, indigence
- peregrination, n.
- the act of traveling from one country to another, wandering
- perfidious, adj.
- violating good faith, proceeding from treachery
- perfunctory, adj.
- performed without care or interest, done automatically
- peripheral, adj.
- pertaining to the outer region of something, as opposed to the center
or core
- perspicacious, adj.
- having keen judgment or understanding
- petrous, adj.
- like a rock, hard, stony
- petulant, adj.
- impatient or irritable
- phlegmatic, adj.
- sluggish, dull, apathetic
- pillory, v.
- to punish, to hold up to public scorn
- piquant, adj.
- agreeably pungent, stimulating
- pique, n.
- resentment at being slighted
- placate, v.
- to appease or pacify
- placebo, n.
- a medicine given merely to humor a patient, especially a preparation
containing no medicine at all
- plethora, n.
- A superabundance; an excess.
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