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Ap Literature Vocabulary Set #20 Flashcards

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13613081731Pariaha social outcast0
13613083316Parody (n.)A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.1
13613085998Parsimoniousstingy, miserly; meager, poor, small2
13613085999Paucityscarcity; lack3
13613089649Pavidafraid or timid4
13613090877Peccadilloa minor offense; a misdeed5
13613091922Pejorativetending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling6
13613092839Placateto appease, soothe, pacify7
13613094310Plethoraan excess8
13613094311Polemiccontroversy; argument; verbal attack9
13613095134Pretentiouspompous, self-important10
13613097035Prodigiousimmense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree11
13613100595Pusillanimouscontemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited12
13613103545Strait (adj.)narrow; strict13
13613106253Qualmsmisgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy14

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