Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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66 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />
Quiz 23 (Matching)<br />
Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />
Answers are on page 101.<br />
1. ORDNANCE A. a model<br />
2. ORTHODOX B. local speech<br />
3. OUTMODED C. convulsion<br />
4. PALAVER D. stingy<br />
5. PANEGYRIC E. agent causing disease<br />
6. PARADIGM F. artillery<br />
7. PARLANCE G. conventional<br />
8. PAROXYSM H. out-of-date<br />
9. PARSIMONIOUS I. babble<br />
10. PATHOGEN J. praise<br />
paunch stomach<br />
pauper poor person<br />
pavilion tent<br />
pawn (noun) tool, stooge<br />
pawn (verb) pledge<br />
pax peace<br />
peaked wan, pale, haggard<br />
peal reverberation, outburst<br />
peccadillo a minor fault<br />
peculate embezzle<br />
peculiar unusual<br />
peculiarity characteristic<br />
pedagogical pertaining to teaching<br />
pedagogue dull, formal teacher<br />
pedant pedagogue<br />
pedantic bookish<br />
peddle sell<br />
pedestrian common<br />
pedigree genealogy<br />
peerage aristocracy<br />
peevish cranky<br />
pejorative insulting<br />
pell-mell in a confused manner<br />
pellucid transparent<br />
pen write<br />
penance atonement<br />
penchant inclination<br />
pend depend, hang<br />
pending not decided, awaiting<br />
penitent repentant<br />
pensive sad<br />
penurious stingy<br />
penury poverty<br />
peon common worker<br />
per se in itself<br />
perceptive discerning<br />
percolate ooze, permeate<br />
perdition damnation<br />
peregrination wandering<br />
peremptory dictatorial
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