Vocabulary English-English With P Part 1
Painstaking (adjective)
showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details
- Paying painstaking attention to detail, French artist Lucien Rudaux was the first to combine his artistic talents with his knowledge of astronomy.
Pale (adjective)
of a moderately white color; lacking color
- Due to the intense ultraviolet rays of the sun, the paint on the car oxidized, causing it to change to a pale yellow.
Paleoanthropologist (noun)
one who studies in a branch of anthropology dealing with fossil hominids–any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms
- The announcement was made this week by paleoanthropologist Tim White of the University of California at Berkeley. White, who co-led the joint U.S.-Ethiopian research team that made the discovery, noted that the skulls, which are between 154,000 and 160,000 years old, are the oldest known fossils of modern humans, or Homo sapiens.
Pamphlet (noun)
a small unbound booklet or leaflet
- A pamphlet entitled A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law and town instructions denouncing the Stamp Act (1765) marked him as a vigorous, patriotic penman, and, holding various local offices, he soon became a leader among Massachusetts radicals.
Paradigm (noun)
example of a pattern or ideas of particular theories about a given subject
- Cognitive Psychology is an empirical science and depends on careful experimental procedures and paradigms to test theories about these mental processes.
Paralyze (verb)
to render powerless or motionless by inflicting severe injury; to render helpless, as by emotion
- The hiker was paralyzed with fear after seeing the mountain lion face to face.
Parameter (noun)
constant element or factor, especially one serving as a limit or boundary
- 19th century astronomers made very careful observations of Mercury's orbital parameters but could not adequately explain those using Newtonian mechanics.
Parasite (noun)
an organism living in, with, or on another organism
- A new theory suggests that human hairlessness evolved as a strategy to shed the ticks, lice, fleas and other parasites that nestle deep in fur.
Pare (verb)
to diminish or reduce by or as if by trimming off an outside, excess, or irregular part of something
- Under new CEO Paul Tellier, a proven cost cutter, Bombardier Inc., the parent company of Bombardier Aerospace, is paring down its operations to become nimbler and more focused on its core businesses, making trains and planes.
Parody (noun)
a false, mocking, or disrespectful imitation of something
- Many writers make a distinction between poetic truth and historical truth and attempt, through the use of parody, to set their boundaries.
Particle (noun) a tiny amount
- The introduction of more compression causes the new helium particles inside of the core to collide hard enough so that they can stick together and fuse.
Partisan (adjective)
showing an inclination for or against something that inhibits impartial judgment
- Divisive and partisan politics is quite common among governmental offices in many countries.
Pass (noun)
a narrow passage through mountains
- Sitting just west of the Nevada boundary in the basin and range district of the Mojave Desert, Death Valley is all but surrounded by mountain ranges, with a few roads connecting the valley to the outside world through narrow passes.
Passionate (noun)
fired with intense feeling
- It is mentioned in many history books that Abigail Adams was a wise, learned, strong willed, passionate, and patriotic woman.
Pastorate (noun)
office in which a priest or minister is in charge of a church or a congregation
- Rejecting offers for academic positions, King decided while completing his Ph. D. requirements to return to the South and accepted the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
Pasture (noun)
grassland suitable for grazing
- The settlers to the new world called the New World "Vinland," an Old Norse term for grassland or pasture.
Patriarchal (adjective)
relating to system of society or government ruled by men
- Some decry marriage as a sexist and patriarchal institution that should be avoided at all costs.
Patron (adjective)
a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter
- Some authorities believe the Romans named the month for Juno, the patron goddess of marriage.
Payload (noun)
the load carried by a vehicle exclusive of what is necessary for its operation; especially: the load carried by an aircraft or spacecraft consisting of things such as passengers or instruments necessary to the purpose of the flight
- Scientists have worked for years to harness the power that viruses have to invade cells, replacing unwanted elements of herpes and other viruses with disease-fighting genes in hopes the new genetic payload would correct a targeted illness.
Peak (noun)
the highest point of a mountain
- The western side of the valley is defined by the Panamint Range, with Telescope Peak its highest spot at an elevation of 11,049 feet.
Peasant (noun)
small farmer or agricultural worker
- Sterling observed only a small number of cases in which a man married more than one wife in the Turkish peasant villages he studied.
Pebble (noun)
a small smooth stone worn by the action of water
- The 3 mile wide comet will not be destroyed or knocked from its orbit. It's like if you throw a pebble at a moving car. You're not going to knock the car off course, unless you frighten the driver.
Peculiarity (noun)
peculiar behavior; a distinctive element
- Demographic peculiarities reveal a pattern of upward marriage or hyper gamy which is quite different from endogamy and reflects an acknowledged status difference among communities.
Peg (verb)
to establish the identification of
- Today's most sophisticated forecast models cannot peg mountain convection well enough to assess how it might trigger storm complexes downstream.
Pelt (noun)
the skin of an animal
- Many hunters and fur traders sought money in beaver and otter pelts, and deer and buffalo skins.
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