LAE VOCABULARY

FLASH CARDS
PACIFIC
MEANING
Tending to lessen conflict
Reflecting to use force as an instrument of policy
Having a soothing appearance or effect
SYNONYM
Appeasing, conciliating, conciliatory, disarming
ANTONYM
antagonizing
PALLID
MEANING
Deficient in color
Lacking sparkle or liveliness
SYNONYM
Ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous
ANTONYM
Blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded
PALPABLE
MEANING
Capable of being touched or felt
Easily perceptible
Easily perceptible by the mind
SYNONYM
Appreciable, apprehensible, detectable
ANTONYM
Impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable
PANDEMONIUM
MEANING
A very noisy place
Wild uproar or noise
SYNONYM
noise
ANTONYM

PARADIGM
MEANING
One that serves as a pattern or model
SYNONYM
Epitome, prototype, image
ANTONYM

PARADOX
MEANING
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless
be true
SYNONYM
Contradiction, mystery, puzzle, ambiguity
ANTONYM

PARAGON
MEANING
A model of excellence or perfection
SYNONYM
Beau, ideal, classic, eidolon, exemplar
ANTONYM

PARRY
MEANING
To ward of a weapon or blow
To evade or turn aside something
SYNONYM
Deflect, block, evade
ANTONYM

PARSIMONY
MEANING
The quality of being careful with money or resources
The quality or state of being stingy
SYNONYM
Cheapness, cheeseparing, closeness
ANTONYM
Diseconomy, wastefulness
PEDANTIC
MEANING
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects
SYNONYM
Donnish, academic
ANTONYM

PEER
MEANING
One that is of equal standing with another: equal
Especially one belonging to the same societal group
especially based on age, grade, or status
SYNONYM
Grandee, cord, milord, nobleman, gentleman
ANTONYM

PERIPHERAL
MEANING
Of, relating to, involving or forming a periphery or surface
part
SYNONYM
Accessorial, accessory, appurtenant, auxiliary
ANTONYM
Chief, main, principal
PLACATE
MEANING
To soothe or mollify especially by concessions: appease
SYNONYM
Pacify, gentle, gruntle
ANTONYM

PIED
MEANING
Having two or more colors in a pattern of patches or spots
Piebald
Wearing pied clothing
SYNONYM
Multi-color, piebald, vary-colored
ANTONYM

PIGMENT
MEANING
A substance that imparts black or white or a color to other
materials
SYNONYM
Color, colorant, coloring
ANTONYM

PIQUANT
MEANING
Agreeably stimulating to the palate, especially: spicy
Engagingly provocate
Also: having a lively arch charm
SYNONYM
Pert, poignant, pungent, salty
ANTONYM
Insipid, zestless
PIQUE
MEANING
A transient feeling of wounded vanity: resentment
SYNONYM
Dudgeon, huff, miff, offense
ANTONYM

PLACID
MEANING
Serenely free of interruption or disturbance
SYNONYM
Collected, composed, cool
ANTONYM
Agitated, discomposed, disturbed
PLASTICITY
MEANING
The quality or state of being plastic
The ability to retain shape attained by pressure deformation
SYNONYM
Malleability
ANTONYM

PLATITUDE
MEANING
The quality or state of being dull or insipid
SYNONYM
Banality, bromide, chestnut
ANTONYM

PLETHORA
MEANING
A bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood
marked by turgescence and a florid complexion
SYNONYM
Abundance, cornucopia, feast
ANTONYM
Deficiency, inadequacy, undersupply
PLUCKY
MEANING
Having or showing courage in the face of difficulties,
danger, etc.
SYNONYM
Brave, spirited, daring, bold
ANTONYM
Yellow, afraid, scared
PLUMMET
MEANING
Drop sharply
SYNONYM
Fall, crash, nose-drive
ANTONYM

PONTIFICAL
MEANING
The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff; esp. a bishop
SYNONYM
Doctrine, opimonated, dogmatic
ANTONYM
Latitudinarian, undoctrine
POROUS
MEANING
Capable of being penetrated
SYNONYM
Passable, permeable
ANTONYM
Impassable, impervious, nonporous
PRATE
MEANING
Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
SYNONYM
Blether, prattle, yack
ANTONYM

PUMMEL
MEANING
Strike, usually with the fist
SYNONYM
Beat, punch, pound
ANTONYM

PUNGENT
MEANING
Strong and sharp
SYNONYM
Strong, acrid
ANTONYM
Moderate, dull, mild, bland
PRATTLE
MEANING
To utter or make meaningless sounds suggestive of the
chatter of children
SYNONYM
Babble, jabber
ANTONYM

PRECEDENT
MEANING
Prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
SYNONYM
Antecedent, foregoing
ANTONYM
Ensuing, succeeding
PRECIPITATE
MEANING
To move or act with violent or unwise speed
SYNONYM
Cursory, overhasty
ANTONYM
Deliberate, unhurried
PRECURSOR
MEANING
One that precedes and indicates the approach of another
SYNONYM
Foregoer, forerunner
ANTONYM
Descendant
PREDESTINE
MEANING
To destine, decree, determine, appoint, or settle
beforehand
SYNONYM

ANTONYM

PRESCIENCE
MEANING
Human anticipation of the course of events
SYNONYM
Foreknowledge, foresight
ANTONYM
Improvidence, myopia
PREVARICATE
MEANING
To deviate from the truth
SYNONYM
Equivocate, lie
ANTONYM

PRISTINE
MEANING
Beginning to the earliest period or state
SYNONYM
Brand-new, original
ANTONYM
State, timeworn
PROCLIVITY
MEANING
An inclination or predisposition toward something
SYNONYM
Affection, affinity
ANTONYM
Abomination, loathing
PRODIGAL
MEANING
Characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure
SYNONYM
Extravagant, wasteful
ANTONYM
Conserving, economical
PREVALENT
MEANING
Generally or widely accepted, practiced or favored
SYNONYM
Conventional, customary
ANTONYM
Nonstandard, unusual
PROBITY
MEANING
Adherence to the highest principles and ideas
SYNONYM
Decency, righteousness
ANTONYM
Immorality, villainy
PRODIGY
MEANING
An extraordinary, marvelous, or unusual accomplishment,
deed or event
SYNONYM
Marvel, splendor
ANTONYM
Dullness
PROFLIGATE
MEANING
Wildly extravagant
Completely given up to dissipation
SYNONYM
Squandering, wasteful
ANTONYM
Conserving, frugal
PROFOUND
MEANING
Having intellectual depth and insight
SYNONYM
Abstruse, deep
ANTONYM
Shallow, superficial
PROFUSE
MEANING
Exhibiting great abundance; pouring forth liberally
SYNONYM
Copious, lavish
ANTONYM
Dribbling, trickling
PROLIFERATE
MEANING
To grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or
offspring
SYNONYM
Accelerate, accumulate
ANTONYM
Decrease, diminish
PROLOGUE
MEANING
A speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an
actor at the beginning of a play
SYNONYM
Preliminary, prelude
ANTONYM
Epilogue
PRONE
MEANING
Having a tendency or inclination
SYNONYM
Apt, given
ANTONYM
Supine
PROPENSITY
MEANING
An often intense natural inclination or preference
SYNONYM
Aptness, proneness
ANTONYM
Improper, inapplicable
PROPRIETY
MEANING
Conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct or
speech
SYNONYM
Decorum, decency
ANTONYM
Inappropriateness, indelicateness
PROSCRIBE
MEANING
To publish the name of as condemned to death with the
property of the condemned forfeited to the state
SYNONYM
Prohibit, forbid
ANTONYM

PROVOCATIVE
MEANING
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
SYNONYM
Charged, stimulating
ANTONYM
Non-inflammatory
PIOUS
MEANING
Marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to
divine worship
Marked by conspicuous religiosity
Sacred / devotional as distinct from the profane or secular:
religious
Showing loyal reverence for a person / thing
SYNONYM
Constant, dedicated, devoted, devout, fast, good, royal,
staunch, steady, steadfast
ANTONYM
Disloyal, fairness, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious,
recreant, untrue
PHLEGMATIC
MEANING
Resembling, consisting of, or producing he humor phlegm
Having or showing a slow and stolid temperament
SYNONYM
Impassive
ANTONYM

PHENOMENON
MEANING
Observable fact or event
An object or aspect known through the senses rather than
by thought or intuition
A temporal / spatiotemporal object of sensory experience
as distinguished from a noumenon
A fact or event of scientific interest susceptible to scientific
description and explanation
SYNONYM
Caution, flash, marvel, miracle, potent, prodigy, sensation
ANTONYM

PERVASIVE
MEANING
Existing or spreading through every part of something
SYNONYM

ANTONYM

PERUSE
MEANING
Examine / consider with attention and in detail: study
To look over or through in a casual or cursory manner
Read; esp. to read over in an attentive / leisure manner
SYNONYM

ANTONYM

PERTINENT
MEANING
Having clear decisive relevance to the matter at hand
SYNONYM
relevant
ANTONYM

PERTURB
MEANING
To cause to be worried / upset: disquiet
To throw into confusion: disorder
To cause to experience a perturbation
SYNONYM

ANTONYM

PERSPICACIOUS
MEANING
Acute mental vision or discernment: keen
SYNONYM
shrewd
ANTONYM

PERMEABLE
MEANING
Capable of being permeated: penetrable
Esp. having pores or openings that permit liquids or gasses
to pass through
SYNONYM
Passable, penetrable, pervious, porous
ANTONYM
Impassable, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, non
porous
OBSEQUIOUS
MEANING
Marked by or exhibiting an attentiveness
SYNONYM
subservient
ANTONYM

OBLIVIOUS
MEANING
Lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention
Lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness
SYNONYM
Clueless, innocent, insensible, ignorant, unaware,
unconscious
ANTONYM
Acquainted, aware, conscious, conversant, grounded,
informed
OBSCURE
MEANING
Dark, dim
Not clearly seen or easily distinguished
Relatively unknown / not prominent or famous
SYNONYM
Ambiguous, cryptic, deep, elliptical, enigmatic, mysterious
ANTONYM
Accessible, clear, non-ambiguous, obvious, plain,
unequivocal
OBSOLETE
MEANING
No longer in use or no longer useful
If a kind or style no longer current
SYNONYM
Dated, demoded, fossilized, medieval
ANTONYM

OCCLUDE
MEANING
To close up or block off
To come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth
fitting together
SYNONYM
Block, choke, clot, congest, clam
ANTONYM
Clear, free, open, unblock, unplug
OBTUSE
MEANING
Not painted
Lacking sharpness or quickness or sensibility or intellect
Difficult to comprehend: not clear or precise in thought or
expression
SYNONYM
Dull, blunted
ANTONYM
Cutting, edged, ground, keen, sharp
OBSTINATE
MEANING
Perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in
spite of reason, arguments or persuasion
Not easily remedied or removed
SYNONYM
Bull headed, hard, hard headed, immovable, inconvincible,
inflexible
ANTONYM
Agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible,
pliable
NEOPHYTE
MEANING
a new convert
beginner
SYNONYM
Convert, proselyte
ANTONYM
Old hand, vet, veteran
NEXUS
MEANING
A casual link
A connected group or series
SYNONYM
Catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution
ANTONYM

NOCTURNAL
MEANING
Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
Active at night
SYNONYM
Night, nightly
ANTONYM
Daily, diurnal
NOVICE
MEANING
A person admitted to probationary membership in a
religious community
SYNONYM
Abecedarian, apprentice, babe, colt, cub
ANTONYM
Old hand, old timer, vet
NOXIOUS
MEANING
Physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Constituting a harmful influence on mans behavior
SYNONYM
Insalubrious, noisome, unhealthy, sickly
ANTONYM
Healthful, healthy
NUANCE
MEANING
A subtle distinction or variation
A subtle quality: nicety
Sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate
shadings
SYNONYM
ANTONYM

NUCLEATE
MEANING
To form into a nucleus: cluster
To act as a nucleus for
To supply nuclei to
SYNONYM

ANTONYM

NUGATORY
MEANING
To little or no consequence
Having no force
SYNONYM
Bad, inoperative, invalid, nonbinding, non-valid, null, void
ANTONYM
Binding, good, valid
NULLIFY
MEANING
To make null
Esp. to make legally null and void
To make of no value or consequence
SYNONYM
Negate, annul, abrogate, invalidate
ANTONYM

OBDURATE
MEANING
Stubbornly persistent in wrong doing
Hardened in feelings
Resistant to persuasion or softening influences
SYNONYM
Affectless, callous, cold-blooded, compassionless
ANTONYM
Charitable. Compassionate, humane, hard hearted
OBJECTIVE
MEANING
Relating to or existing as an object of thought without
consideration of independent existence
Condition in the realm of experience independent of
individual thought and perceptible by all observers
SYNONYM
Existential, experiential, experimental, empirical,
observational
ANTONYM
Non-empirical, theoretical, unempirical