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Sixth Level Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 17 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| painstaking | adj. | She checked each item with painstaking care. | thorough |
| pang | noun | When he moved his foot he felt a pang of pain. | twinge |
| parish | noun | He lived a a rural parish. | community |
| parlor | noun | She sat in the parlor with her friends. | front room |
| parson | noun | The parson came to visit us at our home. | cleric |
| pastry | noun | The boy enjoyed eating pastry. | cookies, cake |
| pavilion | noun | We visited a number of pavilions in China. | structure or building |
| peacock | noun | The peacock strutted showing all his ornate feathers. | type of bird |
| peg | verb | We must peg down the tent before the storm. | fasten with stakes |
| noun | We needed another peg for our tent. | stake | |
| picturesque | adj. | We observed a picturesque scene from our hotel window. | charming |
| plank | noun | A plank covered the hole in the bridge floor. | board |
| plum | noun | We ate a juicy plum at dinner. | type of fruit |
| pony | noun | The young girl got a pony for her birthday. | small horse |
| postscript | noun | He added a postscript to the letter. | afterthought |
| pretense | noun | Under the pretense of helping her he stole her money. | deception |
| pretext | noun | He used a pretext to gain her trust. | guise |
| procure | verb | We need to procure funds to buy food. | obtain |
| prosper | verb | With the new job they hope to prosper next year. | do well |
| providence | noun | It is providence that we met them. | fate |
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