P (31-40)

paean (n)
- expression of joy/praise
- joyous song of praise/triumph or thanksgiving

paean & pean mean same

Ex:
The hockey team had their own paean to sing after every victory
The poets of India used to sing lots of paeans in name of the king who ruled the country
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palate (n)
- roof of the mouth that seperates oral and nasal cavities
- sense of taste

Ex:
This dish does not appeal to the most refined palate
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palatial (adj)
- sth suitable to a palace
- sth of the nature of a palace

palatialness (n)

Ex:
palatial furnishingspalatial residence
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palliate (v)
- to make sth like symptom/disease/crime less severe
- mitigate, extenuate
- to cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies

Ex:
The lawywer tried to palliate the faults of the accused, but was unsuccessful in his attempts
The doctor said that these pills would palliate the symptoms of the disease.
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palpability (n)
palpable (adj)
- That can be felt/touched/handled easily
- perceptible, tangible

Ex:
Her anger was palpable on the face.
Dont worry about this problem, its palpable
There was a palpable expectation in midst of his fans before his new film release
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palpitate (v)
- to beat rapidly, esp heart
- quiver, tremble, shake

Ex:
Her heart palpitated after hearing the shocking news
The legs of people started palpitating in the snow
We were palpitating in the cinema hall while watching the horror movie
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panegyric (n)
panegyrical (adj)
- eulogy, paean, pean, encomium

Ex:
Your panegyric for her was totally unwanted for.
The speech was filled with panegyrical expressions
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paradigm (n)
- One that serves as an example or as a model
- General perception about a particular discipline at a particular time

Ex:
Their company serves as a paradigm to all other small scale companies
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pariah (n)
- Outcast
- Untouchable

Etymology: Parai in Tamil means drum. Paraiyan used to refer drummer who were in those days
untouchables in Tamil History
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patron (n)
- One who supports or protects
- A regular customer
- Owner or manager of an establishment

Etymology: Pater in Latin refers to father

I (21-30)

iconoclast (n)
- One is against/wants to break the traditional ideas
- One who breaks religious images and works of art

Etymology: klas- to break

Ex:
This country has seen many iconoclasts who worked hard to make people egress out of traditional values
She was an iconoclast who wanted to prove the world that women are as good as men in her profession
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idiosyncrasy
- Something that is physically or mentally peculiar with respect to a person
- An unusual reaction by a person to some food or drug

Ex:
This piece of art beautifully captures the idiosyncrasies of the tribal men and women in this area
Doctors confirmed that his condition deteriorated because of his idiosyncrasy to the drug
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idyll (n)
- A simple poem/prose on rural and pastoral
- An account of carefree, lighthearted experience
- A romantic interlude
- A narrative poem treating an epic

Ex:
My idyll on the trip to US stops here
He was happy to have this idyll after three weeks of strenuous work
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ignoble (adj)
- not noble in quality,character, purpose: mean

Ex:
ignoble person
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ignominious (adj)
- Marked with/Deserving shame and disgrace

Ex:
What an ignominious end to the game!
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imbroglio (n)
- A complicate and embaraassing state of things, serious misunderstanding
- entanglement, tight corner

Ex:
Matters have fallen into a hopeless imbroglio
I am clueless as to how to come out of this imbroglio
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immaculate (adj)
- clean, pure, spotless
- faultless

Ex:
My love for you is immaculate
It was an immaculate speech
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immutable (adj)
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

Ex:
Certain people are immutable.
No matter you try to change them, they wont
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impair (v)
- to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality

Ex:
News for the Hearing Impaired
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impecunious (adj)
- penniless, penurious

Ex:
Though he was impecunious, he was respected all over

E (11-20)

ebullience (n)
ebullient (adj)
- overflowing enthusiasm
- boiling or seeming to boil, bubbling

Ex:
Lava is in a liquid and ebullient state
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ecumenical (n)
- Of universal nature
- Related to worldwide Christian church
- Concerned with promoting unity among religions

Ex:
Pope is a ecumenical figure
Dont keep your thoughts narrow, make them ecumenical
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edacious (adj)
edacity (n)
- Voracious, Devouring
- Related to eating
- greedy, eager

Etymology: edere - to eat

Ex:
His edacious appetite was a trouble to many of us
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efficacy (n)
- Effectiveness
- Power or capacity to produce the desired result

Ex:
The minister's efficacy in handling this type of situation was in qn
The efficacy of this medicine in curing the disease cant be doubted
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effluvia (n) (pl)
effluvium (n) (sin)
- byproduct, waste
- usually invisible emanation or exhalation

effluent (adj)- flowing out

Etymology: fluere - to flow

Ex:
The effluvia out of this factory is causing potential damage to the surroundings here.
The effluent gets mixed up with the river water and makes it unfit to drink
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effrontery- brazen boldness, presumptuousness, chutzpah

Ex:
Who would have such an effrontery to speak against the leader?
I despise you because, you have scaled peaks with your efrontery!
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egress
- The act or right to come out or to go out
- A place or means to go out : Exit

Ex:
We have stepped up the security measures at the egress of the company
The refugees who pleaded for egress were disappointed when it was turned down
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emaciate (v)
emaciation (n)
- To become thin, mostly 'cos of starvation

Ex:
Because of drought last year, children started to emaciate
The therapy did nothing good to him, except emaciating him
The body emaciated because of the wounds and the pain she suffered
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embellish (v)
- To decorate, make beautiful
- To add ornamental and fictitious details, dramatize

Ex:
The writer embellishes too much in her novel
The mother worked too much to embellish her daughter for the marriage