n. male family head, tribe leader
Patriarch
John had ___ Jake to the wall before someone could stop the altercation.
A. Pinion
B. Polarize
C. Plucky
A. Pinion
Prattle
blubbering, chatter, gibberish
Plucky
Intrepid, craven, fearful
Portal
A. A leader
B. Prehensile
C. An opening
C. An opening
adj/n. ordinary, moving on foot
Pedestrian
The debate is becoming ___ and there seems to be no middle ground.
A. Polarized
B. Pliable
C. Pious
A. Polarized
Predatory
Victimizing, destroying, marauding
Poltroon
Hero
Personify
A. To divide
B. To bind
C. To humanize
C. To humanize
adj. upright, vertical
Perpendicular
My husband is a ___ of patience who never complains about sitting for hours while I try on shoes.
A. Pecuniary
B. Paradigm
C. Paragon
C. Paragon
Peccadillo
Misdemeanor, trifling mistake
Pliable
Hard, rigid, stiff
Pinguid
A. Victimizing
B. Upright
C. Overweight
n. conference (with enemies)
Parley
The lottery winner planned on hiring an adviser with a great deal of experience in ___ matters.
A. Poltroon
B. Pecuniary
C. Pliable
B. Pecuniary
Patrimony
Heritage, legacy
Pious
Irreligious, sinful
Prehensile
A. grasping
B. Ordinary
C. Minor offense
A. grasping
n. model pattern, framework
Paradigm
The politician assaulted his rival’s character in a ___ during a magazine interview.
A. Pinguid
B. Philippic
C. Patrimony
B. Philippic
Presentiment
Premonition, intuition
Plethora
Scarcity, lack, shortage
Portend
A. To humanize
B. To forecast
C. To confine