| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 2441 | pachyderm | मोटे चमड़े का जनवार | thick-skinned animal | The elephant is probably the
best-known pachyderm. |
| 2442 | pacifist | शांतिवादी | one opposed to force;
antimilitarist | The pacifists urged that we
reduce our military budget and recall our troops stationed overseas. |
| 2443 | pacify | शांत करना | soothe; make calm or quiet;
subdue | Dentists criticize the practice
of giving fussy children sweets to pacify them.
|
| 2444 | paean | विजय का गीत | song of praise or joy | paeans celebrating the victory
filled the air. |
| 2445 | painstaking | श्रमसाध्य | showing hard work; taking great
care | The new high-frequency word list
is the result of painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff. |
| 2446 | palatable | स्वादिष्ट | agreeable; pleasing to the taste | Neither Jack's underbaked
opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were palatable to me. |
| 2447 | palatial | आलीशान | magnificent | He proudly showed us through his
palatial home. |
| 2448 | paleontology | जीवाश्म विज्ञान | study of prehistoric life | The professor of paleontology
had a superb collection of fossils. |
| 2449 | palette | पैलेट | board on which a painter mixes
pigments | At the present time, art supply
stores are selling a paper palette that may be discarded after use. |
| 2450 | palimpsest | पलिम्प्सेस्ट | parchment used for second time
after original writing has been erased | Using chemical reagents,
scientists have been able to restore the original writings on many
palimpsests. |
| 2451 | pall | नक़ब | grow tiresome | The study of word lists can
eventually pall and put one to sleep. |
| 2452 | pallet | फूस | small, poor bed | The weary traveler went to sleep
on his straw pallet. |
| 2453 | palliate | कम करना | ease pain; make less severe or
offensive | If we cannot cure this disease
at present, we can, at least try to palliate the symptoms. |
| 2454 | pallid | पीला | pale; wan | Because his occupation required
that he work at night and sleep during the day, he had an exceptionally
pallid complexion. |
| 2455 | palpable | स्पर्शनीय | tangible; easily perceptible | I cannot understand how you
could overlook such a palpable blunder. |
| 2456 | palpitate | धड़कना | throb; flutter | As he became excited, his heart
began to palpitate more and more erratically. |
| 2457 | paltry | तुच्छ | insignificant; petty | This is a paltry sum to pay for
such a masterpiece. |
| 2458 | pan | कड़ाही | criticize harshly | Hoping for a rave review of his
new show, the playwright was miserable when the critics panned it
unanimously. |
| 2459 | panacea | रामबाण | cure-all; remedy for all
diseases | There is no easy panacea that
will solve our complicated international situation. |
| 2460 | panache | कलँगी | flair; flamboyance | Many performers imitate Noel
Coward, but few have his panache and sense of style. |
| 2461 | pandemic | महामारी | widespread; affecting the
majority of people | They feared the AIDS epidemic
would soon reach pandemic proportions. |
| 2462 | pandemonium | विप्लव | wild tumult | When the ships collided in the
harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passengers. |
| 2463 | pander | मददगार | cater to the low desires of
others | The reviewer accused the makers
of Lethal Weapon of pandering to the masses' taste of violence. |
| 2464 | panegyric | स्तुतिपाठ | formal praise | The modest hero blushed to hear
the speakers delivering panegyrics about his valorous act. |
| 2465 | panoramic | नयनाभिराम | denoting an unobstructed and
comprehensive view | On a clear day, from the top of
the World Trade Center you can get a panoramic view of New York City and
neighboring stretches of New Jersey and Long Island. |
| 2466 | pantomime | मूकाभिनय | acting without dialogue | Because he worked in pantomime,
the clown could be understood wherever he appeared. |
| 2467 | papyrus | पेपिरस | ancient paper made from stem of
papyrus plant | The ancient Egyptians were among
the first to write on papyrus. |
| 2468 | parable | दृष्टांत | short, simple story teaching a
moral | Let us apply to our own conduct
the lesson that this parable teaches. |
| 2469 | paradigm | मिसाल | model; example; pattern | Pavlov's experiment in which he
trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a paradigm of the
conditioned-response experiment in behavioal psychology. |
| 2470 | paradox | विरोधाभास | statement that looks false but
is actually correct; a contradictory statement | Wordworth's "The child is
father to the man" is an example of paradox. |
| 2471 | paragon | प्रतिद्वंद्वी | model of perfection | The class disliked him because
the teacher was always pointing him out as a paragon of virtue. |
| 2472 | parallelism | समानता | state of being parallel;
similarity | There is a striking parallelism
between the twins. |
| 2473 | parameter | पैरामीटर | limit; independent variable | We need to define the parameters
of the problem. |
| 2474 | paramount | आला दर्जे का | foremost in importance; supreme | Proper nutrition and hygiene are
of paramount importance in adolescent development and growth. |
| 2475 | paramour | प्रेमिका | illicit lover | She sought a divorce on the
grounds that her husband had a paramour in another town. |
| 2476 | paranoia | पागलपन | psychosis marked by delusions of
grandeur or persecution | Suffering from paranois, he
claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically, his claim was accurate; even
paranoids have enemies. |
| 2477 | paraphernalia | सामग्री | equipment; odds and ends | His desk was cluttered with
paper, pen, ink, dictionary and other paraphernalia of the writing craft. |
| 2478 | paraphrase | संक्षिप्त व्याख्या | restate a passage in one's own
words while retaining thought of author | In 250 words or less, paraphrase
this article. |
| 2479 | parasite | परजीवी | animal or plant living on
another; toady; sycophant | The tapeworm is an example of
the kind of parasite that may infest the human body. |
| 2480 | parched | सूखा | extremely dry; very thirsty | The parched desert landscape
seemed hostile to life. |
| 2481 | pariah | ख़ारिज | social outcast | I am not a pariah to be shunned
and ostracized. |
| 2482 | parity | समानता | equality; close resemblance | I find your analogy inaccurate
because I do not see the parity between the two illustrations. |
| 2483 | parlance | बोल-चाल | language; idiom | All this legal parlance confuses
me; I need an interpreter. |
| 2484 | parley | बातचीत | conference | The peace parley has not
produced the anticipated truce. |
| 2485 | parochial | संकीर्ण | narrow in outlook; provincial;
related to parishes | Although Jane Austen writes
novels set in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not
parochial. |
| 2486 | parody | हास्यानुकृति | humorous imitation; travesty | We enjoyed the clever parodies
of popular songs that the chorus sang. |
| 2487 | paroxysm | आवेग | fit or attack of pain, laughter,
rage | When he heared of his son's
misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage. |
| 2488 | parquet | लकड़ी की छत | floor made of wood strips inlaid
in a mosic-like pattern. | In laying the floor, the
carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant parquet. |
| 2489 | parry | बचाव | ward off a blow | He was content to wage a
defensive battle and tried to parry his opponent's thrusts. |
| 2490 | parsimonious | किफ़ायती | stingy; excessively frugal | His parsimonious nature did not
permit him to enjoy any luxuries. |
| 2491 | partial | आंशिक | incomplete | In this issue we have published
only a partial list of contributors because we lack space to acknowledge
everyone. |
| 2492 | partial | आंशिक | biased; having a liking for
something | I am extremely partial to
chocolate eclairs. |
| 2493 | partiality | पक्षपात | inclination; bias | As a judge, not only must I be
unbiased, but I must also avoid any evidence of partiality when I award the
prize. |
| 2494 | partisan | पक्षपातपूर्ण | one-sided; prejudiced; committed
to a party | On certain issues of conscience,
she refused to take a partisan stand. |
| 2495 | passe | अप्रचलित | old-fashioned; past the prime | Her style is passe and
reminiscent of the Victorian era. |
| 2496 | passive | निष्क्रिय | not active; acted upon | Mahatma Gandhi urged his
followers to pursue a program of passive resistance as he felt that it was
more effective than violence and acts of terrorism. |
| 2497 | pastiche | मिलावट | imitation of another's style in
musical composition or in writing | We cannot even say that her
music is a pastiche of this or that composer; it is rather, reminiscent of
many musicians. |
| 2498 | pastoral | देहाती | rural | In these stories of pastoral
life, we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk. |
| 2499 | patent | पेटेंट | open for the public to read;
obvious | It was patent to everyone that
the witness spoke the truth. |
| 2500 | pathetic | दयनीय | causing sadness, compassion,
pity; touching | Everyone in the auditorium was
weeping by the time he finished his pathetic tale about the orphaned boy. |
| 2501 | pathological | रोग | pertaining to disease | As we study the pathological
aspects of this disease, we must not overlook the psychological elements. |
| 2502 | pathos | हौसला | tender to sorrow; pity; quality
in art or literature that produces these feelings. | The quiet tone of pathos that
ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly
sentimental. |
| 2503 | patina | सील | green crust on old bronze works;
tone slowly taken by varnished painting | Judging by the patina on this
bronze statue, we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist. |
| 2504 | patois | अशिक्षितों की भाषा | local or provincial dialect | His years of study of the
language at the university did not enable him to understand the patois of the
natives. |
| 2505 | patriarch | कुलपति | father and ruler of a family or
tribe | In many primitive tribes, the
leader and lawmaker was the patriarch. |
| 2506 | patrician | कुलीन | noble; aristocratic | We greatly admired her
well-bred, patrician elegance |
| 2507 | patronize | सहायता देना | support; act superior toward | Experts in a field sometimes
appear to patronize people who are less knowledgeable of the subject. |
| 2508 | paucity | कमी | scarcity | They closed the restaurant
because the paucity of customers made it uneconomical to operate. |
| 2509 | pauper | कंगाल | very poor person | Though Widow Brown was living on
a reduced income, she was by no means a pauper. |
| 2510 | peccadillo | अवगुण | slight offense | If we examine these escapades
carefully, we will realize that they are mere peccadilloes rather than major
crimes. |
| 2511 | pecuniary | धन-संबंधी | pertaining to money | I never expected a pecuniary
reward for my work in this activity. |
| 2512 | pedagogue | अध्यापक | teacher | He could never be a stuffy
pedagogue; his classes were always lively and filled with humor. |
| 2513 | pedagogy | शिक्षणशास्र | teaching; art of education | Though Maria Montessori gained
fame for her innovations in pedagogy, it took years before her teaching
techniques became common practice in American schools. |
| 2514 | pedant | रूढ़िवादी | scholar who overemphasizes book
learning or technicalities | Her insistence that the book be
memorized marked the teacher as a pedant rather than a scholar. |
| 2515 | pedantic | पंडिताऊ | showing off learning; bookish | Leaving his decisions with
humorous, down-to-earth anecdotes, Judge Walker was not at all pedantic legal
scholar. |
| 2516 | pedestrian | पैदल यात्री | ordinary; unimaginative | Unintentionally boring, he wrote
page after page of pedestrian prose. |
| 2517 | pediatrician | बच्चों का चिकित्सक | physician specializing in
children's diseases. | The family doctor advised the
parents to consult a pediatrician about their child's ailment. |
| 2518 | pejorative | अपमानजनक | negative in connotation; having
a belittling effect. | Instead of criticizing Clinton's
policies, the Republicans made pejorative remarks about his character. |
| 2519 | pellmell | pellmell | in confusion; disorderly | The excited students dashed
pellmell into the stadium to celebrate the victory. |
| 2520 | pellucid | पारदर्शक | transparent; limpid; easy to
understand | After reading these stodgy
philosophers, I find his pellucid style very enjoyable. |
| 2521 | penance | तपस्या | self-imposed punishment for sin | The Ancient Mariner said,
"I have penance done and penance more will do," to atone for the
sin of killing the albatross. |
| 2522 | penchant | लगन | strong inclination; liking | He had a strong penchant for
sculpture and owned many statues. |
| 2523 | pendant | लटकन | hanging down from something | Her pendant earrings glistened
in the light. |
| 2524 | pendant | लटकन | ornament (hanging from a
necklace, etc.) | The grateful team presented the
coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto. |
| 2525 | pendulous | लटकता हुआ | hanging; suspended | The pendulous chandeliers swayed
in the breeze as if they were about to fall from the ceiling. |
| 2526 | penitent | अनुतापी | repentant | When he realized the enormity of
his crime, he became remorseful and penitent. |
| 2527 | pensive | चिंताग्रस्त | dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful
with a hint of sadness | The pensive youth gazed at the
painting for a long time and then sighed. |
| 2528 | penumbra | Penumbra | partial shadow (in an eclipse) | During an eclipse, we can see an
area of total darkness and a lighter area, which is the penumbra. |
| 2529 | penurious | दरिद्र | stingy; parsimonious | He was a penurious man, averse
to spending money even for the necessities of life. |
| 2530 | penury | दरिद्रता | extreme poverty | When his pension fund failed,
George feared he would end his days in penury. |
| 2531 | peon | चपरासी | landless agricultural worker;
bond servant | The land reformers sought to
liberate the peons and establish them as independent farmers. |
| 2532 | perceptive | भेदक | insightful; aware; wise | Although Maud was a generally
perceptive critic, she had her blind sports: she could never see flaws in the
work of her friends. |
| 2533 | percussion | टक्कर | striking one object against
another sharply | The drum is a percussion
instrument. |
| 2534 | perdition | तबाही | damnation; complete ruin | Praying for salvation, young
Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal perdition. |
| 2535 | peregrination | सफ़र | journey | Auntie Mame was a world traveler
whose peregrinations took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo. |
| 2536 | peremptory | आज्ञसूचक | demanding and leaving no choice | From Jack's peremptory knock on
the door, Jill could tell he would not give up until she let him in. |
| 2537 | perennial | चिरस्थायी | something long-lasting | Tese plants are hardy perennials
and will bloom for many years. |
| 2538 | perforate | छेदना | pierce; put a hole through | Before you can open the aspirin
bottle, you must first perforate the plastic safety seal that covers the cap. |
