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World English for 8th August :

  1. Passing (adj.) : transient, incidental


  2. Passion (n) : a strong feeling


  3. Passionate (adj.) : yielding to passions


  4. Passionate (adv.) : passionately


  5. Passive (adj.) : inert, offering no resistance


  6. Passport (n) : warrant, government document to be carried by a traveller abroad




  7. Password (n) : a secret word or phrase by which a friend is distinguished from an enemy and allowed to pass


  8. Past (adj.) : gone by, elapsed, former


  9. Paste (n) : an adhesive preparation of flour


  10. Paste (v) : fasten with paste, affix


  11. Pastel (n) : a coloured crayon


  12. Pastime (n) : amusement, sport


  13. Pasteurize (v) : to boil or heat food in order to kill disease germs


  14. Pastor (n) : a clergyman, a shepherd


  15. Pastoral (n) : a letter from a bishop, the song of shepherds and country life


  16. Pastry (n) : baked article made of paste or dough prepared with wheat flour, a small cake


  17. Pasture (n) : grass for cattle, grazing ground


  18. Pasture (v) : graze


  19. Pat (n) : tap with open hand


  20. Pat (v) : stroke gently


  21. Pat (adj.) : at the right moment, fit for the occasion


  22. Pat (adv.) : at the right moment, fit for the occasion


  23. Patch (n) : a piece put or sewed on, a plot


  24. Patch (v) : to mend by putting in a new piece


  25. Pate (n) : the top of the head


  26. Patent (adj.) : evident, easily seen


  27. Patent (n) : a privilege granted by letters patent


  28. Paternal (adj.) : fatherly, related to one’s father


  29. Path (n) : way made by treading of man or beast, a footway, route


  30. Pathetic (adj.) : sad, touching, pitiful


  31. Pathology (n) : that part of medical science which deals with the causes and nature of diseases


  32. Pathos (n) : the quality of rousing pity or sorrow


  33. Pathway (n) : a foot path


  34. Patience (n) : forbearance, endurance


  35. Patient (adj.) : enduring, able to bear troubles, not hasty


  36. Patient (n) : a sick man


  37. Patois (n) : a dialect of the common people differing from the standard language of the country


  38. Patriarch (n) : male head of a family, veteran


  39. Patrician (n) : a noble man


  40. Patrician (adj.) : noble


  41. Patricide (n) : the murder or murderer of one’s father


  42. Patrimony (n) : property inherited from one’s father or ancestors


  43. Patriot (n) : one who loves his country


  44. Patriotism (n) : love of one’s country


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