Basic Vocabulary: P - Z, Episode 1

Pacify - The mother is pacifyilig
her crying baby.

Synonyms: calm, soothe, appease, quieten.
Antonyms: excite, irritate, rouse, exasperate, provoke, agitate.
- You can appease your curiosity by asking me any question.
- People were agitated by his speech.

Pain - His behaviour caused his parents a
lot of pain.

Synonyms: suffering, pang, ache, grief, distress, agony.
throe, anguish, disease,
Antonyms: pleasure, relief, satisfaction, ease, comfort,
happiness, well-being, welfare, health.
- They are now suffering from the pangs of
separation.
- We should all work for the well-being of our
nation.

Pang - He could not tolerate the pangs of
hunger.

Synonyms: convulsion, affliction, anguish, agony, pain.
Antonyms: delight, pleasure, happiness, enjoyment,
refreshment, gratification.
- He is suffering from a terrible mental
anguish.
- Babies take great delight in watching ad
films.

Paradox - It is a paradox that such a rich man should be
unhappy.

Synonyms: mystery, absurdity, contradiction, enigma.
Antonyms: axiom, truism, precept, proposition, postulate
- There are many contradictions in your essay.
- This essay is full of axioms.

Pardon - Please pardon my rudeness.

Synonyms: forgive, excuse, condone, acquit, overlook,
exempt.
Antonyms: condemn, convict, accuse, punish, penalize
bind, revenge.
- Only the chairman can condone the fine.
- They were penalized for wasting time.