PTE Word List for Academic
| PTE for Academic Words | Introduction |
- PTE Word List for Academic (A B)
- PTE Word List for Academic (C)
- PTE Word List for Academic (D)
- PTE Word List for Academic (E)
- PTE Word List for Academic (F G)
- PTE Word List for Academic (H I)
- PTE Word List for Academic (J K L M)
- PTE Word List for Academic (N O)
- PTE Word List for Academic (P Q)
- PTE Word List for Academic (R)
- PTE Word List for Academic (S)
- PTE Word List for Academic (T)
- PTE Word List for Academic (U V W Y Z)
| Group (P Q) - Matching Quizzes |    |
paradox 
1
 | peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way |
| honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status |
| something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
parameter
2
| characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others |
| sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door |
| column; post |
| anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike |
participate
3
| quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| pierce; go through; permeate |
| take part in something; share in something |
passive
4
| intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious |
| cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling |
| peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice |
pendulum
5
| any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells |
| dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim |
| a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum |
| rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly |
penetrate
6
| a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |
| pierce; go through; permeate |
| remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify |
percussion
7
| intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious |
| striking one object against another sharply |
| sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| loss of the ability to move a body part |
pharmacy
8
| art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs |
| column; post |
| scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way |
| quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment |
pillar
9
| remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify |
| cover conspicuously, as by pasting something on; adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling |
| column; post |
| take part in something; share in something |
plaintive
10
| peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad |