PANORAMIC WORDS (WORDS # 5)

HULLO!

PANACHE

(Noun)  (uncountable)  An impressive way of doing someth8ing that shows great skill and confidence

Most female pop stars try to emulate Madonna, but few do it with such panache

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 PALTRY

(Adjective)  (1) A paltry amount or number is one that is very small

                 (2) Not very good, important or valuable

The man received a paltry salary

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PEER

(Verb)  (intransitive)  To look very carefully, especially because something was difficult to see

The driver of the car was peering through the mist

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PERNICIOUS

(Adjective)  (formal)  Very dangerous of harmful, especially to someone’s moral character

The writer published a lot of pernicious nonsense

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MY COMMENTS ON THESE WORDS

I’m happy to say I was familiar with all four “panoramic” words!

But one thing is to be familiar with them and another is to consider using them when writing or speaking.

The only one that would flow naturally for me would be “Peer”. Yes, I’m constantly “peering” at my computer screen, especially when the font is tiny and the background is dark. I hate those web pages that use yellow writing on black!

Having made these comments, I will again repeat that these words are included in the basic list of words that a GRE candidate should know. This is also valid for GMAT, TOEFL and several more like these.

For Spanish speakers, “Pernicious” is easy, the same word exists in that language and it means the same.

The Spanish word is “pernicioso”. I have seen it used frequently in newspaper reports, editorials and articles

So happy studying! You’ll have to practice these words!

I’ll see you on the next post!

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