By: Tayla Echols 1st Block Lesson 7 vocabulary By: Tayla Echols 1st Block

Ostracized To shun; to shut out a exclude a person from a group(verb) The teacher ostracized a student for not paying attention in class

pacific Soothing(adjective) The parents are pacific when it comes to newborn babies.

paramount Greatest of importance, rank character(adjective) Getting in the ACT/SAT class should be paramount to seniors and juniors.

patina Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation(noun) You can tell that the car was old by the patina paint job.

permeate To spread throughout, saturate(verb) Each student was permeate, because they were to loud.

peruse To read carefully(verb) Make sure you peruse your research paper before turning it in.

philanthropic Charitable; giving(adjective) Mrs.Wooley is philanthropic extra credit, but not many students are taken advantage of it.

plagiarism Using someone else’s writing or idea as one’s own(noun) The teacher quickly notice that her best student was plagiarizing his paper.

plunder To loot; to ransack(verb) The football players plunder the other opponents.

poignant Deeply affecting; moving(adjective) If I transfer to another school my grades would be poignant.