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1 oscillate v
to keep changing between two extreme amounts or limits:
The stock market is oscillating wildly at the moment.

2 ostentatious adj
1 something that is ostentatious looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich:
She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring.

2 someone who is ostentatious likes to show everyone how rich they are:
He was vain and ostentatious.

3 paragon n
someone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good etc - often used humorously
paragon of
a paragon of virtue

4 partisan adj
1 strongly supporting a particular political party, plan or leader, usually without considering the other choices carefully:
British newspapers are highly partisan.

2 relating to the fighting of an armed group against an enemy that has taken control of its country:

5 pathological

6 paucity n
less than is needed of something [= lack]
paucity of
a paucity of information

7 pedantic adj
paying too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details
pedantic about
Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation.

8 penchant n
a/somebody's penchant for something
if you have a penchant for something, you like that thing very much and try to do it or have it often:
a penchant for fast cars

9 penury n
the state of being very poor [= poverty]:
He died in penury in 1644.
penurious adjective

10 perennial adj (plant)
1 continuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again:
Lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning.
Teddy bears are a perennial favorite with children.

2 a plant that is perennial lives for more than two years [↪ annual]