Vocabulary Words
paramedic
B2noun
An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility. (+1 more)
paratrooper
B2noun
A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.
pardon
A1interjection, noun, verb
An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. (+5 more)
parliament
B2noun
A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues. (+5 more)
parrot
B1noun, verb
A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. (+6 more)
partial
B1adjective, noun, verb
(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something (+13 more)
participle
B1noun
(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.
particle
B2noun
A part of speech which cannot be inflected: an adverb, preposition, conjunction or interjection. (+7 more)
partisan
B2adjective, noun
A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. (+10 more)