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15 Cards in this Set
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PARAPHERNALIA
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1: the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
2: personal belongings 3 a: articles of equipment : furnishings b: accessory items : appurtenances |
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PATHOS
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1: an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
2: an emotion of sympathetic pity |
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PAUCITY
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1: smallness of number : fewness
2 : smallness of quantity : dearth |
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PECUNIARY
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1: consisting of or measured in money
2: of or relating to money |
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PENULTIMATE
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1: next to the last
2: of or relating to a penult |
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PERFIDY
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1: the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery
2 : an act or an instance of disloyalty |
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PERCIPIENT
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1: one that perceives
2: a person on whose mind a telepathic impulse or message is held to fall |
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PERFUNCTORY
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1: characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
2: lacking in interest or enthusiasm |
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PERMEATE
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to diffuse through or penetrate something
1: to spread or diffuse through 2: to pass through the pores or interstices of |
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PHILATELIST
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a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps
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PIEBALD
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1: composed of incongruous parts
2: of different colors ; especially : spotted or blotched with black and white |
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PILFER
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steal; especially: to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again
steal; especially: to steal in small quantities |
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PINE
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1: any of a genus of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
1: to lose vigor, health, or flesh: languish 2: to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable |
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PINNACLE
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1: an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
2: a structure or formation suggesting a pinnacle; specifically: a lofty peak 3: the highest point of development or achievement: acme |
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PLENARY
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1: complete in every respect: absolute, unqualified
2: fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present |
