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13 Cards in this Set
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Peevish |
Easily annoyed by unimportant things , bad-tempered |
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Petulant |
Rude, peevish, bad-tempered and unreasonable especially because you can't do or have something you want |
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Phlegmatic |
Calm in temperament ,not easily made angry or upset, sluggish |
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Physiognomy |
Facial features The sheep and features of person's face |
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Devout |
Adj: believing strongly in religion and obeying it's laws and practices. The noun is devoutness |
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Piety |
Devoutness |
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Pungent |
Having a strong taste or smell |
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Piquant |
Pleasantly pungent, appealingly stimulating, attractive |
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Pique |
1:Noun: fleeting feeling of hurt pride, annoyed or bitter feelings usually because one's pride is hurt (do sth out of/in the fit of pique) 2:verb: to hurt somebody's pride 3:verb: to make somebody very interested in something, to arouse one's interest or curiosity, etc. |
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Placate |
Pacify, make somebody less angry |
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Placid |
Calm, peaceful, not easily irritated, phlegmatic |
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Plaintive |
Mournful, sounding sad especially in a week complaining way, melancholy |
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Melancholy |
Adj: very sad or making one feel very sad Noun: deep feeling of sadness that lasts for long time and can be explained |
