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Pliability |
The quality of being easily bent, flexibility |
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Elasticity |
Quality of being able to be shaped or formed or stretched without being torn, pliability |
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Stale |
Something that has been done or said too many times before and therefore is no more interesting |
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Platitude |
Stale and overused expression |
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Platonic |
Spiritual, without sensual desires, friendly and not involving sex |
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Plethora |
Excess, overabundance |
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Plumb the depth of sth |
To be or to experience an extreme example of something unpleasant. *generally, plumb means to determine the depth or to examine deeply |
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Plummet |
To fall, plunge |
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Plutocracy |
Society ruled by the wealthy, a government made of rich people |
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Porous |
Full of holes, permeable to fluids |
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Poseur |
1)pretentious person, someone who affects an attitude or an identity to impress others 2) a difficult question or problem |
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Pragmatic |
Solving problems in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories, practical |
