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32 Cards in this Set
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peremptory
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admitting of no contradiction; haughty
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peripatetic
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itinerant;
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech
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personable
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pleasing to appearance; attractive
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petrous
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like a rock
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petulant
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impatient; irritable
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philistine
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crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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phlegmatic
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impassive; stoical; lethargic
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pillory
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to punish; to hold up to public scorn
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plangent
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pounding; thundering
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poignant
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distressing; pertinent; touching
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precarious
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uncertain; risky
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precis
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concise summary of essential points
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profligate
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wildly extravagant
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prolix
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long-winded; verbose
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
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propitiate
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to appease
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proscribe
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to ostracize
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puissance
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power; strength
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pundit
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an authority on a subject; one who gives oppinions
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querulous
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habitually complaining
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raffish
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tawdry; flashy
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
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rapacious
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veracious; greedy; plundering
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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recondite
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abstruse; profound; arcane
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance
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recreant
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coward; cowardly
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recumbent
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leaning; resting; prone
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redolent
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fragrant; suggestive or evocative
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refractory
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stubborn
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