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placate
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to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions
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placid
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pleasantly calm or peaceful
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plagiarize
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to take and use ideas, passages, etc. from another's work
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platitude
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a dull or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound
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pompous
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characterized by a display of dignity or importance
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ponderous
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of great weight; heavy; massive
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pragmatic
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having a practical point of view
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preclude
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to prevent the presence or occurence of; make impossible
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precocious
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unusually advanced or mature in mental development
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prestigious
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having a high reputation
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pretentious
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characterized by assumption of dignity, importance, pompous
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procrastinate
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to put until another day; defer; delay
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prodigious
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extraordinary in amount, extent; arousing admiration or amazement
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profane
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showing irreverence to God; blasphemous
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profusion
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abundance; great quantity or amount; lavish spending
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