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19 Cards in this Set
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Plummet |
To drop abruptly |
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Pervasive |
Capable of affecting or influencing everything. |
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Occlude |
To obstruct or block. |
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Pedantic |
Overly concerned with the details of learning or education; show offish about ones knowledge. |
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Pirate |
To illegally use or reproduce. |
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Pine |
To yearn intensely. |
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Pedagogy |
Activities of teaching, education, or instructing. |
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Penury |
Extreme poverty. |
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Malevolent |
Wishing harm to others; malicious. |
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Mitigate |
Make less severe or painful. |
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Misanthrope |
One who hates all other humans. |
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Pith |
The essential or central part. |
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Hedonism |
The believe that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life. |
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Hegemony |
The predominant influence of one group over another. |
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Hackneyed |
Repeated to often; overused. |
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Iconoclats |
Someone who attacks the beliefs, customs, and opinions that most people in a society accept. |
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Idolatrous |
Treating someone or something as an idol. |
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Impunity |
Immunity from punishment or penalty. |
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Luminous |
Producing or seeming to produce light. |
