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50 Cards in this Set
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parry
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evade question; dodge
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parsimony
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stinginess
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partial
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biased
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pastiche
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work that imitates style of previous work
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patent
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clear, obvious, apparent
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patina
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superficial covering acquired over time (green on bronze)
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patrician
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person of high birth, aristocrat
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patronize
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support with feeling of superiority, frequent customer
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paucity
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scarcity, poverty
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paunchy
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having enlarged or protruding abdomen
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peccadillo
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minor sin or fault
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pedagogue
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dull, pedantic teacher
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pedant
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person excessively concerned with minor detail or with displaying technical knowledge
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predestine
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fate
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peerless
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matchless, imparable; a peerless scholar, a peerless beauty
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pejorative
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derogatory, disparaging
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pelf
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welath, especially when dishonestly acquired
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pellucid
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easy to understand
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pen
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female swan
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penchant
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strong inclination; i have a penchant for sweetners over sugar
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pension
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pension something/someone off, dismiss; pay someone off
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pensive
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dreamily thoughtful
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penury
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severe poverty
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perambulate
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formal walk about
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peremptory
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imperious (demanding attention) or arrogant self-assurance
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perfervid
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ardent, blazing, fervent
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perfidy
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deceitfulness
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perforate
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make hole through, bore, drill, prick, punch, puncture
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perfunctory
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routine, mechanical
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periodical
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n. journal
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peripatetic
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traveling from place to place, nomadic
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perjury
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false testimony
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pernicious
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highly injurious, or destructive
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peroration
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conclution of speech
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persecute
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persistently harass to injure; ill-treat
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persiflage
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provide incentive
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perspicacious
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acute mental vision, keen, shrewd, argure, astucious, astute, heady
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perspicuity
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plain to the inderstanding
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pertinacious
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unyielding, tenacious, bullheaded, mulish, perverse, refractory
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pertinent
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clear decisive relevance, apposite, apropos, germane
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peruse
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examine with attention and detail
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pervade
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become diffused
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petrify
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become stony
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petrography
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description and classification of rocks
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petulant
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childish
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philatelist
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collection and study of stamps
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philistine
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disdainful, indifferent of artistic values
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phlegmatic
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apathetic, stoic, stolid, unemotional
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piddling
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paltry, trivial
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piebald
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spotted black and white
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