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135 Cards in this Set
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Paean
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song of thanks
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Palatial
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like a palace
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Palaver
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idle talk
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Pall
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coffin, something that darkens
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Palliate
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to put at ease
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Pallid
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lacking colors or liveliness
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Paltry
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small, worthless
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Panache
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flamboyance
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Pandemic
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spread over a country
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise
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Panoply
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impressive array
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Pare
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to trim
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Parity
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equality
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Parley
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discussion, usually between enemies
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Parry
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to ward off, deflect
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Patent
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obvious
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Pathos
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pity
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Patrician
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autocrat
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Patrimony
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inheritance or heritage derived from one’s father
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Patronize
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to condescend to
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Paucity
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a lack
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Pauper
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very old person
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Pavilion
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tent or light building used for shelter
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Peccadillo
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minor sin or offense
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Peculation
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theft of money
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Pedestrian
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commonplace
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Pediment
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triangular gable on a roof of façade
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Pejorative
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having bad consequences
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Penitent
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expressing sorrow for sins
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Penumbra
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partial shadow
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Penury
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extreme poverty
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Perambulate
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walk about
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Percipient
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able to perceive
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Perdition
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damnation
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Peregrinate
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to wander from place to place
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Peremptory
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imperative, dictatorial
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Perfidious
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faithless, disloyal
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Perfunctory
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done in a casual way
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Perihelion
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point is orbit that’s farthest from the sun
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Peripatetic
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moving from place to place
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Periphrastic
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containing too many words
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Perjure
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to lie
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Pernicious
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very harmful
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Perpetuity
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continuing forever
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Pert
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lively and bold
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Pertinacious
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lively and bold
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Perusal
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close examination
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Pestilence
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epidemic, plague
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Pettish
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fretful
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Petulance
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rudeness
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Phalanx
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massed group of soldiers
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Philanderer
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pursuer of casual love affairs
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Philistine
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narrow-minded person
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Philology
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study of words
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Phlegm
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coldness or indifference
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Phonic
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relating to sound
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Picayune
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petty
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Piddling
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little
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Pillory
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ridicule and abuse
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Pique
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fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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Pithy
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profound, substantial
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Pittance
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meager amount or wage
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Plaintive
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expressing sorrow
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Plait
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to braid
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Plangent
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long sound
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Platitude
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overused expression
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Plucky
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courageousness
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Ply
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to use diligently
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Polemic
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controversy
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Politic
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shrewd and practical, diplomatic
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Polygot
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speaker of many languages
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Ponderous
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heavy
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Pontificate
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to speak in a pretentious manner
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Pore
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to study very closely
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Portent
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omen
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Portly
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stout and dignified
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Posit
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to put in position
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Potable
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drinkable
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Potentate
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monarch with great power
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Prattle
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meaningless foolish talk
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Precarious
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uncertain
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Precept
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principle, law
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Precipice
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edge, steep overhang
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Precipitate
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sudden and unexpeceted, to throw down from a height
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Precipitious
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hastly, quickly
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Précis
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short summary of facts
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Precision
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state of being precise
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Preclude
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to rule out
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Precocious
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unusually advanced at an early age
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Precursor
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forerunner
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Predestine
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to decide in advance
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Preeminent
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celebrated
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Preponderance
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majority in number
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Prepossessing
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attractive
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Presage
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to foretell
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Presentiment
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premonition
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Prestidigitation
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slight of hand
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Presumptuous
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rude
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Pretext
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excuse
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Primeval
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ancient
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Privation
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lack of usual necessities
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Probity
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honesty
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Procure
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to obtain
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Profligate
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to corrupt
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Profundity
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great depth
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Prognosticate
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to predict
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Prolix
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wordy
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Promontory
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piece of land or rock higher than its surroundings
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Promulgate
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to make known publicly
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Propinquity
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nearness
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Propitiate
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to win over
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Propitious
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favorable
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Propriety
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appropriateness
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Prose
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ordinary language
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Prosaic
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relating to prose, commonplace
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Proselytize
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to covert to a particular belief or religion
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Prostrate
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lying face downward
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Protean
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readily assuming
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Protract
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to draw out, extend
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Provident
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frugal, prudent
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Providential
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prudent, lucky
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Proxy
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power to act as a substitute for another
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Prudent
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careful
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Prurient
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lustful, exhibiting lewd desires
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Puerile
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childish, overweight
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pulchritude
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beauty
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Pummel
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to beat
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Purport
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to claim
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Quaff
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to drink heavily
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Quell
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to crush or subdue
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Quiescence
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inactivity
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Quotidian
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commonplace
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