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161 Cards in this Set
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Plastic
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able to be molded
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Plebein
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characteritic of commoners; crude
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Plethora
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excess; surfiet
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Plucky
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spunky; courageous
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Polemic
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argument; controversy; verbal attack
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Politic
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tactful; diplomatic
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Polyglot
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speaker of many languages
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Posit
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to propose
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Potentate
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monarch or ruler
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Pragmatic
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practical
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Prattle
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gibberish
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Pricipitate
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to be hasty; reckless
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Precis
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summary
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Prevaricate
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to lie
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Pristine
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fresh; uncorrupted
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Probity
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complete honesty and integrity
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Proclivity
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natural inclination; partiality
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Prodigal
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wasteful; extravagant
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Profligate
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corrupt; degenerate
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Proliferate
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increase in number; multiply
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Propitiate
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appease
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Propriety
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quality of behaving in proper manner; decency
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Prudence
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caution; restraint; wisdom
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Puerile
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childish
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pulchritude
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beauty
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Pungent
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sharp or irritating to the senses; acrid
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly
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Querulous
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inclined to complain; irritable
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Quiescent
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motionless
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Quixotic
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overly idealistic
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Quotidian
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occuring daily; commonplace
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Raconteur
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skillful storyteller; witty
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Rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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Rustic
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rural
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Rococo
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highly ornamented
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Ribald
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humorous in a vulgar way
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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Reticent
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reserved; silent; taciturn
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Restive
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impatient; restless
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Requite
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to return or repay
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Repose
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relaxation; leisure
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Replete
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complete
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Repast
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meal
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Rejoinder
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response
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Redress
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relief from wrong or injury
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Sagacious
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wise; shrewd
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Sacrosanct
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sacred
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Spartan
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highly self-disciplined
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake
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Soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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Sobriquet
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nickname
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Slake
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to calm down or moderate
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Sinecure
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well-paying job that requires little or no work
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Seraphic
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angelic
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Sentient
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aware; conscious
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Sedition
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behavior that promotes rebellion against the state
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Scintilla
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a trace amount
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Satiate
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to satisfy
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Sardonic
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cynical; caustic; acerbic
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Sanguine
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ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
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Salubrious
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healthful; medicinal
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Salient
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prominent
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Specious
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seeming plausible but fallacious
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Sportive
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playful
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Stasis
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stagnation; state of balance or equilibrium
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Stigma
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blemish
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Stolid
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unemotional
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Strategem
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trick
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Sublime
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grand
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Sully
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to tarnish or taint
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Supplant
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to replace
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Surfeit
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excessive amount
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Surly
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rude
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Sybarite
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hedonist
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Sycophant
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self-serving flatterer
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Symbiosis
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mutual helpfulness
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Tacit
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done without using words; implied
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Taciturn
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silent; not talkative
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Talon
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claw of an animal
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Tangential
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digressing; diverting
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Tawdry
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Gaudy
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Terrestial
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earthly
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Tirade
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Toady
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self-serving flatterer; sycophant
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Tome
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book, usually large and academic
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Torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
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temporary; evanescent; ephemeral
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Trenchant
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sharp or effective; acute
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Turgid
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swollen
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Tyro
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beginner
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Umbrage
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offense
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Unconsciounable
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unfair or unjust
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Unequivocable
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absolute; certain
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Upbraid
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to scold
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Usury
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loan-sharking
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Vacillate
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to physically sway or be indecisive
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Variegated
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varied; marked with different colors
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Venerable
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respected because of age
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Venerate
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to respect deeply
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Veracity
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of truth and accuracy
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Verbose
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wordy
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Verdant
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green with vegetation; inexperienced
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Vernal
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springlike; youthful
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Vestige
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remnant
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Vex
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to annoy; perplex
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Vicissitude
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ups and downs; a change or variation
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Vim
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vitality and energy
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Viscous
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thick and adhesive
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Vituperate
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to scold; berate; abuse verbally
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Volatile
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explosive
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Voluble
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talkative; verbose; loquacious
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Wanton
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reckless
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Waver
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to fluctuate between choices; oscillate; vacillate
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Whimsical
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lightly acting; unpredictable
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Wily
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clever
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Winsome
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charming
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Wizened
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shriveled; wrinkled
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Wraith
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a ghost
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Xenophobia
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fear of foreigners or strangers
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Yoke
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to join together
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Zeal
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passion; excitement
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Zealot
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a passionate person
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Zenith
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peak
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Zephyr
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gentle breeze
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Palatial
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relating to a palace; magnificent; grand
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Palliate
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to make less serious; ease; alleviate
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Pallid
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lacking color or liveliness; wan
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Panache
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flamboyance in syle and action; flair
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise
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Panoply
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impressive array; display
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Paradox
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contradiction or dilemma
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Paragon
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model of excellence or perfection; ideal; quintessence
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Pare
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to trim off excess; reduce
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Pariah
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an outcast
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Parley
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discussion, usually between enemies; negotiations
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Parry
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to ward off or deflect
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works; spoof
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Pathogenic
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causing disease; infecting
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Peccadillo
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minor sin or offense; failing; fault
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Pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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Pejorative
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having bad connotations; belittling; dismissive
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Penury
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an oppressive lack of resources; severe poverty
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Peregrinate
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to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot
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Perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust; disloyal; traitorous
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Perfunctory
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done in a routine way; automatic; apathetic
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Peripatetic
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wandering from place to place, especially on foot
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Permeate
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to penetrate; suffuse
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Perspicacious
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shrewd; sagacious
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Pervade
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to be present throughout; permeate; suffuse
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Phalanx
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a compact or close-knit body of people; legion
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Philanthropy
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charity; altruism
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Philistine
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a person guided by materialism; bourgeois
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Phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperament
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Pithy
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profound or substantial yet concise; brief; terse
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Placate
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to sooth or pacify; appease
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