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15 Cards in this Set
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PROMULGATE
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TO PROCLAIM
The president made promulgations on the news. |
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PROPINQUITY
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NEARNESS
What is your propinquity to the school? |
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PROPITIATE
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INGRATIATE
The politician did not propitiate good-will. |
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PROPITIOUS
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FAVORABLE
There were no propitious feelings towards the politician. |
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PROSAIC
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DULL PROSE
The novel was prosaic and periphrastic. |
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PROSCRIBE
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TO FORBID
Baptists proscribe alcohol. |
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PROTEAN
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MORPHABLE
Amoebas are protean beings. |
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PRUPRIENT
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LIBIDINOUS, LICENTIOUS
Humbert's pruprient desires were gross. |
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PUERILE
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CALLOW, IMMATURE
She's so puerile when she whines! |
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PUGILISM
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BOXING
Oscar de la Hoya is a pugilist. |
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PUGNACIOUS
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QUARRELSOME
The pugnacious dog bit everyone. |
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PUNCTILIOUS
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APPOSITE, CUSTOMARY
Geishas are very punctilious. |
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PURBLIND
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LACKING INSIGHT, MYOPIC
The incursion into Iraq was so purblind! |
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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CRAVEN, DIFFIDENT
The pusillanimous horse would not jump the river. |
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QUAFF
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TO DRINK HEARTILY
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