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52 Cards in this Set
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palpable
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perceptible by feeling or touch
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panache
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a grand or flamboyant manner or style
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parable
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a short story designed to illustrate a lesson
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paragon
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model of perfection
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parsimonious
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sparing in spending of money
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partisan
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one-sided; committed to one party
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pathos
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having a quality that rouses emotion or sympathy
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paucity
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fewness
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pejorative
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having a disparaging or derogatory effect
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penchant
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strong inclination
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penurious
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excessively sparing in the use of money; frugal
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perennial
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something long lasting
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perfidy
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treachery
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permeable
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penetrable; porous
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pernicious
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tending to kill or hurt
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pervasive
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spread throughout
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phlegmatic
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not easily roused to feeling or emotion
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pious
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religious
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placate
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to soothe; to bring from a hostile state to a calm one
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platitude
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trite or commonplace statement
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plethora
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excess; superabundance
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plumb
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to make vertical
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polarize
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to divide into sharply opposing factors
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pompous
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ostentatiously lofty or high-flown
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ponderous
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massive, awkward, unwieldy
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porous
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full of pores
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portend
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foretell
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poseur
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a person who attempts to impress others by assuming a manner other than his true one
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pragmatic
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practical
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precarious
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perilous
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precipitate
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rash, premature
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precocious
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mature at a young age
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preeminent
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eminent above or before others
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prescience
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knowledge of events before they happen
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presentiment
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a feeling or impression that something is about to happen
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prevaricate
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to use ambiguous language for the purpose of deceiving
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proclivity
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natural inclination
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prodigal
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wasteful or lavish
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prodigious
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immense
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prodigy
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a person, usually a child, having extraordinary talent
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profound
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deep; not superficial
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proliferate
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to grow rapidly
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propensity
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natural inclination
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prophetic
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of the nature or containing a prophecy
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propitious
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indication of favor
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prosaic
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commonplace or dull
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protean
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changeable in shape or form
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prudence
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caution
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puerile
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childish
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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pungent
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; fainthearted
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