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30 Cards in this Set
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Placate
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Pacify, conciliate
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Plasticity
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Ability to be molded
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Platitude
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Trite remark, commonplace statement
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Plethora
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Excesss, overabundance
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Preamble
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Introductory statement
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Precarious
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Uncertain, risky
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Precipitate
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Rash, premature, hasty, sudden
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Precursor
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Forerunner
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Presumptuous
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overconfident, impertinently bold, taking liberties
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Prevaricate
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lie
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Pristine
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Characteristics of earlier times, primitive, unspoiled
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Probity
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Uprighness, incorruptibility
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Prodigal
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Wasteful, reckless with money
Hint: Opposite: Frugal |
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Propensity
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Natural inclination, to be convinced of our's own talent
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Propitiate
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Appease
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Propriety
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Fitness, correct conduct
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Proscribe
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Ostracize, banish, outlaw
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Pungent
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Stinging, sharp in taste or smell, caustic
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Qualified
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limited, restricted
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Quibble
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Minor objection or complaint
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Quiescent
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At Rest, dormant, temporarily inactive
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Rarefied
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Made less dense [of a gas]
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Recalcitrant
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Obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority, unruly
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Recant
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Disclaim, or disavow, retract a previous statement, openly confess error
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Recluse
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Hermit, loner
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Recondite
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Difficult to understand, profound, secret
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Refactory
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Stubborn, unmanageable
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Refute
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Disprove
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Relegate
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Banish to an inferior position, delegate, assign
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Reproach
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Express disapproval or disappointment
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