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200 Cards in this Set
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lumber
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move in a clumsy/noisy way
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luminary
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star light-giving body
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lurk
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be out of view ready to attack
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lustrous
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being bright polished
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macabre
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gruesome suggesting death
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macerate
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make or become soft by soaking in water
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machination
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plot scheme (esp. evil)
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maladroit
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tactless clumsy
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malapropism
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misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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malevolence
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wishing to do evil
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malign
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injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
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malinger
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to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
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malleable
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yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
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manacle
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chains for the hands or feet
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massacre
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cruel killing of a large number of people
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matriculation
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be admitted enter a university as a student
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maudlin
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sentimental in a silly or tearful way
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maul
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hurt by rough handling
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maverick
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rebel nonconformist
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mercurial
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quick changeable in character fleeting
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meretricious
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attractive on the surface but of little value
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mesmerize
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hypnotize
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meticulous
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giving great attention to details
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mettle
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quality of endurance or courage
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mettlesome
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courageous high-spirited
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middling
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fairly good but not very good
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minatory
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menacing threatening
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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misanthrope
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person who hates mankind
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mischievous
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harmful causing mischief
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miser
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person who loves wealth and spends little
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misogynist
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one who hates women/females
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moderation
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quality of being limited not extreme
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mollify
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make calmer or quieter
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molt
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moult lose hair feathers before new growing
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morbid
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diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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morose
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ill-tempered unsocial
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muffler
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cloth worn round the neck/silencer
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multifarious
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varied motley greatly diversified
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mundane
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worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
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myriad
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very great number
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nadir
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lowest weakest point
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nascent
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coming into existence emerging
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nebulous
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cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
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negligent
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taking too little care
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neophyte
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person who has been converted to a belief
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nexus
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a connection tie or link
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nibble
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show some inclination to accept (an offer)
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noisome
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offensive disgusting (smell)
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nonchalant
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not having interest
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nonplused
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greatly surprised
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nostrum
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a quack remedy an untested cure
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noxious
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harmful
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nugatory
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trifling/worthless
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obdurate
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hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
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obfuscate
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to darken make obscure muddle
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oblivious
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unaware having no memory
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obloquy
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abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
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obsequious
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too eager to obey or serve
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obstreperous
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noisy loud
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obtain
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to be established accepted or customary
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obtrusive
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projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
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obtuse
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blunt/stupid
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obviate
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to make unnecessary get rid of
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occluded
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blocked up
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odious
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repulsive hateful
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odium
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contempt dislike aversion
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odor
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smell favor reputation
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officious
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too eager or ready to help offer advice
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ominous
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threatening
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onerous
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needing effort burdensome
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opaqueness
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dullness/not allowing light to pass through
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opprobrious
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showing scorn or reproach
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ossify
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to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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ostensible
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seeming appearing as such professed
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ostentation
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display to obtain admiration or envy
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ostracism
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shut out from society refuse to meet talk
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overhaul
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examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
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paean
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song of praise or triumph
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palate
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roof of the mouth sense of taste
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palatial
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magnificent
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palliate
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lessen the severity of
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palpability
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can be felt touched understood
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palpitate
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tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
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panegyric
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formal praise eulogy
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paradigm
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a model example or pattern
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parenthesis
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sentence within another one smth separated
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pariah
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an outcast a rejected and despised person
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parsimonious
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too economical miserly
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partisan
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one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
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patron
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regular customer person who gives support
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paucity
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scarcity a lacking of
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peccadillo
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small sin small weakness in one's character
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pedantic
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bookish showing off learning
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pedestrian
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commonplace trite unremarkable
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pellucid
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transparent easy to understand
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penchant
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strong inclination a liking
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penitent
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feeling or showing regret
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penurious
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poor/stingy
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penury
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extreme poverty
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peregrination
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traveling about wandering
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peremptory
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urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
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perfidious
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treacherous faithless
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perfidy
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treachery breaking of faith
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perfunctory
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done as a duty without care
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perilous
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dangerous
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peripatetic
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wandering
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perish
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be destroyed decay
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perjury
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willful FALSE statement unlawful act
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permeate
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spread into every part of
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pernicious
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harmful injurious
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perpetrate
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be guilty commit (a crime)
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personable
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pleasing in appearance attractive
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perspicacity
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quick judging and understanding
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pertain
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belong as a part have reference
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pest
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destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
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petrified
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taken away power (to think feel act)
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petrify
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to make hard rocklike
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petrous
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like a rock hard stony
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petulant
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unreasonably impatient
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philistine
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a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
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phlegmatic
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calm sluggish temperament unemotional
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pied
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of mixed colors
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pinch
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be too tight take between the thumb and finger
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pine
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waste away through sorrow or illness
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pious
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dutiful to parents devoted to religion
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piquant
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agreeably pungent stimulating
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pique
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hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
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pitfall
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covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
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pith
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essential part force soft liquid substance
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pivotal
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of great importance (others depend on it)
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placate
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soothe pacify calm
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plaintive
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mournful melancholy sorrowful
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plaque
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flat metal on a wall as a memorial
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platitude
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a trite or banal statement unoriginality
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plea
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request
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plead
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address a court of law as an advocate
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plethora
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glut
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pliant
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pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
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plod
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continue doing smth without resting
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pluck
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pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
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plumb
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get to the root of
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plummet
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fall plunge steeply
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plunge
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move quickly suddenly and with force
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poignant
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deeply moving keen
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poncho
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large piece of cloth
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ponderous
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heavy bulky dull
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portent
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omen marvelous threatening
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precarious
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uncertain risky dangerous
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precepts
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rules establishing standards of conduct
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preclude
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prevent make impossible
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precursory
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preliminary anticipating
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predilection
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special liking mental preference
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predominate
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have more power than others
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preen
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tidy/show self-satisfaction
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premature
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doing or happening smth before the right time
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preponderance
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greatness in number strength weight
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presage
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warning sign
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presumption
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arrogance
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preternatural
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not normal or usual
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prevalent
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common
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prevaricate
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to equivocate to stray from the truth
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prim
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neat formal
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pristine
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primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
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probity
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uprightness incorruptibility principle
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proclivity
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inclination
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procrastination
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keeping on putting off
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prodigal
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wasteful reckless with money
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prodigious
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enormous wonderful
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profane
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worldly having contempt for God
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profligacy
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shameless immorality
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profligate
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wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
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profundity
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depth
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profuse
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abundant/lavish
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proliferate
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grow reproduce by rapid multification
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prolix
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tiring because too long
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prone
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prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
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propagation
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increasing the number spreading extending
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place affinity of nature
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propitiatory
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conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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propitious
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auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
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prosaic
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everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
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proscribe
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denounce as dangerous
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protracted
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prolonged
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provident
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frugal looking to the future
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provisional
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of the present time only
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provoke
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make angry vax
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prudence
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careful forethought
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prudish
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easily shocked excessively modest
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prune
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dried plum silly person
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pry
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get smth inquire too curiously
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pucker
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wrinkle
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pugnacious
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fond of in the habit of fighting
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puissance
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strength
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punctilious
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precise paying attention to trivialities
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