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25 Cards in this Set
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pecuniary
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monetary; financial
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pedant
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one who possesses mere book learning; narrow-minded teacher
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peremptory
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dictatorial; unconditional
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perennial
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continual; enduring
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perfidious
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treacherous
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perfunctory
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mechanical; indifferent
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pernicious
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destructive
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perpetuate
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to cause to continue
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perspective
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relation of parts to one another and to the whole
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pert
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bold; saucy
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peruse
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to read with thoroughness
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pervade
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to go or spread throughout
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petulance
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impatient irritation
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philistine
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lacking in culture; commonplace
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piquant
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stimulating to the taste; exciting interest
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pique
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to irritate
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pithy
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terse
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placate
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to pacify
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placid
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calm
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plagiarism
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claiming another's work as one's own
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platonic
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purely spiritual; not sensual
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poignant
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piercing
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portend
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to warn; to foreshadow
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posterity
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succeeding generations
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potpourri
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mixture
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