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29 Cards in this Set
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pseudo
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false; conterfeit
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psudonym
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a fake or assumed name
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psyche
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the human soul or spirit
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puerile
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childish; immature
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pugilist
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a boxer
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pugnacious
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eager to fight; quarrelsome
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puissant
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powerful; strong
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pulmonary
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pertaining to the lungs
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pulverize
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crush or grind into powder; totally destroy
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pummel
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to beat or thrash with the fists
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pun
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the use of words alike in sound but different meaning
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puctilious
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very exact; precise
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pundit
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a learned man; an expert or authority
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pungent
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having a sharp taste or smell; severely critical or sarcastic
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punitive
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pertaining to punishment
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puny
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weak; inferior
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purge
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to cleanse; to purify
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puritantical
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strict; rigid; harsh
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purloin
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to steal
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purport
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to claim to be
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purvey
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to furnish; to supply
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; fearful
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putative
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supposed; believed
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putrefy
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to rot; to decay
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pyre
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a funeral fire in which the corpse is burned
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pyretic
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pertaining to fever
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pyromaniac
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one who likes to start fire; arsonist
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Pyrrhic victory
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success gained at too high a cost
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