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20 Cards in this Set
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Ponderous
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adj: very heavy; bulky; labored and dull or tiresome
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Pragmatic
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adj: practical; opinionated; concerned with actual practice rather than with theory or speculation
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Preclude
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verb: to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent
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Precocious
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adj: having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age; early or prematurely ripe or developed
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Prestigious
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adj: honored; having an illustrious name or reputation
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Pretentious
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adj: claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit; showy; self-important
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Procrastinate
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verb: to put off doing something until a later time; to delay
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Prodigious
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adj: enormous; extraordinary; marvelous
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Profane
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adj: secular; not holy; not connected with religion; irrevent
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Polemic
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noun: agressive attack on another's ideas; the art of disputation
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Profusion
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noun: abundance; a great or generous amount; extravagance
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Perspicuity
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noun: clearness and lucidity
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Precept
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noun: rule to be governed or guided by; a maxim
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Pertinacious
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adj: stubborn, unyielding, holding to a belief
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Philippic
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noun: harsh, bitter verbal attack; denunciation
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Picayune
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adj: of little value; petty, small-minded piety
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Prerogative
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noun: a right or privilege specific to a person, class, or group
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Plethora
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noun: an overabundance of; in excess, unending number
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Profligate
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adj: wildly extravagant, prodigal; completely given in to immorality
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Prolix
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adj: wordy; unduly prolonged or drawn out
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