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20 Cards in this Set
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Prolific
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adj: producing many offspring; producing much; abundant
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Propensity
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noun: a natural leaning or tendency; bent
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Provincial
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adj: having the ways and speech of a certain province; of or like country people as apart from city people (unsophisticated); thinking in narrow ways
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Prudent
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adj: careful or cautious in a sensible way; wise; frugal
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Pugnacious
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adj: eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome
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Quandary
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noun: condition of being doubtful or confused
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Querulous
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adj: peevish; faultfinding; expressing or suggestive of complaint
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Quixotic
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adj: idealistic and utterly impractical
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Raconteur
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noun: a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes
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Rancor
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noun: deep spite or malice; strong hate or bitter feeling
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Propitious
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adj: favorable, auspicious; benevolent
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Prosaic
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adj: dull, ordinary, everyday; unimaginative
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Proselytize
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verb: actively seek to convert to a belief, usually religious
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Puerile
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adj: childish, silly, juvenile
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Putative
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adj: commonly accepted; supposed
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Pyrrhic victory
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noun: an empty "victory" because the cost is too high of a price to pay
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Quiescent
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adj: quiet; showing no sign of activity; latent
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Quisling
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noun: one who collaborates with the invading enemy of his country; traitor
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Rapacious
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adj: greedily excessive; ravenous, plundering
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Rapprochement
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verb: bring together; come to terms, enter state of cordial relations
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