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127 Cards in this Set
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picaresque
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pertaining to rogues in literature
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piebald
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motted, spotted
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piecemeal
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one piece at a time, gradually
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pied
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variegated, multicolored
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podiatrist
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doctor of feet
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piquant
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pleasantly tart-tasting, simulating
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pique
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provoke or arouse, annoy
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pittance
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small allowance or wage
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pivotal
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crucial, key, vital
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placebo
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harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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plaintive
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mournful
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plasticity
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ability to be molded
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platitude
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trite remark
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plaudit
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enthusiastically worded approval, round of applause
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plausible
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having a show of truth but open to doubt, specious
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pliable
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flexing, yielding, adaptable
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pliant
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flexible, easily influenced
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plight
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condition, state (espescially bad), predicament
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plumb
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checking perpendicularity, vertical
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plumage
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feathers of a bird
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plutocracy
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society ruled by the wealthy
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poignancy
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quality of being deeply moving, keenness of emotion
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philistine
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narrow minded person, uncultured, and exclusively interested in material gain
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philogy
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study of language
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phlegmatic
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calm, not easily disturbed
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phoenix
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symbol of immortality or rebirth
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phylum
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major class of plants, primary branch of animal kingdom, division
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polemical
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agressive in verbal attack, disputatious
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politic
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expedient, prudent, well adivsed
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polyglot
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speaking several languages
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pomposity
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self-important behavior, acting like a stuffed shirt
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pontifical
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pertaining to a bishop or pope, pompous or pretentious
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pore
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study industriously, ponder, scrutinize
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portend
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foretell, presage
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portent
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sign, omen
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portly
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stately, stout
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poseur
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one who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc
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posterity
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descendants, future generations
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posthumous
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after death
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postulate
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essential premise, underlying assumption
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potable
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suitable for drinking
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potent
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powerful, persuasive, greatly influential
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potentate
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monarch, sovereign
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practicable
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feasible
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practitioner
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someone engaged in a profession (law med)
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prate
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speak foolishly, boast idly
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prattle
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babble
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precarious
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uncertain, risky
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precept
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practical rule guiding conduct
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precint
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district or division of a city
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precipice
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cliff, dangerous position
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precipitate
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rash, premature, hasty, sudden
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pre(')cis
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concise summing up of main points
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predilection
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partiality, preference
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predispose
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give an incilination towards, make susceptible to
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preeminent
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outstanding, superior
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preempt
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head off, forestall by acting first, appropriate for oneself, supplant
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preen
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make oneself tidy in appearance, feel self-satisfaction
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prehensile
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capable of grasping or holding
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prelate
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church dignitary
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prelude
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intoduction, forerunner
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premeditate
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plan in advance
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premonition
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forewarning
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prerogative
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privelege, unquestionable right
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presage
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foretell
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prescience
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ability to foretell the future
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presentiment
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feeling something will happen, anticipatory fear, premonition
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preternatural
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beyond what's normal in nature
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pretext
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excuse
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prevaricate
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lie
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prim
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very precise and formal, exceedingly proper
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primordial
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existing at the beginning (of time), rudimentary
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primp
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groom oneself with care, adorn oneself
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privation
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hardship, want
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proclivity
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inclination, natural tendency
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prod
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stir up, poke, urge
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profligate
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dissipated, wasteful, wildly immoral
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progenitor
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ancestor
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progeny
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children, offspring
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prognosis
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forecasted course of a disease, prediction
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proletarian
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member of the working clsas, blue collar person
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prolixity
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tedious wordiness
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prolong
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make longer, draw out,lengthen
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prominent
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conspicuous, notable, sticking out
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promiscous
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mixed indiscriminately, haphazard, irregular, particularly sexually
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promontory
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headland
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promulgate
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proclaim a doctrine or law, make known by official publication
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prone
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inclined to, prostrate
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propagate
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multiply, spread
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propinquity
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nearness, kinship
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propitiate
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appease
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propitious
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favorable, fortunate, advantageous
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proponent
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supporter, backet, opposite of oppoinent
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propound
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put forth for analysis
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propriety
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fitness, correct conduct
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prosaic
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dull and unimaginative, matter-of-cfact, factual
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proscribe
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ostracize, banish, outlaw
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proselytize
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convert to a religion or belief
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prostrate
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stretch out full on ground
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protege
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person recieving protection and support from a patron
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protract
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prolong
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protuberance
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protrusion, bulge
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provident
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displaying foresight, thrifty, preparing for emergencies
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provincial
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pertaining to a province, limited in oulook, unsophisticated
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provisional
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tentative
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provocative
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arousing anger or interest, annoying
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prowess
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extraordinary ability
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proxy
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authorized agent
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prude
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excessively modest person
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prune
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cut away, trim
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prurient
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having or causing lustful thoughts or desires
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psyche
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soul, mind
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puerile
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childish
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pugilist
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boxer
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pulchritude
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beauty, comeliness
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pulverize
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crush, grind into dust
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pummel
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beat or pound with fists
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punctillious
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laying stress on niceties of conduct or form, minutely attentive to fine pointe
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pundit
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athority on a subject, expert
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pungent
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stinging, sharp in taste or smell, caustic
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punitive
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punishing
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purchase
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firm grasp or footing
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purge
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remove or get rid of something unwanted, free from blame or guilt
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purported
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alleged, claimed, reputed or rumored
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purse
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pucker, contract into wrinkles
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, fainthearted
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purveyor
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furnisher of foodstuffs, caterer
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