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13 Cards in this Set
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To examine with great care
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Peruse (v)
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To permeate throughout
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Pervade (v)
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the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pervasive
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Like a rock, hard, stony
----------------------- technically refers to the hard temporal bone that protects the inner ear |
Petrous (adj)
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Impatient, irritable
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Petulant (adj)
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A crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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Philistine (n)
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Calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic
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Phlegmatic (adj)
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Involving clever rogues or adventures
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Picaresque (adj)
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picture like, charming, quaint
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Picturesque
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Multi-colored, usually in blotches
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Pied (adj)
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To punish, hold up to public scorn
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Pillory (v)
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To yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor
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Pine (v)
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Extremely reverent or devout
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Pious (adj)
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