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14 Cards in this Set
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pedestrian
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commonplace, undistinguised, ordinary, dull, mediocre, lackluster
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pejorative
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having bad connotations; disparaging, belittling, dismissive, insulting
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penance
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voluntary suffering to repent, atonement, reparation, chastening, reconciliation
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penchant
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inclination predilection, bias, leaning, partiality, proclivity
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petinent
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expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant, remorseful, contrite, apologetic
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penury
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extremee poverty, destituttion, beggary, need, privation, want
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perfidious
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faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy, treacherous, devious, deceitful
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perfunctory
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done in a routine way; indifferent, halfhearted, tepid, careless
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peripatetic
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moving from place to place itinerant, nomadic, vegabond
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perspicacious
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shrewd astute, keen, witted, sagacious, insightful, intelligent
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phalanx
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massed group of soldiers, people, or things, body, infantry
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philistine
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narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art or cultur, boor, barbarian, vulgarian, bourgeois
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phlegmatic
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calm in temperament; sluggish, unemotional, placid
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phobia
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exaggerated, illogical fear, dislike, fear
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