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103 Cards in this Set
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pedantic
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showing off learning
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penury
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extreme poverty
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perennial
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showing that something is continuig or recurrent
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perfunctory
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done w/ little interest
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pernicious
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very destructive
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pervasive
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to spread throughout
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philology
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study of language
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phlegmatic
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sluggish temperment
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pinnacle
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peak
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pithy
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concise
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pivotal
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crucial
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placate
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to calm
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placid
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calm
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platitude
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commonplace statement
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platonic
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purely spiritual
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pragmatic
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practical
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precarious
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dangerous and uncrtain
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preclude
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to make impossible
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precocious
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advanced in development
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precursor
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forerunner
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predilection
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preference
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presumptuous
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arrogant
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prevaricate
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to lie
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
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huge
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profusion
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abundance
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prognosis
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prediction
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prolific
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very productive
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propitious
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favorable
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propound
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to proprose
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protract
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to prolong
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provincial
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narrow in focus
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prudent
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cautious
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prune
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to cutaway
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pseudonym
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false name
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psychosis
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mental disorder
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puerile
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childish
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pugnacious
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combative
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pulmonary
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pertaining to the lungs
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punitive
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punishing
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purloin
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to steal
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quandry
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dilemma
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remorse
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guilt
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render
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to provide
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renegade
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deserter
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reprehensible
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deserving blame
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reprove
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to criticize
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repudiate
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to disown
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resigned
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yielding
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resolve
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determination
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respite
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rest
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reticence
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silence
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retinue
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attendeants
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retact
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to take back
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reverie
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daydream
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rife
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abundant
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rigor
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severity
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rote
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repitition from memory without any attention to meaning
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purloin
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to steal
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quell
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to quiet
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querulous
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complaining
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quiescent
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at rest
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quixotic
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idealistic
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rancor
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bitterness
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raspy
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harsh
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raucous
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harsh soundin
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reactionary
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opposing progress
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rebuff
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an unexpectedly sudden refusal
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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recluse
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hermit
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redolent
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fragrant
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relegate
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to shift to an inferior positin
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ruse
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trick
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saccharine
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sweet
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salient
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prominent
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salubrious
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healthful
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sanction
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to approve
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sanguine
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hopeful
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sardoni
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sarcastic
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savant
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scholar
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scanty
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meager; insufficient
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scrupulous
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extremely thorough
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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sectarian
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relating to a subgroup
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seular
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worldly
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sedulous
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hard working
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sequester
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to seclude
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shoddy
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inferior
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simulate
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to imitate
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sinuous
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winding
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skinflint
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miser
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skulk
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to move secretly
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slander
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utterance of false statement
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solemnity
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seriousness
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solicitto seeksolvent
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able to pay all debts
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somber
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gloomy
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sophmoric
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immatre
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sordid
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filthy
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spendthrift
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one who wastes money
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spurious
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false
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squander
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to waste
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stalwart
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unyielding
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