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116 Cards in this Set
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pilfer
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to steal
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pinnacle
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high point
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piquant
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spicy
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pique
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to make someone interested
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pithy
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short, direct
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plagiarize
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to use another person's idea
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plasticity
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flexibility
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platitude
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overused expression
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plaudit
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an enthusiastic show of approval
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plausible
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credible
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pliant
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easily flexed.. flexible
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plodding
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working slowly and continuously
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plow
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to proceed with difficulty through something, overcoming
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plume
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to be satisfied with about something
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plummet
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to fall straight down
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polarize
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to become concentrated around opposite points
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polemic
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controversial
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pomp
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grandeur
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pontificate
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to speak with exaggerated authority
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portend
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foretell
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postulate
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hypothesize
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potentate
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a person with great power
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practitioner
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a person practicing profession
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precarious
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unsure
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precipitate
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to cause something occur sooner
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preclude
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hinder
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precocious
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mature
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precociousness
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maturity
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precursor
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harbinger
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predilection
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a strong liking for something
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predispose
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incline
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predominant
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more important than others
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premeditated
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calculated, planned in advance
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premonition
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a sign or warning
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prepossessing
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attractive
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preposterous
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extremely unreasonable
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presage
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sense of a future occurence
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prescience
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knowledge of future occurences
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prescient
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foretelling
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prescriptive
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setting down rules
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presumptuous
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audacious by doing things they have no right
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pretense
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act of pretending
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pretentious
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conceited
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pretentiousness
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showing off
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prevaricate
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to conceal the truth
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prim
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easily shocked by anything rude
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primacy
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state of being the most important thing
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principle
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standards
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pristine
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pure
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privation
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lack of necessities of life
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probity
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complete honesty
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proclivity
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natural tendency
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procrastination
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delaying
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procure
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to obtain something
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profane
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showing lackk of respect for a god
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profligate
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wasteful
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profundity
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insight
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profusion
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extremely large amount of something
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progenitor
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a person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen
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progeny
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young offspring of a person
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prognosis
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forecast of any development
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prognostication
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prediction
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prohibitive
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too expensive
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prolix
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difficult to read and listen
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prominent
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clearly noticeable
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promulgate
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to spread ideas among people
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prone
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having a tendency to be affect by something
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pronouncement
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a formal or official declaration
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propensity
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a tendency toward a particular way of behaving
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proprietor
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owner of a business
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prosaic
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lacking interest
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prospectus
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a document giving details of a school
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prosperity
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wealth
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prostrate
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exhausted
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protagonist
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the leading character in a booik
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protean
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easily chan ging form
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provenance
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to source of something... place or origin
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provincial
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limited in interests provocation
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provocation
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something that causes irritation
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provoke
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to cause a negative reaction
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prudence
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wisdom and caution in practical matters
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prudent
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sensible and careful
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pry
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to try to obtain info from people
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pseudonym
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alias
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puerile
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behaving in a silly way
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pugnacious
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eager to fight
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punctual
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doing something at the right time
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pundit
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one who is expert in some field
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pungent
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bitter
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punitive
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intended as a punishment
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purport
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significance
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pusillanimity
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cowardliness
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pusillanimous
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weak
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putative
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widely thought to be such
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putrid
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having unpleasant smell
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quagmire
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an unpleasant situation that is unable to escape
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qualitative
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concerning the nature of attributes
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qualm
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doubt
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quandary
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situation of uncertainty
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querulous
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often complaining
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query
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a question
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quiescence
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quiet
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quiescent
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quiet and inactive
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quixotic
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unrealistic
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quizzical
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confused
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quotidian
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ordinary
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raiment
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clothes
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rambunctious
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difficult to control
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ramification
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the possible results of an action
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rancorous
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hateful
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rank
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complete
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rapport
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a good understanding of someone
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rapt
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completely engrossed, absorbed with thought
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rash
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reckless
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rashness
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carelessness
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ratify
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to authorize
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