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17 Cards in this Set
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Palaver
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Chatter, fuss
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To pall
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To become dull, lose attraction
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Palliate
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Ameliorate, make seem less severe
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Panoply
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A splendid or striking array
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Parity
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Equivalence
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Parochial
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Narrow-minded, hidebound
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Parry
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To ward off
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Parsimony
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Thriftiness
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Pastiche
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A takeoff, imitation or spoof
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Pedagouge
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An educator
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Percipient
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Having the power of perceiving
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Perdition
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Eternal damnation
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Peripatetic
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Traveling, roving
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Pernicious
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Harmful, destructive
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Predilection
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Fondness, liking
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Probity
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Goodness, decency
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Purile
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Childish
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