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30 Cards in this Set
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Parry; verb
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to ward off or deflect
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Parsimony; noun
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stinginess
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Pastiche; noun
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Paucity; noun
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scarcity, lack
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Peccadillo; noun
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minor sin or offense
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Pedagogue; noun
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teacher
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Pedant; noun
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uninspired, boring academic
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Pejorative; adj
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having bad connotations; disparaging
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Percipient; adj
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discerning, able to perceive
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Perdition; noun
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complete and utter loss; damnation
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Perfidious; adj
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faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
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Perfunctory; adj
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done in a routine way, indifferent
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Peripatetic; adj
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moving from place to place
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Permeable; adj
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penetrable
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Pernicious; adj
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very harmful
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Perspicacious; adj
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shrewd, astute, keen-witted
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Pertinacious; adj
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persistaent, stubborn
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Pestilence; noun
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epidemic, plague
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Petulance, noun
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rudeness, peevishness
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Phlegmatic; adj
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sluggish; calm in temperament
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Pilfer; verb
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to steal
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Pithy; adj
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profound, substantial, concise, succinct, to the point
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Pittance; noun
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meager amount or wage
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Placate; verb
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to soothe or pacify
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Ply; verb
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to join together; to use diligently; to engage
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Polemic; noun
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controversy, arguement; verbal attack
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Pontificate; verb
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to speak in a pretentious manner
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Precipitate; adj
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sudden and unexpected
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Precipitate; verb
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to cause to happen; to throw down from height
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Predilection; noun
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preference, liking
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