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30 Cards in this Set
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Prescient; adj
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having foresight
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Prevaricate; verb
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to lie; to evade the truth
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Privation; noun
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lack of usual necessities or comforts
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Probity; noun
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honesty, high-mindedness
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Proclivity; noun
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tendency, inclination
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Prodigious; adj
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vast, enormous, extraordinary
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Profligate; adj
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corrupt, degenerate
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Propinquity; noun
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nearness
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Propitious; adj
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favorable, advantageous
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Proselytize; verb
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to convert to a particular belief or religion
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Protean; adj
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readily assuming different forms or characters
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Puerile; adj
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childish, immature, silly
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Pugilism; noun
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boxing
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Pugnacious; adj
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quarrelsome, eager and ready to fight
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Pulchritude; noun
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beauty
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Quagmire; noun
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difficult situation; marsh
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Querulous; adj
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inclined to complain, irritable
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Quiescence; noun
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inactivity, stillness
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Quixotic; adj
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overly idealistic, impractical
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Quotidian; adj
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occuring daily, commonplace
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Raconteur; noun
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witty, skillful storyteller
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Recalcitrant; adj
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resisting authority or control
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Recant; verb
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to retract a statement, opinion, etc
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Recondite; adj
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relating to obscure learning; known to only a few
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Rectitude; noun
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moral uprightness
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Redress; noun
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relief from wrong or injury
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Rejoinder; noun
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response
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Remediable; adj
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capable of being corrected
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Reprobate; noun
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morally unprincipled person
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Repudiate; verb
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to reject as having no authority
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