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125 Cards in this Set
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waggish
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ADJ. mischievous; humorous; tricky
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wanton
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ADJ. unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste
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wastrel
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N. one who wastes, a profligate
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waylay
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V. to ambush; to lie in wait
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welter
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N. turmoil; bewildering jumble
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winnow
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V. to sift; to separate good parts from bad
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winsome
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ADJ. agreeable; gracious; engaging
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wry
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ADJ. twisted; with a humorous twist
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yen
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N. longing, urge
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whet
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V. to sharpen; to stimulate
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wheedle
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V. to cajole; to coax; to deceive by flattery
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venal
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ADJ. capable of being bribed
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vendetta
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N. blood feud
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venerate
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V. to revere
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venial
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ADJ. forgivable; trivial. When Jean stole a loaf of bread to feed his starving sister, he committed a venial offense.
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veracity
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N. truthfulness
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verbiage
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N. pompous array of words
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verdant
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ADJ. green; lush in vegetation
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verisimilitude
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N. appearance of truth; likelihood
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verity
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N. quality of being true; lasting truth or principle
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vicissitude
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N. change of fortune
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vilify
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V. to slander
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vindicate
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V. to clear from blame, to exonerate
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vindictive
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ADJ. out for revenge, malicious
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virile
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ADJ. manly
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virulent
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ADJ. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
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visceral
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ADJ. felt in one's inner organs
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viscid
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ADJ. adhesive, gluey
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vitriolic
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ADJ. corrosive; sarcastic
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vituperative
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ADJ. abusive; scolding
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unassailable
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ADJ. not subject to question; not open to attack
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unconscionable
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ADJ. unscrupulous; excessive
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unctuous
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ADJ. oily; bland; insincerely suaveunfetter
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unfetter
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V. to liberate; to free from chains
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unmitigated
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ADJ. unrelieved or immoderate; absolute
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unprepossessing
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ADJ. unattractive
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unstinting
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ADJ. giving generously; not holding back
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undtenable
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ADj. indefensible; not able to be maintained
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upbraid
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V. to severely scold; to reprimand
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urbane
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ADJ. suave; refined; elegant
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vantage
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N. position giving an advantage
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usurp
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V. to seize another's power or rank
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torpor
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N. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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tortuous
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Adj. winding; full of curves
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traduce
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V. to expose to slander
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tractable
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ADJ. docile; easily managed
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transient
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ADJ. momentary; temporary
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travail
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N. painful labor
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travesty
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N. comical parody
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tranchant
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ADJ. cutting, keen
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truculence
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N. aggressiveness; ferocity
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truism
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N. self-evident truth
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truncate
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V. to cut the top off
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tryst
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N. meeting
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turgid
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ADJ. swollen; distended
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turbid
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ADJ. muddy; having the sediment disturbed
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turpitde
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N. depravity
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tutelage
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N. guardianship; training
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tyro
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N. beginner; novice
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ubiquitous
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ADJ. being everywhere; omnipresent
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succor
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V. to aid; to assist; to comfort
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supercilious
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ADJ. arrogant; condescending; patronizing
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supplant
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V. to replace; to usurp
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surfeit
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V. to satiate; to stuff
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sybarite
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N. lover of luxury
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stultify
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V. to cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
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strident
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ADJ. loud and harsh; insistent
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specious
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ADJ. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading
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soporific
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ADJ. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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somnolent
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ADJ. half-asleep
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sequester
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V. to isolate; to retire from public life; to segregate; to seclude
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serendipity
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N. gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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sinecure
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N. well-paid position with little responsibility
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solecism
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N. construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
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solicitous
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ADJ. worried; concerned
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salacious
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ADJ. lascivious; lustful
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sanguine
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ADJ. cheerful; hopeful
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saturnine
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ADJ. gloomy
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scurrilous
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ADJ. obscene; indecent
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sententious
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ADJ. terse; concise; aphoristic
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resplendent
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ADJ. dazzling; glorious; brilliant
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restitution
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N. reparation; indemnification
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reticence
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N. reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
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ruminate
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V. to chew over and over (mentally or physically); to mull over; to ponder
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redolent
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ADJ. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor
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redoubtable
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ADJ. formidable; causing fear
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redress
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N. remedy; ompensation
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renegade
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N. deserter; traitor
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repudiate
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V. to disown; to disavow
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repugnant
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ADJ. loathsome; hateful
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rescind
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V. to cancel
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querulous
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ADJ. fretful; whining
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quiescent
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ADJ. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
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quixotic
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ADJ. idealistic but impractical
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ramification
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N. branching out; subdivision
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rapacious
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ADJ. excessively greedy; predatory
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rapport
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N. emotional closeness; harmony
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ratiocination
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N. reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
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recidivism
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N. habitual return to crime
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rectitude
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N. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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recant
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V. to disclaim or disavow
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propitious
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ADJ. favorable; fortunate; advantageous
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prosaic
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ADJ. dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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provincial
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ADJ. pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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prurient
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ADJ. having or causing lustful thoughts or desires
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pundit
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N. authority on a subject; learned person; expert
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pulchritude
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N. beauty; comliness
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pusillanimous
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ADJ. cowardly; fainthearted
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quagmire
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N. soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free onself
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precipice
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N. cliff; dangerous position
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predilection
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N. partiality; preference
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prevaricate
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V. to lie
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prolixity
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N. tedious wordiness; verbosity
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propinquity
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N. nearness; kinship
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propitiate
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V. to appease
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philistine
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N. narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
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phlegmantic
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ADJ. calm; not easily disturbed
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piquant
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ADJ. pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating
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pithy
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ADJ. concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty
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plaudit
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N. enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause
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plutocracy
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N. society ruled by the wealthy
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polemical
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ADJ. aggressive in verbal attack; disputation
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portend
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V. to foretell; to presage
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prate
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V. to speak foolishly; to boast idly
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prattle
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V. to babble
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