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38 Cards in this Set
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prurient
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lustful
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pseudonym
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fictitious name
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psychic
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perceptive of spiritual forces
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puerile
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childish
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pugilism
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boxing
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pulverize
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to pound to dust
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pummel
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to pound, beat
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punctilious
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careful as to ceremony
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pundit
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a learned person, an authority
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pungent
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sharp in smell or taste
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punitive
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related to punishment
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purdah
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seclusion of women (India)
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purge
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to cleanse
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puritanical
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adhering to a rigid moral code
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purport
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to profess, claim; main idea
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Pyrrhic victory
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a victory at too great a cost
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quack
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a fraud
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quadruped
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animal with four feet
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quagmire
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marsh, difficult situation
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quandary
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dilemma
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quarantine
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isolation period
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quell
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to crush, subdue
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querulous
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whiny
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query
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question
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quibble
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to argue over insignificant details
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quicken
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to hasten, arouse
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quid pro quo
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something in return for something
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quiescence
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inactivity
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quintessence
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typical example, ether
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quixotic
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overly idealistic, impractical
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quorum
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number needed to hold a meeting
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quotidian
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occurring daily
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raconteur
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storyteller
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radical
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fundamental, drastic
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rail
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to scold bitterly
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rally
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recovery
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