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parasite
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1 : a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome by flattery
2 : an organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism 3 : something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return |
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pariah
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1 : a member of a low caste of southern India
2 : OUTCAST 1 |
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passive
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unactive, lethargic
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pathetic
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1 : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
2 : marked by sorrow or melancholy : SAD synonym see MOVING |
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pecuniary
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1 : consisting of or measured in money
2 : of or relating to money |
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pedantic
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1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIAN |
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penchant
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a strong and continued inclination; broadly : LIKING
synonym see LEANING |
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permeate
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1 : to spread or diffuse through <a room permeated with tobacco smoke>
2 : to pass through the pores or interstices of - per·me·ative /-"A-tiv/ adjective |
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perusal
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1 a : to examine or consider with attention and in detail : STUDY b : to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner
2 : READ; especially : to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner |
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perversity
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1 a : turned away from what is right or good : CORRUPT b : IMPROPER, INCORRECT c : contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law <perverse verdict>
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philander
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to have casual or illicit sexual relations with a woman or with many women; especially : to be sexually unfaithful to one's wife
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philanthropist
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one who follows goodwill to fellowmen
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pithy
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: consisting of or abounding in pith
2 : having substance and point : tersely cogent |
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platitude
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1 : the quality or state of being dull or insipid
2 : a banal, trite, or stale remark |
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plethora
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1 : a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion
2 : EXCESS, SUPERFLUITY; also : PROFUSION, ABUNDANCE |
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poignant
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1 : pungently pervasive <a poignant perfume>
2 a (1) : painfully affecting the feelings : PIERCING (2) : deeply affecting : TOUCHING b : designed to make an impression : CUTTING <poignant satire> 3 a : pleasurably stimulating b : being to the point : APT |
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portent
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1 : something that foreshadows a coming event : OMEN
2 : prophetic indication or significance 3 : MARVEL, PRODIGY |
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pragmatic
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1 archaic a (1) : BUSY (2) : OFFICIOUS b : OPINIONATED
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precedent
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1 : an earlier occurrence of something similar
3 : a person or thing that serves as a model |
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preposterous
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: contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : ABSURD
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