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50 Cards in this Set
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PERTURBATION
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AGITATION
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PERT
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FORWARD, IMPERTINENT
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PERSPICACIOUS
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HAVING INSIGHT
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PERQUISITE
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A PRIVILEGE OR PROFIT BEYOND REGULAR PAY
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PERPETUATE
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CAUSE TO LAST INDEFINITELY
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PERNICIOUS
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VERY DESTRUCTIVE, FATAL
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PERIPHERY
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OUTWARD BOUNDS
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PERFUNCTORY
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MECHANICAL, INDIFFERENT
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PERFIDIOUS
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TREACHERY
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PEREMPTORY
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DICTATORIAL, UNCONDITIONAL
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PERDITION
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ETERNAL DAMNATION: HELL
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PEDANT
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NARROW-MINDED TEACHER
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PECUNIARY
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OF OR RELATING TO MONEY: MONETARY
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PECCADILLO
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A SLIGHT OFFENSE, MINOR SIN
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PAUCITY
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SMALLNESS OF NUMBER OR QUANTITY
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PATRIMONY
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SOMETHING INHERITED FROM ONE'S FATHER
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PATRICIAN
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A PERSON OF HIGH BIRTH; ARISTOCRAT
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PATRIARCH
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FATHER-RULER OF A FAMILY OR TRIBE
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PATHOS
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QUALITY OF AROUSING PITY
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PATENT
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EVIDENT, OBVIOUS
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PASTORAL
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SHEPHERDS
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PARSIMONY
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STINGINESS
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PARADOX
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A STATEMENT THAT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT SEEMS LOGICAL
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PARABLE
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A SIMPLE STORY TO CONVEY A MORAL TRUTH
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PANDER
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A GO-BETWEEN IN LOVE INTRIGUES
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PANACEA
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CURE-ALL
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PALSY
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PARALYSIS; TREMORS
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PALPABLE
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OBVIOUS
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PALL
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TO BECOME WEARISOME
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PALATABLE
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TASTY
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OVERT
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NOT SECRET, NOT CONCEALED
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OSTRACIZE
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TO BANISH
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OSTENTATIOUS
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PRETENTIOUS, AN ATTEMPT TO IMPRESS OTHERS
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OSSIFY
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TO HARDEN LIKE BONE
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ORTHOGRAPHY
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SPELLING
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ORNATE
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ELABORATELY DECORATED
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ORIFICE
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OPENING, MOUTH
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ORACULAR
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PREDICTING
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OPULENCE
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WEALTH
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OPPROBRIOUS
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SHAMEFUL
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ONEROUS
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BURDENSOME
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OMINOUS
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THREATENING
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OLIGARCHY
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GOVERNMENT BY FEW
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OFFICIOUS
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MEDDLESOME
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ODIOUS
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HATEFUL, DISGUSTING
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OBVIATE
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TO PREVENT
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OBTUSE
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NOT QUICK OR ALERT IN PERCEPTION, FEELING OR INTELLECT
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OBTRUDE
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TO INTRUDE
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OBSTREPEROUS
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BOISTEROUS, RUDE
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OBSOLESCENCE
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GOING OUT OF USE
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