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50 Cards in this Set
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PERVADE
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TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT
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PHILANTHROPIST
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LOVE OF MANKIND
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PHILISTINE
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A NARROW MINDED PERSON WHEN RELATING TO CULTURAL VALUES
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PHLEGMATIC
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CALM, NOT EASILY DISTURBED, DULL PEAK
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PINNACLE
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PEAK
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PIQUANT
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PLEASANTLY
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PITHY
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CONCISE
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PLACATE
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TO PACIFY, TO CONCILIATE
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PLATITUDE
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A FLAT OR TRITE REMARK
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PLEBEIAN
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COMMON PEOPLE
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PLETHORA
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AN EXCESSIVE QUANTITY OR FULLNESS
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POIGNANT
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DEEPLY MOVING
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PORTEND
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TO FORETELL
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PORTENTOUS
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OMINOUS, SERIOUS
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL
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PRATE
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TO TALK LONG AND SPEAK FOOLISHLY
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PRECARIOUS
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RISKY
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PRECLUDE
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TO SHUT OUT, TO ELIMINATE
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PRECURSOR
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FORERUNNER
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PREVARICATE
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TO LIE
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PROBITY
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INCORRUPTIBILITY
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PROCLIVITY
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AN INHERENT INCLINATION
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PRODIGAL
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WASTEFUL
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PRODIGIOUS
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HUGE, ENORMOUS
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PROFLIGATE
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DISSIPATED, COMPLETELY IMMORAL (AS IN A DRUNK)
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PROLIFIC
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PRODUCING YOUNG OR FRUIT ABUNDANTLY
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PROLIX
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VERBOSE
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PROPENSITY
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AN INTENSE PERFERENCE
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PROPITIATE
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APPEASE
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PROSAIC
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COMMON PLACE, DULL
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PROTRACT
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TO PROLONG IN TIME OR SPACE
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PROXIMITY
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NEARNESS
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PRURIENT
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LASCIVIOUS (LUSTFUL) IN THOUGHT OR DESIRE
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PSEUDONYM
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A FICTITIOUS NAME
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PUERILE
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CHILDISH, SILLY
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PUGNACIOUS
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HAVING A QUARRELSOME OR COMBATIVE NATURE
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PUISSANT
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POWERFUL, MIGHTY, POTENT
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PULCHRITUDE
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BEAUTY
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PUNCTILIOUS
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LAYING STRESS ON FORM, PRECISE
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PUNGENT
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STRINGING, CAUSTIC
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PUNITIVE
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INFLICTING OR INVOLVING PUNISHMENT
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PURGE
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TO CLEANSE OR PURIFY
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PURPORT
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MEANING CONVEYED OR IMPLIED
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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COWARDLY
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QUAFF
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TO DRINK DEEPLY OR REPEATEDLY
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QUALMS
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MISGIVINGS
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QUAY
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WHARF, DOCK, LANDING PLACE
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QUELL
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CALM, TO PUT DOWN
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QUERULOUS
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WHINING
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QUINTESSENCE
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PUREST AND HIGHEST STATE
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