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26 Cards in this Set
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pecuniary
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adj. pertaining to money
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pedagogue
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n. teacher
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pedant
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n. scholar who overemphasizes booklearning or technicalities
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pedantic
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adj. showing off learning; bookish
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peerless
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adj. having no equal; incomparable
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pejorative
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adj. negative in connotation
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pell-mell
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adv. in confusion; disorderly
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pellucid
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adj. transparent; limpid; easy to understand
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penury
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n. severe poverty
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peon
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n. landless; agricultural worker; bond servant
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perdition
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n. damnation; complete ruin
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peregrination
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n. journey
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peremptory
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adj. demanding and leaving no choice
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perfidious
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adj. treacherous; disloyal
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perfunctory
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adj. superficial
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perigee
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n. point of a moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
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peripatetic
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adj. walking about; moving
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pernicious
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adj. very destructive
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peroration
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n. conclusion of an oration
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perquisite
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n. any gain above stipulated salary
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perspicacious
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adj. having insight; penitrating; astute
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perspicuity
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n. clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
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perspicious
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adj. plainly expressed
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pertinacious
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adj. stubborn; persistent
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pestilential
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adj. causing plague
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pharisaical
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adj. pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical
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