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15 Cards in this Set
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pertinacious
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stubborn; persistent
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pertinent
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suitable; to the point
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perturb
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disturb greatly
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peruse
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read with care
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pervasive
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spread throughout
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perverse
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stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable
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perversion
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corruption; turning from right to wrong
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pessimism
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belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
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pestilential
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causing plague; baneful
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pestle
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tool for mashing orgrinding substances in a hard bowl
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petrify
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turn to stone
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petty
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trivial; unimportant; very small
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petulant
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touchy; peevish
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pharisaical
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pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical
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phenomena
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observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
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