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75 Cards in this Set
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philanthropist |
n. lover of mankind; doer of good |
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philistine |
n. narrow-minded person |
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phlegmatic |
adj. ccalm; not easily disturbed |
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phobia |
n. morbid fera |
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phoenix |
n. symbol of immortality or rebirth |
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phylum |
n. major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division |
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physiological |
adj. pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms |
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picaresque |
adj. pertaining to rogues in literature |
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piecemeal |
adj. one piece at a time; gradually |
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pied |
adj. variegated; multicolored |
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piety |
n. religious devotion; godliness |
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pigment |
n. coloring matter |
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pillage |
v. plunder |
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pine |
v. languish, decline; long for, yearn |
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pinnacle |
n. peak |
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pious |
adj. devout; religious |
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piquant |
adj. pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating |
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pique |
n. irritation; resentment v. provoke or arouse; annoy |
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pitfall |
n. hidden danger; concealed trap |
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pithy |
adj. concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty |
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pittance |
n. a small allowance or wage |
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pivotal |
adj. crucial; key; vital |
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placate |
v. pacify; conciliate |
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placebo |
n. harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill |
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placid |
adj. peaceful; calm |
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plagarize |
v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
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plaintive |
adj. mournful |
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plasticity |
n. ability to be molded |
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platitude |
n. trite remark; commonplace statement |
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plaudit |
n. enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause |
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plausible |
adj. having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious |
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plenitude |
n. abundance; completeness |
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plethora |
n. excess; overabundance |
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pliable |
adj. flexible; yielding; adaptablle |
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pliant |
adj. flexible; easily influenced |
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plight |
n. condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament |
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plumage |
n. feathers of a bird |
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plum |
adj. checking perpendicularity; vertical v. examine critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding) |
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pulmmet |
v. fall sharply |
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plutocracy |
n. society ruled by the wealthy |
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podium |
n. pedestal; raised platform |
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poignancy |
n. quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion |
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polarize |
v. split into opposite extremes or camps |
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polemical |
adj. aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
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politic |
adj. expedient; prudent; well advised |
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polycamist |
n. one who has more than one spouse at a time |
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polyglot |
adj. speaking several languages |
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pomposity |
n. self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt |
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ponderous |
adj. weighty; unwieldy |
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pontifical |
adj. pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious |
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pore |
v. study industriously; ponder; scrutinize |
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porous |
adj. full of pores; like a sieve |
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portend |
v. foretell; presage |
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portent |
n. sign; omen; forewarning |
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portly |
adj. stately; stout |
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poseur |
n. person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others |
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posterity |
n. descendants; future generations |
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posthumous |
adj. after death (as of a child born after father's death or book published after author's death) |
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postulate |
n. essential premise; underlying assumption |
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potable |
adj. suitable for drinking |
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potent |
adj. powerful; persuasive; greatly influential |
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potentate |
v, monarch; sovereign |
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potential |
adj. expressing possibility; latent |
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potion |
n. dose (of liquid) |
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pracitcable |
adj. feasible |
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practical |
adj. based on experience; useful |
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practitioner |
n. someone engaged in a profession (law, medicine) |
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pragmatic |
adj. practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
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pragmatist |
n. practical person |
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prank |
n. mischievous trick |
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prate |
v. speak foolishly; boast idly |
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prattle |
v. babble |
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preamble |
n. introductory statement |
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precarious |
adj. uncertain; risky |
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precedent |
n. something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action |
