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15 Cards in this Set
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presage
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foretell
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prescience
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ability to foretell the future
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presentiment
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feeling something something will happen; anticipatory fear; premonition
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prestige
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impression produced by achievements or reputation
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presumptuous
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arrogant; taking liberties
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pretentious
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ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious
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preternatural
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beyond that which is normal in nature
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pretext
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excuse
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prevail
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induce; triumph over
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prevaricate
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lie
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prim
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very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
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primogeniture
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seniority by birth
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primordial
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existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary
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primp
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groom oneself with care; adorn oneself
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pristine
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characteristic of earlier times; primitive, unspoiled
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