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50 Cards in this Set
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obstinate
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stubborn; hardheaded(완고한); uncompromising
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obstreperous
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업쓰 트뤠 퍼 뤄쓰 2, noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous
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obtain
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to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate(미리 알아채고 처리하다) and make unnecessary
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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occult
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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officious
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meddlesome(참견이심한), pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted
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onerous
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troubling, burdensome
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opprobrium
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어 프로우 브뤼엄 2, disgrace, contempt, scorn
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oscillation
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the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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ossified
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changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change
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ostensible
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seeming, appearing as such, professed(자칭의)
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ostentatious
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characterized by or given to pretentiousness
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overweening
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presumptuous(뻔뻔한)ly arrogant, overbearing(건방진), immoderate(지나친)
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paean
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페이언 a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious, gloss over(그럴듯한 말로 얼버무리다), mitigate
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panegyric
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formal expression of praise
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paradigm
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something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview
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pariah
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퍼 롸이 어 2, an outcast, a rejected and despised person
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parry
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to block, evad or ward off(피하다), as a blow
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parsimonious
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cheap, miserly
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partisan
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one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
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paucity
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scarcity, a lacking of
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peccadillo
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a slight offense, literally, a minor sin
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pedagogy
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페 더 고우 쥐 1, the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
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pedantic
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ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae[미 뉴 시 이 2]사소한일 and formal rules, unimaginative
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pedestrian
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commonplace, trite[트롸잍, 흔한], unremarkable
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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peremptory
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admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty(오만한), imperious(오만한)
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith, treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory, done without care or interest
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peripatetic
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itinerant, traveling, nomadic
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, potentially causing death
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personable
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pleasing in appearance, attractive
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive, having keen dicern(분별하다)ment
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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pervade
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to permeate throughout(퍼지다)
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petrous
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like a rock, hard, stony
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philistine
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필 리 스틴 1, a crass(투박한) individual guided material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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phlegmatic
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calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic
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picaresque
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피 커 뤠스크 3, involving clever rogues(악당) or adventurers
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pied
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파읻 multi-colored, usually in blotch(얼룩, 반점)es
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pillory
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to punish, hold up to(을 (웃음거리로) 내세우다 ((to))) public scorn
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pine
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to yearn intensely, to languish(쇠약해지다), to lose vigor
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, spicy(양념을 넣은; 향긋한), stimulating
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pique
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피 케이 resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
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pirate
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to use or reproduce illegally
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pith
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the essential or central part
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