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pilfer
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steal stealthily in small amts
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pillory
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expose to public contempt
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piquant
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agreeably stimulating to palate
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pique
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cause to feel resentment; he left in a fit of pique
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pithy
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having substance and point
I enjoy reading his essays because they're always compact and pithy |
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pittance
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meager wage or remuneration
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plaintive
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sounding sad, mournful; a plaintive cry
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plangent
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having a loud and reverberating sound; orotund, resounding, rotund, sonorant, bibrant, consonant
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plasticity
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easily shaped
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platitude
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banal, trite
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plausible
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to provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct
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plight
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n. dangerous, difficult , unfortunate situation. The woeful plight of homeless people
v. pledge, promise; be plighted to (in engagement) |
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plodding
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working laboriously monotornously
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pluck
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courageous readiness to fight; the task took alot of plight
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stodgy
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dull
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plumb
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1. measure depth ot water
2. extremely 2. explore or experience fully she had plumbed the depths of depravity; plumb in the center; they must be plumb crazy |
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plutocracy
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government by the wealthy
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gerontocracy
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government by old people
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polarize
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divide into two opposing factions
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polemic
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practice of disoutation (debate); polemos = war (Gr.)
strong verbal/written attack |
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politic
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seemingly sensible and judicious
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ponderable
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significant enough, appreciable
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ponderous
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great weight, heavy cumbersome; ponder = weight (Fr.)
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pontificate
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express opinions in pompous or dogmatic way
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portentous
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eliciting amazement or wonder
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posit
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base somthing on the truth of something else
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posture
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assume an artificial attitude
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potable
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suitable for drinking
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potboiler
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work of poor quality, produced quickly for profit
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potentate
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one who wields great power
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prate
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talk long and idly
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precarious
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lack of security; doubtful, ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, impugnable
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precipice
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steep cliff, rock face, sheer drop
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precipitous
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dangerously steep, sudden change
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preclude
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prevent
Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor |
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precocious
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having developed earlier than usual
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predilection
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preference to liking something
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predisposition
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bent, inclined
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preeminent
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having paramount rank
the king traveled to boston because he wanted the preeminent surgeon in the field to perform the operation |
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preempt
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take precedence over
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pregnant
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full of meaning
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preponderant
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having superior weight, ascendent
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prepossessing
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attractive
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prerogative
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the right
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