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40 Cards in this Set
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presage, prescience
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foretell
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pretense
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mask, facade, guise
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peternatural
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extraordinary
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prevaricate
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deviate from truth
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probity
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honesty, decency, morality, rectitude, righteousness
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proclivity
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natural propensity or inclination
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procure
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get possession of
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prodigal
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wastefully extravagant
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prodigious
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remarkably large
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proffer
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offer; extend; give
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profundity
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great depth of knowledge, insight
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profusion
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great quantity
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promulgate
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make known; put into effect
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propitiate
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gain or regain favor
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propitious
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favorable
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proponent
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person who advocates a theory or proposal
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propound
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put forward for discussion
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propriety
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correctness, appropriateness
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prosaic
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commonplace, everyday
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prose
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ordinarily written or spoken; no metrical structure spoken
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proscribe
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condemn or forbid
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proselytize
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recruit or convert especially to new faith or cause
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prostrate
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stretched out with face on ground (in adoration or submission)
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prone
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lie down
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protean
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displaying great diversity; changeable, fluid, mutable
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protract
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prolong in time or space; extend, drawt, elongate
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provident
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!= profligate. frugal, chary (cautious)
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providential
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opportune, lucky
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provincial
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insular, local , parochial, sectarian
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provisional
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temporary
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provisory
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conditional
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prudery
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person easily shocked by matters of sex and nudity
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puckish
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!= sober, garave, or, staid; playful, impish
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puerile
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childish
his puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends |
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puffery
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exaggerated or false praise
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puissance
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power, might
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pullet
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young hen
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pundit
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pandit, teacher
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purlieu
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confines, haunt (hangout), outskirts
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