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peripheral
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adj. external; incidental; tangential.
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peruse
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v. to study; to read.
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philistine
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adj. narrow-minded; smugly conventional.(When used as n. means "a dull often priggish person guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values.")
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piety
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n. devotion & reverence, especially to God & family.
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pique
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v. to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite.
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placate
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v. to soothe; to pacify.
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placid
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adj. outwardly calm or composed; self-satisfied; peaceful.
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plagiarize
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v. to take ideas or writings from someone else & present them as one's own; to use w/out giving credit
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platitude
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n. a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat or weak.
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pompous
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adj. self-important stately; magnificent; excessively ornate
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