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Overwrought

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Overly nervous, agitated, or excited; too ornate, elaborate, or fussy; overdone

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Palatial

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Suitable for or resembling a palace, magnificent

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Palliate

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Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness

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Pallid

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Abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

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Panache

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Flair, style, swagger; a flamboyant or grand way of acting

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Panegyric

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Formal or lofty expression of praise

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Panoply

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Splendid, wide-ranging, impressive display or array

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Paragon

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Model of excellence, perfect example

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Pare

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Peel or cut off the outer layer, reduce or trim as if cutting off the outer parts

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Parley

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Discussion, negotiation, esp. between enemies; to have such a discussion

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Parry

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Deflect or avoid, esp. a blow or attack; skillfully evade

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Pastiche

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Mix of incongruous parts; artistic work imitating the work of other artists, often satirically

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Pathogenic

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Capable of producing disease

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Pedant

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Person who pays excessive attention to book learning and rules, or who uses his or her learning to show off

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Peddle

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Travel around while selling; sell illegally; five out or disseminate

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Pejorative

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Disparaging, derogatory, belittling; a name or word that is disparaging

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Pellucid

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Transparent, translucent; clear, easy to understand

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Penitent

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Regretful, feeling remorse for one’s sins or misdeeds; a person who feels this way

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Penumbra

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Outer part of a shadow from an eclipse; any surrounding region, fringe, periphery; any area where something “sort of” exists

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Penury

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Extreme poverty or scarcity

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Per se

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Intrinsically; by itself; in itself

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Peregrinate

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Travel from place to place, esp. on foot

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Perennial

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Lasting through the years or indefinitely, enduring; recurring

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Perfunctory

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Done superficially, without much care, or merely as routine

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Peripatetic

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Journeying from place to place; traveling on foot

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Pernicious

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Very harmful or destructive, deadly

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Perspicacious

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Having penetrating insight or good discernment

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Phalanx

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Formation of soldiers carrying shields close together for defense; any very close group of people

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Philistine

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Person deficient in or hostile to culture

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Phlegmatic

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Apathetic, sluggish, not easily excited or made emotional

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Platitude

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A shallow, overused statement; cliché

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Plebeian

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Of the common people

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Plethora

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Excess; excessive amount

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Plucky

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Brave, spirited

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Plutocracy

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Rule by the wealthy

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Polemic

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Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea

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Politic

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Shrewd, pragmatic; tactful or diplomatic

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Polyglot

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Speaking or composed of many languages; a person who knows several languages

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Posit

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Presume, suggest, put forward

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Prattle

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Talk in an idle, simple-minded, meaningless, or foolish way; chatter, babble

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Precipitate

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Cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down

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Précis

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Concise summary, abstract

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Predilection

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Preference, tendency, or favorability towards

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Prescient

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Having foreknowledge or foresight, seeing the future

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Preternatural

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Exceptional, supernatural

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Prevaricate

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Lie, stray from the truth, mislead

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Primacy

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The state of being first or most important

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Proclivity

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Inclination, natural tendency

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Prolix

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Excessively long and wordy

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Propagate

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Reproduce, spread, increase

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