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pellucid

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(adjective) transparent; easy to understand; limp-id

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penchant

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(noun) strong inclination; a liking

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peregrination

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(noun) traveling about; wandering

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peremptory

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(adjective) admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious

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perigee

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(noun) closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir

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peripatetic

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(adjective) itinerant; traveling; nomadic

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peroration

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(noun) the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech

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personable

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(adjective) pleasing in appearance; attractive

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petrous

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(adjective) like a rock; hard; stony

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petulant

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(adjective) impatient; irritable

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philistine

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(noun) a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values

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phlegmatic

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(adjective) impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish

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picaresque

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(adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers

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pillory

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(verb) to punish; to hold up to public scorn

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piquant

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(adjective) agreeably pungent; stimulating

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pique

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(noun)/(verb) resentment; to annoy, irritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse

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placebo

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(noun) inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than for physical effect; something tending to soothe

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plangent

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(adjective) pounding; thundering; resounding

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plumb

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(verb) to measure the depth; to examine critically

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poignant

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(adjective) distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional

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poseur

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(noun) affected or insincere person: literally, a poser

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prate

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(verb) to chatter; to babble, as in prattle

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precarious

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(adjective) uncertain; risky; dangerous

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precept

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(noun) rule establishing standards of conduct

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precis

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(noun) concise summary of essential points

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preempt

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(verb) to replace; to suspended; to appropriate

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profligate

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(adjective) spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant

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prolix

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(adjective) long-winded; (verb)ose

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propinquity

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(noun) nearness in time or place; affinity of nature

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propitiate

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(verb) to appease; to conciliate

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proscribe

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(verb) to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw

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provident

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(adjective) frugal; looking to the future

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puerile

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(adjective) childish; immature

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pugnacious

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(adjective) contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent

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puissance

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(noun) power; strength

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punctilious

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(adjective) precise; paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette

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pundit

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(noun) an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions

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pusillanimous

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(adjective) cowardly; craven

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querulous

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(adjective) habitually complaining; whining

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raffish

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(adjective) tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base

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ramify

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(verb) to be divided or subdivided; to branch out

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rapacious

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(adjective) voracious; greedy; plundering

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rebus

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(noun) riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols

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recidivism

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(noun) relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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recondite

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(adjective) abstruse; profound; arcane

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reconnaissance

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(noun) preliminary survey to gain information, especially of an enemy

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reconnoiter

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(verb) to engage in reconnaissance

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recreant

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(noun)/(adjective) coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous

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recumbent

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(adjective) leaning; resting; prone

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redolent

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(adjective) fragrant; suggestive or evocative

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refractory

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(adjective) stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious

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regale

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(verb) to delight or entertain; to feast

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remonstrate

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(verb) to protest; to object

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repine

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(verb) to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for

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repudiate

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(verb) to disown; to disavow; to reject as untrue

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resolute

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(adjective) adamant; steadfast; determined; irresolute

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rubric

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(noun) heading. title, or category

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rue

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(verb) to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow

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