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Parochial

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Having a narrow scope

Patriarchy

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Novel

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Original, new and different

New ideas make great novels

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Pastiche

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Piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles.
It’s pasted together

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Patent

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Obvious, readily visible

When someone has a patent on a product, the product is obvious to everyone else

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Paucity

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Small amount or number

Sounds like a small city

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Penchant

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Strong taste or liking

Some people have a strong taste for pendants

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Pious

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Having reverence for a god

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Preclude

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To make impossible

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Prodigal

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Wasteful

Prodigal son/prodigy

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Promontory

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A high point of land projecting into the sea

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