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PAEAN

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PAEAN a song of praise or thanksgiving

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PALLIATE

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PALLIATE to make less serious, ease

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PANACEA

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PANACEA cure-all

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PANGYRIC

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PANEGYRIC elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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PANOPLY

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PANOPLY impressive array

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PARLEY

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PARLEY discussion, usually between enemies

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PAROCHIAL

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PAROCHIAL of limited scope or outlook, provincial

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PARSIMONY

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PARSIMONY stinginess

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PASTICHE

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PASTICHE piece of literature or music imitating other works

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PAUCITY

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PAUCITY scarcity, lack

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PECADILLO

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PECCADILLO minor sin or offense

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PECULATION

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PECULATION theft of money or goods

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PENCHANT

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PENCHANT inclination

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PENULTIMATE

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PENULTIMATE next to last

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PENUMBRA

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PENUMBRA partial shadow

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PERAMBULATE

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PERAMBULATE walk about

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PERIPHRASTIC

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PERIPHRASTIC using circumlocution

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PERNICIOUS

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PERNICIOUS very harmful

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PERSPICACIOUS

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PERSPICACIOUS shrewd, astute, keen-witted

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PERTINACIOUS

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PERTINACIOUS persistent, stubborn

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PHALANX

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PHALANX massed group of soldiers, people, or things

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PHILISTINE

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PHILISTINE narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art and culture

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PLAIT

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PLAIT to braid

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PLANGENT

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PLANGENT resounding; plaintive

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PLAUDIT

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PLAUDIT applause

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PNEUMATIC

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PNEUMATIC relating to air; worked by compressed air

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POLEMIC

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POLEMIC controversy, argument; verbal attack

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POLYGLOT

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POLYGLOT speaker of many languages

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POSIT

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POSIT to put in position; to suggest an idea

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PRECEPT

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PRECEPT principle; law

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PRECURSOR

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PRECURSOR forerunner, predecessor

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PREDILECTION

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PREDILECTION preference, liking

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PRESCIENT

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PRESCIENT having foresight

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PRIVATION

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PRIVATION lack of usual necessities or comforts

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PROBITY

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PROBITY honesty, high-mindedness

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PROGENITOR

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PROGENITOR originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line

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PROGONSTICATE

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PROGNOSTICATE to predict

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PROLIFIC

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PROLIFIC productive, fertile

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PROLIX

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PROLIX tedious; wordy

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PROMULGATE

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PROMULGATE to make known publicly

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PROPINQUITY

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PROPINQUITY nearness

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PROPITIOUS

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PROPITIOUS favorable, advantageous

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PROSELYTIZE

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PROSELYTIZE to induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion

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PROSRATE

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PROSTRATE lying face downward, lying flat on the ground

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PROTAGONIST

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PROTAGONIST main character in a play or story, hero

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PROVIDENT

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PROVIDENT prudent, frugal

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PROVINCIAL

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PROVINCIAL rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope

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PRURIENT

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PRURIENT lustful, exhibiting lewd desires

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PUERILE

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PUERILE childish, immature, silly

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PULCHRITUDE

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PULCHRITUDE beauty

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PUNDIT

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PUNDIT an authority or critic

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PUSILLANIMOUS

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PUSILLANIMOUS cowardly

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