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PALATIAL

A

relating to a palace; magnificent

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PALLIATE

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to make less serious; ease

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PALLID

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lacking color or liveliness

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PANACHE

A

flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve

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PANEGYRIC

A

elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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PANOPLY

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impressive array

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PARADOX

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a contradiction or dilemma

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PARAGON

A

model of excellence or perfection

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PARE

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to trim off excess; reduce

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PARIAH

A

an outcast

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PARLEY

A

discussion, usually b/w enemies

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PARRY

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to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer

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PASTICHE

A

piece of literature or music imitating other works

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PATHOGENIC

A

causing disease

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PECCADILLO

A

minor sin or offense

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PEDANT

A

someone who shows off learning

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PEJORATIVE

A

having bad connotations; disparaging

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PENURY

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an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty

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PEREGRINATE

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to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot

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PERFIDIOUS

A

willing to betray one’s trust

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PERFUNCTORY

A

done in a routine way; indifferent

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PERIPATETIC

A

wandering from place to place, especially on foot

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PERMEATE

A

to penetrate

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PERSPICACIOUS

A

shrewd, astute, or keen-witted

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PERVADE

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to be present throughout; to permeate

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PHALANX

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a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things

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PHILANTHROPY

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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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PHILISTINE

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a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

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PHLEGMATIC

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calm and unemotional in temperament

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PITHY

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profound or substantial yet concise succinct, and to the point

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PLACATE

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to soothe or pacify

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PLASTIC

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able to be molded, altered, or bent

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PLEBEIAN

A

crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners

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PLETHORA

A

excess

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PLUCKY

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courageous; spunky

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POLEMIC

A

controversy; argument; verbal attack

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POLITIC

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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic

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POLYGLOT

A

a speaker of many languages

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POSIT

A

to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation

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POTENTATE

A

monarch or ruler with great power

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PRAGMATIC

A

practical, as opposed to idealistic

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PRATTLE

A

meaningless; foolish talk

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PRECIPITATE

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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PRECIS

A

short summary of facts

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PRESCIENT

A

having foresight

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PREVARICATE

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to lie or deviate from the truth

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PRISTINE

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fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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PROBITY

A

complete honesty and integriity

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PROCLIVITY

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a natural inclination or predisposition

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PRODIGAL

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lavish; wasteful

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PROFLIGATE

A

corrupt; degenerate

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PROLIFERATE

A

to increase in number quickly

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PROPITIATE

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to conciliate; to appease

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PROPRIETY

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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs

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PRUDENCE

A

wisdom, caution, restraint

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PUERILE

A

childish, immature, or silly

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PUGILISM

A

boxing

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PULCHRITUDE

A

beauty

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PUNGENT

A

sharp and irritating to the senses

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PUSILLANIMOUS

A

cowardly; without courage

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