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Inundate

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To flood

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Invariable

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Not susceptible to change

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Invective

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A verbal attack

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Inveterate

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Natural

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Jubilant

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Joyful, happy

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Judicious

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Of sound judgement

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Juvenile

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Young or immature

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Juxtapose

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To put next to each other

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Labyrinthine

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Intricate, maze-like, complicated

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Laceration

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A cut, a rip

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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Latent

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Inactive, present but hidden

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Laud

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To praise

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Laudatory

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Admiring, praising

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Lavish

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Rich, extravagant

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Lethargic

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Sluggish, weary, apathetic

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Lewd

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Vulgar, offensive, rude

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Libel

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A statement that gives an unjust or unfavourable representation of a person or thing

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Licentious

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Amoral, lawless, lewd

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Limber

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Bending or flexing readily, pliable

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Limpid

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Clear, Easily understood

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Linchpin

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Something that holds separate things together

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Lithe

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Graceful, flexible, supple

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lull

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A relatively calm interval, as in a storm

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Luminescence

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Light from non-thermal sources

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Magnanimous

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Generous, Nobel

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Malaise

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Vague feeling of discomfort

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Malevolent

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Having the intent to harm others

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Malicious

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Malevolent, harmful

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Malign

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To slander, to smear, to libel, to defame, to speak evil of

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Malleable

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Eaisily shaped or formed

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Mandatory

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Required, not optional

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Manifest

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To show clearly

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Manifold

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Many

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Masticate

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To chew

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Matrimony

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Marriage

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Maudlin

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Sentimental

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Maxim

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A common saying of advice or virtue

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Meager

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Lacking on quality stature

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Mediate

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To sort out

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Melodramatic

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Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

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Mendacious

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Inclined to lie or mislead

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Mercurial

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Quick and changeable in temperament

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Meritorious

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Deserving or praise or merit

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Metamorphosis

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A change in form, shape, substance

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Mimic

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To imitate, to copy

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Misogyny

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Hatred of women

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Modicum

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A small amount of something

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Mollify

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To soften in temper

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Monogamy

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Having only one spouse at a time

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Mores

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Moral attitudes

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Morose

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Gloomy or sullen

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Munificent

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Generous, benevolent

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Mutability

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Capability of change

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Myopic

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Short-sighted

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Myriad

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Consisting of a very great number

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Narrate

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To tell a story

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Nebulous

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Indistinct, hazy

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Nefarious

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Horribly villainous

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Neologism

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The creation of new words, or a new word

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Neonate

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A newborn baby

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Noisome

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Foul, offensive, particularly to the sense of smell

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Notoriety

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Infamy, known in bad regard

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Novel

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Strikingly new, unusual, or different

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Noxious

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Harmful, toxic

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Obdurate

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Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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Obfuscate

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To render incomprehensible

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Odious

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Meriting strong displeasure

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Officious

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Offering unwanted help or service

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Olfactory

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Relating to the sense of smell

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Ominous

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Foreboding or foreshadowing evil

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Oration

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A dignified and formal speech

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Ostracise

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To exclude from a community

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Pacify

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To soothe, ease

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Paragon

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Model of perfection

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Pariah

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An outcast

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Parody

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A satirical imitation

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Patent

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Clear, apparent

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Pedagogue

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A schoolteacher

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Pellucid

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Clear

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Penchant

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A tendency , partiality, preference

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Peregrinate

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To travel from place to place on foot

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Perfunctory

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Showing little enthusiasm, done as a duty

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Permeate

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To spread out, to pervade

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Persevere

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To persist, remain constant

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Pertinacious

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Stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

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Peruse

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To examine carefully

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Pervasive

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To spread throughout

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Petulance

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Irritability, impoliteness

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Physiognomy

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The art of judging human character from facial features

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Pique

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To provoke or to cause indignation

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Pithy

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Succinctly meaningful

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Pittance

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A small amount

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Placate

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To soothe, appease

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Placid

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Calm, tranquil means free from disturbance

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Plethora

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A large or excessive amount of

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Pliable

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Flexible, bendable

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Poach

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To hunt or fish illegally or to cook an egg without its shell

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Poised

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Balenced, elegant

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Polygamy

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Having more than one spouse at a time

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Portentous

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Foreboding or foreshadowing evil

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Portly

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Fat, chubby, round

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Precarious

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Dangerously lacking in security or stability

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Predestination

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Divine foreordaining of destiny or fate

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Premonition

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A strong feeling that something is going to happen

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Preponderance

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The quality or fact of being greater, in quantity

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Presage

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An omen of bad things

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Prestidigitation

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Magic tricks performed as entertainment

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Presumptuous

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Disrespectfully bold

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Profane

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Not respectful of religious practices or blasphemous

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Profuse

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Abundant, or available in large quantities

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Propensity

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An inclination or tendency to behave in a particular way

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