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HETERODOX
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unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic
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HIRSUTE
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hairy; shaggy
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HOMILY
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture; a platitude
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HOMOGENOUS
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same throughout
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HUBRIS
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arrogant presumption or pride
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HYPERBOLE
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an exaggerated statement; often used as a figure of speech
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ICONOCLAST
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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IDOLATROUS
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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IDYLL
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a carefree; light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such
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IGNOMINIOUS
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shameful; dishonorable; ignoble; undignified; disgraceful
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IMBROGLIO
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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IMMINENT
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about to happen; impending
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IMMUTABLE
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not capable of change
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IMPASSIVE
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revealing no emotion or sensibility
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IMPECUNIOUS
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lacking funds; without money
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IMPERIOUS
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commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty
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IMPERTURBABLE
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marked by extreme calm; impassivity and steadiness
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IMPETUOUS
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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IMPLACABLE
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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IMPORTUNE
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to ask incessantly; beg; nag
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IMPUDENT
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shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent
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IMPUGN
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attack or assail verbally; censure; execrate; deny
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IMPUNITY
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immunity from punishment; penalty or harm
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IMPUTE
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to attribute to a cause or source; ascribe; assign as a characteristic
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INALIENABLE
cannot be transferred
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INCHOATE
in an initial stage; not fully formed
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INCIPIENT
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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INDEFATIGABLE
not easily exhaustible; tireless; dogged
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INDIFFERENT
having no interest or concern; apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice
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INDOLENT
lazy; listless; torpid
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INELUCTABLE
certain; inevitable
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INERT
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish; not reactive chemically
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INGENUOUS
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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INHERENT
ingrained within one's nature; intrinsic; firmly established; essential
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INIMICAL
damaging; harmful; injurious; hostile; unfriendly
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INIMITABLE
one of a kind; peerless
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INIQUITY
wickedness; gross injustice
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INNERVATE
to supply with nerves; energize
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INNOCUOUS
harmless; causing no damage
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INSCRUTABLE
incapable of being discovered or understood; mysterious
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INSENSIBLE
unconscious; unresponsive; unaware; unaffected; numb
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INSIPID
without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; dull
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INSOUCIANT
unconcerned; carefree; nonchalant
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INSULAR
parochial; narrow-minded; like an island
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INTERDICT
prohibit; forbid; ban; halt
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INTIMATE
to imply; suggest or insinuate
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INTRACTABLE
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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INTRANSIGENT
refusing to compromise
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INTREPID
steadfast; courageous
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INUNDATE
to cover or overwhelm; to flood
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INURED
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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INVEIGH
to attack verbally; denounce; deprecate
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INVEIGLE
to obtain by deception or flattery
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INVETERATE
deep rooted; ingrained; habitual
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INVIDIOUS
tending to arouse envy or ill will in others
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IRASCIBLE
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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ITINERATE
to travel from place to place
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JEJUNE
vapid; uninteresting; childish; immature; lacking nutrition
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JIBE
to agree; to be in accord
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JOCOSE
given to joking; humorous
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KINETIC
having to do with motion; lively; active
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LABILE
readily open to change; unstable
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LACHRYMOSE
causing tears; tearful; showing sorrow
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LACONIC
using few words; terse
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LASSITUDE
listlessness; languor; weariness
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LAUD
to praise highly
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LAVISH
extravagant
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LETHARGIC
characterized by sluggishness
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LIBERTINE
someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute life
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LIMN
to draw; outline in detail
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LIMPID
transparent; serene; clear and simple in style; untroubled
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LIST
to tilt or lean to one side
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LOQUACIOUS
extremely talkative
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LUCID
intelligible; sound; clear
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LUMBER
to move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound
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LUMINOUS
characterized by brightness and the emission of light; enlightened; clear
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MAGNANIMITY
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart; especially in forgiving
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MALEVOLENT
having or showing often vicious ill will; spite; or hatred
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MALINGER
to feign illness so as to avoid work
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MALLEABLE
capable of being shaped or formed; easily influenced
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MARTIAL
associated with war and the armed forces
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MARTINET
a rigid disciplinarian
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MAUNDER
to talk or move aimlessly; mutter
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MAVERICK
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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MELANCHOLY
tending toward sadness
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MELLIFLUOUS
sweetly flowing; usually used to describe words or sounds
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MENDACITY
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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MENDICANT
a beggar; supplicant
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MERCURIAL
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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MERETRICIOUS
tawdry; pretentious; attractive but false; showy; having to do with prostitution
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METICULOUS
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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METTLESOME
courageous; high-spirited
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MILITATE
to have weight or bearing on; to argue (against)
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MILK
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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MINATORY
menacing; threatening
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MINCE
pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully; euphemize; take tiny steps; tiptoe
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MISANTHROPE
one who hates humankind
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MISOGYNIST
one who hates women
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MITIGATE
to make or become less severe or intense; moderate
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MOLLIFY
to calm or soothe; reduce in emotional intensity
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MONOTONY
tedious lack of variety or change
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MOROSE
sad; sullen; melancholy
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MULTIFACETED
having many aspects
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MULTIFARIOUS
varied; motley; greatly diversified
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MUNDANE
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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NADIR
low point; perigee
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NASCENT
coming into being; in early developmental stages
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NATTY
trimly neat and tidy; dapper
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NEBULOUS
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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NEOLOGISM
a new word; expression; or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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NEOPHYTE
a recent convert; a beginner; novice; tyro
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NEXUS
a connection; tie; or link; center or focus
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NICE
exacting; extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill
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NOISOME
offensive; especially to one's sense of smell; fetid
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NONPLUSSED
baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say; do or think
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NOSTRUM
cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy
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NOXIOUS
harmful; injurious
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OBDURATE
unyielding; hardhearted; inflexible
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OBEISANCE
gesture that expresses deference; such as a bow or curtsy
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OBFUSCATE
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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OBSEQUIOUS
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient
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OBSTINATE
stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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OBSTREPEROUS
noisy; loudly stubborn; boisterous
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OBTAIN
to be established; accepted; or customary; prevail
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OBTUSE
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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OBVIATE
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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OCCLUDE
to obstruct or block
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OCCULT
hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension
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ODIOUS
hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike
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OFFICIOUS
meddlesome; pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted
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ONEROUS
troubling; burdensome
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OPAQUE
impermeable by light; dense in mind
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OPPROBRIUM
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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OSCILLATION
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady; uninterrupted rhythm
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OSSIFIED
changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change
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OSTENSIBLE
seeming; appearing as such; professed
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OSTENTATIOUS
characterized by or given to pretentiousness
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OVERWEENING
presumptuously arrogant; overbearing; immoderate
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PAEAN
a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
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PALLIATE
to make something appear less serious; gloss over; mitigate
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PANDEMIC
widespread; occurring over a large area or affecting an unusually large percentage of the population
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PANEGYRIC
formal expression of praise
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PARADIGM
something that serves as a model; example; or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview
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PARADOX
a contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless
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PARAGON
something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way
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PARIAH
an outcast; a rejected and despised person
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PARODY
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect; especially in literature and art; also something so bad as to be potentially mistaken for an intentional mockery
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PARRY
to block; evade or ward off; as a blow
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PARSIMONIOUS
cheap; miserly
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PARTISAN
one-sided; committed to a party; biased or prejudiced
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PAUCITY
scarcity; a lacking of
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PECCADILLO
a slight offense; literally; a minor sin
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PEDAGOGY
the art or profession of training; teaching; or instructing
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PEDANTIC
ostentatious display of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules; unimaginative
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PEDESTRIAN
commonplace; trite; unremarkable
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PENCHANT
strong inclination; a liking
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PENURIOUS
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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PEREMPTORY
admitting of no contradiction; putting an end to further debate; haughty; imperious
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PERENNIAL
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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PERFIDY
intentional breach of faith; treachery
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PERFUNCTORY
cursory; done without care or interest
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PERIPATETIC
itinerant; traveling; nomadic
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PERNICIOUS
extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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PERSONABLE
pleasing in appearance; attractive
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PERSPICACIOUS
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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PERUSE
to examine with great care
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PERVADE
to permeate throughout
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PETROUS
like a rock; hard; stony
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PETULANT
impatient; irritable
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PHILANTHROPIC
humanitarian; benevolent
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PHILISTINE
a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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PHLEGMATIC
calm; sluggish; unemotional; stoic
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PICARESQUE
involving clever rogues or adventurers
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PIED
multi-colored; usually in botches
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PILLORY
to punish; hold up to public scorn
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PINE
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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PIOUS
extremely reverent or devout
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PIQUANT
agreeably pungent; spicy; stimulating
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PIQUE
resentment; feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
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PIRATE
to use or reproduce illegally
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PITH
the essential or central part
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PLACATE
to appease; to calm by making concessions
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PLAINTIVE
mournful; melancholy; sorrowful
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PLANGENT
pounding; thundering; resounding
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PLASTIC
moldable; pliable; not rigid
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PLATITUDE
a superficial or trite remark; especially one offered as meaningful
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PLETHORA
an overabundance; a surplus
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PLUCK
courage; spunk; fortitude
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PLUMB
to measure the depth; to examine critically
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PLUMMET
to plunge or drop straight down
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POIGNANT
distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional
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POLEMICAL
controversial; argumentative
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PRAGMATIC
practical rather than idealistic
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PRATE
chatter; babble
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PRATTLE
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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PRECARIOUS
uncertain; risky; dangerous
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PRECEPT
rule establishing standards of conduct; a doctrine that is taught
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PRECIPITATE
acting with excessive haste or impulse
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PRECURSOR
something that precedes and indicates or announces another
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PREDILECTION
a disposition in favor of something; preference
