vocab Flashcards by Julianna Campbell | Brainscape

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pallid

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lacking color

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panacea

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remedy for all ills

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paragon

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model of excellence/perfection

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pariah

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outcast

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parsimony

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stingyness, frugality

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pathos

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emotion of sympathy

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paucity

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small amount

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pejorative

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derogatory

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pellucid

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easily intelligible, clear

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penurious

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stingy

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perfidious

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disloyal, unfaithful

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perfunctory

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showing little interest or enthusiasm

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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perspicacity

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perceptiveness

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pertinacious

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stubbornly persistent

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petulance

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rudeness

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pithy

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concisely meaningful

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platitude

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cliche

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plethora

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abundance

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polemic

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aggressive argument against an opinion

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portent

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omen

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precocious

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advanced, developing ahead of time

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prescient

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to have foreknowledge of events

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primeval

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original ancient

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probity

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integrity

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proclivity

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strong inclination

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promulgate

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proclaim, to make known

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propensity

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inclination

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propitious

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favorable

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prosaic

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plain, lacking liveliness

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proscribe

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outlaw

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protean

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able to change shape, displaying great variety

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prurient

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eliciting or having a deep interest in sex

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puerile

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juvenile

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pugnacious

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combative

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pulchritude

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physical beauty

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punctilious

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eager to follow rules

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palliate

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to reduce the severity of