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Paean

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Song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy

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Paleontology

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Study of past geological eras through fossil remains

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Pallid

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Lacking color or liveliness

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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Paragon

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Model of excellence of perfection

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Partisan

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One- sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced

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Pathological

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Departing from normal condition

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Patois

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A regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Pedantic

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Showing off learning

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Pellucid

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Transparent; translucent; easily understood

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Penchant

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Inclination

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Peregrinations

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Wandering from place to place

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Peremptory

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Imperative; leaving no choice

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Perennial

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Present throughout the years; persistent

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Perfidious

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Faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy

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Perfunctory

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Superficial; not through; performed really as a duty

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Perigee

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Point in an orbit that is closest to the earth

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Permeable

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Penetrable

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Perturb

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To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout every part

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Petulant

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Rude; peevish

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Phlegmatic

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Calm in temperament; sluggish

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Phoenix
Mythical, immoral bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction
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Physiognomy
Facial features
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Piety
Devoutness
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Piquant
Appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive
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Pique
Fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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Placate
To lessen another's anger; to pacify
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Placid
Calm
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Plaintive
Melancholy; mournful
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Plasticity
Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
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Platitude
Stale; overused expression
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Platonic
Spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical
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Plethora
Excess; over abundance
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Plumb
To determine the depth; to examine deeply
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Plummet
To fall; plunge
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Plutocracy
Society ruled by the wealthy
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Porous
Full of hikes; permeable to liquids
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Poseur
Person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others
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Pragmatic
Practical
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Prate
To talk idly; chatter
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Prattle
Meaningless, foolish talk
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Preamble
Preliminary statement
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Precarious
Uncertain
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Precept
Principle; law
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Precursor
Forerunner; predecessor
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Precipitate
V: To cause to happen; throw down from a height ajd: rash; hasty; sudden
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Preempt
To supersede; appropriate for oneself
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Prehensile
Capable of grasping
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Premonition
Forewarning; presentiment
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Presage
To foretell; indicate in advance
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Presumptuous
Rude; improperly bold
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Preternatural
Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
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Prevaricate
To quibble; evade the truth
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Primordial
Original; existing from the beginning
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Pristine
Untouched; uncorrupted
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Probity
Honesty; high-mindedness
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Problematic
Posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
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Prodigal
Wasteful; extravagant; lavish
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Profound
Deep; not superficial
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Prohibitive
So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
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Proliferate
To increase rapidly
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Propensity
Inclination; tendency
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Propitiate
To win over; appease
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Propriety
Correct conduct; fitness
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Proscribe
To condemn; forbid; outlaw
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Provident
Providing for future needs; frugal
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Puissant
Powerful
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Punctilious
Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
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Pungent
Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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Purport
To profess; suppose; claim
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly

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