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Pagan (N)

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a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions

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peculiar (adj)

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strange or odd

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perspicacious (adj)

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discerning

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philistine (n/adj)

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a lowbrow

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phlegmatic (adj)

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apathetic, sluggish, slow to be aroused

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plaintive (adj)

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expressing sorrow or grief

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poignant (adj)

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moving, emotional

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ponderous (adj)

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heavy, unwieldy, labored

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pontificate (v)

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to speak in a pompously or dogmatic way

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portend (v)

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to foreshadow

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PRAGMATIC

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(Adj) dealing with situations from a practical point of view

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PREMONITION

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(N) a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

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PREVARICATE

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(V) to lie, to speak evasively

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PERPLEX

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(V) to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain.

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PENCHANT

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(N) a strong or habitual liking for something or a tendency to do something

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PRODIGAL

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(Adj) recklessly extravagant, wasteful

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PRODIGIOUS

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(Adj) enormous, amazing, marvelous

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PROFANE

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(V/Adj) to defile/blasphemous, irreverent

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PROSAIC

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(Adj) commonplace, dull, uninspired, and uninspiring

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PROSELYTIZE

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(V) to convert to a new religion, political party, school of thought, etc