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Paean

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Song of praise or joy

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Pacify

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Soothe; Make calm or quiet; Subdue

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Painstaking

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Showing hard work; Taking great care

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Palatable

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Agreeable; Pleasing to the taste

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Panache

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Flair; Flamboyance

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Palliate

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Alleviate; Lessen the violence of something

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Pall

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Grow tiresome

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Pallid

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Pale; Wan

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Palpable

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Tangible; Easily perceptible; Unmistakable

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Palpitate

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Throb; Flutter

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Paltry

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Insignificant; Petty; Trifling

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Pandemonium

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Wild tumult

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Pan

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Criticize harshly

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Panacea

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Cure all; Remedy for all diseases

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Pandemic

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Widespread; Affecting majority of people

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Pander

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Cater to the low desires of others

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Panegyric

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Formal praise

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Panoramic

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Unobstructed & comprehensive view

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Paragon

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Model of perfection

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Pact

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Agreement; Treaty

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Pantomime

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Acting without dialogue

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Parable

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Short & simple story teaching a moral

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Peccadillo

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Slight offense

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Pauper

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Very poor person

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Patronize

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Support; Act superior

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Patrician

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Noble; Aristocratic

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Paradigm

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Model; Example; Pattern

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Paradox

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Something contradictory in nature

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Parallelism

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State of being parallel

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Palette

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Flat surface on which painter mixes pigments

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Parameter

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Boundary

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Paramount

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Foremost importance

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Paranoia

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Psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

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Paraphernalia

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Equipment; Odds and ends

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Paraphrase

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Restate a passage in one’s own word while retaining the thought of author

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Parasite

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Sycophant; Toady

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Parched

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Extremely dry

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Pariah

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Social outcast

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Parity

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Equality in status or amount

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Parochial

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Narrow in outlook

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Parody

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Spoof; Travesty; Humorous imitation

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Paroxysm

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Surge of emotion

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Parry

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Ward off a blow

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Parsimony

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Excessive frugality

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Partial

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Incomplete; having liking for something

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Partiality

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Inclination; Bias

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Partisan

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Prejudiced; One sided

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Partition

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Divide into parts

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Passive

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Not active; Acted upon

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Passport

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Legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country

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Pastiche

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Piece of writing or music made up of borrowed bits and pieces

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Pastoral

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Rural; Simple and peaceful

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Patent

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Obvious; Open for the public to read

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Pathetic

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Pity; Causing sadness

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Pathological

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Related to the study of disease

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Pathos

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Pity; Tender sorrow

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Patina

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Green crust on old bronze works

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Patriarch

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Father & ruler of a family

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