Word List 36 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Philistine

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Narrow-minded

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Phlegmatic

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Calm; not-easily disturbed

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Picaresque

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Pertaining to rogues in literature

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Piety

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Religious devotion

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Pillage

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Plunder

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Pine

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Languish

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Pinnacle

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Peak

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Pious

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Devout

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Piquant

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Pleasantly tart-tasting

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Pique

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Irritation; resentment

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Pitfall

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Hidden danger

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Pithy

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Concise; meaningful

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Pittance

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A small allowance or wage

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Pivotal

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Crucial; key; vital

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Placate

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Pacify; conciliate

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Plaintive

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Mournful

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Platitude

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Trite remark

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Plaudit

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Enthusiastically worded approval

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Plenitude

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Abundance; completeness

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Pliable

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Flexible; yielding

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Pliant

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Flexible; easily influenced

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Plight

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Condition, state

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Plumage

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Feathers of a bird

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Plumb

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Vertical

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Plummet

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Fall sharply

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Poignancy

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Quality of being deeply moving

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Pomposity

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Self-important behavior

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Ponderous

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Weighty; unwieldy

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Pontifical

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Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious

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Pore

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Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize

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Portend

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Foretell; presage

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Portent

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Sign; omen; forewarning

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Portly

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Stately; stout

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Poseur

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Person who pretends to be sophisticated; elegant

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Postulate

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Essential premise; underlying assumption

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Potable

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Suitable for drinking

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Potent

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Powerful; persuasive

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Potentate

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Monarch; sovereign

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Prate

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Speak foolishly; boast idly

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Prattle

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Babble

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Preamble

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Introductory statement

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Precarious

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Uncertain; risky

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Precedent

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Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action