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Word Smart 57-70 Flashcards

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Maverick

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rebel

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Maudlin

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overly sentimental; emotional

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Maxim

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proverb; old saying

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Mediate

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to help settle differences

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Mellfluous

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sweetly flowing

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mendacious

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lying; dishonest

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Mendicant

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a begger

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mentor

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a role model

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mercenary

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someone hired to do something

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Mercurial

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emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing

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metamorphosis

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a magical change

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Microcosm

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the world in miniature

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Milieu

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environment

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miniscule

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tiny

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misanthropic

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hating mankind

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mitigate

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to soothe

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mollify

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to soothe

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monolithic

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a massive solid thing

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moribund

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dying

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morose

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gloomy

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mortify

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to humiliate

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mundane

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ordinary, boring

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munificent

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very generous

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myopia

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narrow-minded, lack of foresight

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Myriad

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plenty

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Narcissism

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excessive love for oneself

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Nebulous

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ambiguous

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nefarious

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evil

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neologism

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a new word or phrase

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nepotism

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showing favoritism to friends and family “nephew”

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Nihilism

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belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

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nominal

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in name only, insignificant

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nostalgia

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thinking about the past

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notorious

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famous for something bad

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novel

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new

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noxious

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harmful

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nuance

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a subtle difference

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obdurate

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stubborn and insensitive

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obfuscate

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to confuse

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oblique

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indirect

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oblivion

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total forgetfulness

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obscure

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hard to understand

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Obsequious

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acting like slave

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obtuse

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insensitive

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officious

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annoyingly eager

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onerous

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burdensome

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opaque

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impossible to see through

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opulent

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luxurious

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orthodox

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conventional

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ostensible

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obvious but misleading

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ostentatious

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showing off

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Pacify

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to calm someone down, to soothe

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painstaking

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extremely careful

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palliate

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tto alleviate

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palpable

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capable of being touched

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paltry

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insignificant, worthless

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panacea

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a cure-all

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paradigm

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a model or example

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paradox

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something that contradicts

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parochial

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narrowminded

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parody

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an imitation

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parsimonious

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penny-pinching

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partisan

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a biased person

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patent

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obvious

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paternal

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fatherly

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pathology

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the science of diseases

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pathiarch

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a male head of the family

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patrician

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a person of nobel birth; aristocrat

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patronize

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to treat as an inferior

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paucity

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rarity

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peccadillo

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a minor offense

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pedantic

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boringly scholarly

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pedestrian

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boring, unimaginative

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pwjorative

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negative

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penchant

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a natural attraction

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penitent

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sorry

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pensive

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thoughtful and sad

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peremptory

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final

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perennial

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happening again and again; continual

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perfidy

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disloyalty

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perfunctory

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unenthusiastic

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peripatetic

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wandering

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periphery

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the outside edge, not important

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perjury

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lying under oath

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ppermeate

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to spread or seep through

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pernicious

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extremely evil

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perquisite

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perk

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pertinent

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revelent

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perturb

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to disturb greatly

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peruse

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to read carefully

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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petulant

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rude, ill-tempered

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philanthropy

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love of mankind, charity

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philistine

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ignorant person with no appreciation for art

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pious

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religious

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pivotal

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crucial

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placate

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to pacify, to soothe

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plaintive

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expressing sorrow

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platitude

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a cliche

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plebian

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common, low-class

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plethora

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a lot

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poignant

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emotional

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polarize

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to break up into; divisive

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polemic

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powerful argument

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ponderous

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large; clumsy

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portent

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a sign of something in the future

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postulate

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something accepted without proof

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pragmatic

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practical

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precedent

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an earlier example

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precept

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a rule to live by

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precipitate

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to cause to happen abruptly

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precipitous

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steep

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preclude

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to prevent something from happening

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precursor

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a forerunner

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predilection

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a natural preference for something

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ppreeminent

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outstanding

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preempt

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to steal

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premise

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an assumption

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prepossess

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to influence beforehand

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prerogative

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a right or privilege connected to a position or person

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prevail

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to win

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pristine

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pure

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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prodigious \

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extrordinary

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prodigy

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extremely talented child

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profane

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not having to do with religion, blasphemous

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profess

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to declare

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proficient

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good at

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profligate

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extravagantly qasteful

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profound

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deep

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profuse

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flowing, extravagant

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proletariat

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industrial working class

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prooliferate

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to spread

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prolific

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productive; abundantly

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promulgate

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to proclaim

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propensity

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attraction, tendancy

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propitious

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lucky, auspicious

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proponent

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a supporter

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proprietary

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a feeling of ownership

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propriety

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properness; good manner

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prosaic

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boring

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proscribe

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to outlaw

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proselytize

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to convert from one religion to another

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protagonist

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a leading character

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protract

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to prolong

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provident

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preparing for the future

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provincial

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narrowminded

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provisional

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conditional; temporary

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proximity

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closeness

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prudent

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careful

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purported

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claimed

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putative

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supposed

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qualify

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restricted

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qualitative

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having to do with the quality of something

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querulous

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complaining

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quixotic

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idealistic to a foolish degree

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