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Word Smart (61-70) Flashcards

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neologism

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n a new word or phrase ; a new usage of a word

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nepotism

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n showing favoritism to friends of family in business or politics

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nihilism

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n the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

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nominal

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a in name only ; insignificant ; A-OK during rocket launches

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nostalgia

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n sentimental longing for the past ; homesickness; homesickness

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notorious

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a famous for something bad

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novel

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a new ; original ;

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noxious

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a harmful ; offensive ;

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nuance

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n a subtle difference or distinction

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obdurate

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a stubborn and insensitive

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obfuscate

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v to darken ; to confuse ; to make confusing

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oblique

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a indirect ; at an angle ;

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oblivion

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n total forgetfulness ; the state of being forgotten ;

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obscure

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a unknown ; hard to understand ; dark

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obsequious

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a fawning ; subservient ; sucking up to

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obtuse

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a insensitive ; blockheaded

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officious

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a annoyingly eager to help or advise

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onerous

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a burdensome ; oppressive

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opaque

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a impossible to see through ; impossible to understand

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opulent

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a luxurious

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orthodox

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a conventional ; adhering to established principles or doctrines especially in religion ; by the book

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ostensible

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a apparent but misleading ; professed

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ostentatious

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a excessively conspicuous ; showing off

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pacify

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v to calm someone down ; to placate

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painstaking

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extremely careful ; taking pains =pains-taking = taking pains

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palliate

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v to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem ; to assuage ; to mitigate

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palpable

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a capable of being touched ; obvious ; tangible

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paltry

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a insignificant ; worthless

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panacea

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n something that cures everything

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paradigm

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n a model or example ;

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paradox

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n a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself ; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical

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parochial

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a narrow or confined in point of view ; provincial

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parody

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n a satirical imitation

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parsimonious

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a stingy =stingy

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partisan

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n one who supports a particular person cause or idea

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patent

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a obvious =obvious

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paternal

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a fatherly ; fatherlike

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pathology

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n the science of diseases

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patriarch

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n the male head of a family or tribe

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patrician

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n a person of noble birth ; an aristocrat ;

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patronize

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v to treat as an inferior ; to condescend to

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paucity

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n scarcity =scarcity

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peccadillo

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n a minor offense

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pedantic

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a boringly scholarly or academic

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pedestrian

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a unimaginative ; banal unimaginative banal

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pejorative

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a negative ; disparaging negative disparaging

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penchant

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n a strong taste or liking for something ; a predilection

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penitent

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a sorry ; repentant ; contrite sorry repentant contrite

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pensive

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a thoughtful and sad

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peremptory

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a final ; categorical ; dictatorial categorical

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perennial

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a continual ; happening again and again or year after year continual

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perfidy

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n treachery treachery

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perfunctory

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a unenthusiastic ; careless careless; unenthusiastic

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peripatetic

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a wandering ; traveling continually ; itinerant

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periphery

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n the outside edge of something ;

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perjury

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n lying under oath

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permeate

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v to spread or seep through ; to penetrate

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pernicious

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a deadly ; extremely evil ; deadly

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perquisite

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n a privilege that goes along with a job ; a perk =perk

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pertinent

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a relevant ; dealing with the matter at hand … relevant

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perturb

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v to disturb greatly

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peruse

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v to read carefully

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pervade

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v to spread throughout

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petulant

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a rude ; cranky ; ill-tempered cranky rude

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philanthropy

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n love of mankind especially by doing good deeds

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philistine

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n a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

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pious

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a reverent or devout ; outwardly and sometimes falsely reverent or devout ; hypocritical

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pivotal

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a crucial crucial

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placate

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v to pacify ; to appease ; to soothe

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plaintive

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a expressing sadness or sorrow

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platitude

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n a dull or trite remark ; a cliché

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plebeian

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n common ; vulgar ; low class ; bourgeois ; vulgar

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plethora

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n an excess

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poignant

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a painfully emotional ; extremely moving ; sharp or astute

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polarize

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v to break up into opposing factions or groupings

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polemic

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n a powerful argument often make to attack or refute a controversial issue

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ponderous

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a so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull massive dull

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portent

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n an omen ; a sign of something coming in the future

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postulate

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n something accepted as true without proof ; and axiom

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pragmatic

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a practical ; down to earth ; based on experience rather than theory

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precedent

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n an earlier example or model of something

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precept

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n a rule to live by ; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior ; a maxim maxim;

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precipitate

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v to cause to happen abruptly

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precipitous

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a steep steep;

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preclude

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v to prevent something from ever happening

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precursor

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n forerunner ; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows

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predilection

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n a natural preference for something

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preeminent

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a better than anyone else ; outstanding ; supreme

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preempt

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v to seize something by prior right

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premise

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n an assumption ; the basis for a conclusion

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prepossess

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v to preoccupy ; to influence beforehand or prejudice ; to make a good impression on beforehand

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prerogative

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n a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position a person a class a nation or some other group or classification

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prevail

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v to triumph ; to overcome rivals ; with on upon or with to persuade ;

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pristine

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a original ; unspoiled ; pure

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prodigal

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a wastefully extravagant ;

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prodigious

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a extraordinary; enormous; vast ;

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prodigy

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n an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence; wonder /

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profane

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a not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous

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profess

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v to declare; to declare falsely or pretend cf professed professional a n

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proficient

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a thoroughly competent; skillful; very good at something at in n expert

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profligate

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a extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral

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profound

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a deep several senses; ~sleep ~knowledge ~meaning ~thanks ~anxiety ~bow n profundity profoundness ; n

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profuse

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a flowing; extravagant

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proletariat

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n the industrial working class

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proliferate

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v to spread or grow rapidly

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prolific

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a abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile

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promulgate

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v to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

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propensity

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n a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection

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propitious

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a marked by favorable signs or conditions

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proponent

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n an advocate; a supporter of a position ;

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proprietary

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a characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property

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propriety

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n properness; good manners ;

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prosaic

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a dull; unimaginative; like prose as opposed to poetry

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proscribe

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v to outlaw; to prohibit ;

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proselytize

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v to convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine

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protagonist

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n the leading character in a novel play or other work; a leader or champion

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protract

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v to prolong prolong

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provident

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a preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

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provincial

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a limited in outlook to ones own small corner of the world; narrow

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provisional

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a conditional; temporary; tentative

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proximity

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n nearness

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prudent

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a careful; having foresight

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purported

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a rumored; claimed

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putative

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a commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

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qualify

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v to modify or restrict

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qualitative

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a having to do with the quality or qualities of something as opposed to the quantity

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querulous

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a complaining; grumbling; whining ;

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quixotic

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a romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree

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