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petulant

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adj. rude; cranky; ill-tempered

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pervade

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v. to spread throughout

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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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adj. reverent or devout; outwardly and sometimes falsely reverent or devout; hypocritical

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pivotal

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adj. crucial

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placate

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v. to pacify; to appease; to sooth

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plaintive

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adj. expressing sadness or sorrow

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platitude

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n. a dull or trite remark; a clich

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plebeian

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adj. common; vulgar; low-class

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plethora

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n. an excess

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poignant

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adj. painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute

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