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Perplex

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[Verb] Be a mystery or bewildering to

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Pertinent

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[Adj] Being of striking appropriateness

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Pervade

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[Verb] Spread or diffuse through

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Petulance

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[Noun] The quality of being easily annoyed and complaining like a child:

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Petulant

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[Adj] Easily irritated or annoyed

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Phlegmatic

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[Adj] Showing little emotion

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Pillage

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[Verb] Steal goods; take as spoils

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Pique

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[Verb] Call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response; elicit; evoke

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Placate

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[Verb] Cause to be more favorably inclined; mollify

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Placid

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[Adj] Calm and free from disturbance

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Plaintive

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[Adj] Expressing sorrow; contrite

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Platitude

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[Noun] A trite or obvious remark

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Plea

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[Noun] A humble request for help from someone in authority

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Plead

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[Verb] Appeal or request earnestly

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Plethora

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[Noun] Extreme excess

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Pluck

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[Verb] Pull lightly but sharply

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Plummet

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[Verb] Drop sharply

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Polemic

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[Noun] A verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma

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Ponderous

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[Adj] Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

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Posit

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[Verb] Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

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Precarious

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[Adj] Not secure; beset with difficulties

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Precedence

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[Noun] Status established in order of importance or urgency

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Precious

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[Adj] Of high worth or cost

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Precipitate

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[Verb] Bring about abruptly

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Precipitous

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[Adj] Extremely steep

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Preclude

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[Verb] Make impossible, especially beforehand

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Precursor

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[Noun] Something that happened or existed before another thing, especially if it either developed into it or had an influence on it

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Predilection

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[Noun] A predisposition in favor of something

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Predisposition

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[Noun] The state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease

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Premise

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[Noun] A statement that is held to be true

Question 31

Prescience

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[Noun] The power to foresee the future

Question 32

Presume

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[Verb] Take to be the case or to be true

Question 33

Presumption

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[Noun] A premise that is taken for granted