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pervade

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v to spread throughout

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petulant

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pet=a rude ; cranky ; ill-tempered

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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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feel+tiny=small(narrow) minded= 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

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placate

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plate naakatam=to gain the good will

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plaintive

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pain+tive=mourn=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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pebble which are common=common ; lesbian=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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pregnant= painfully emotional ; extremely moving ; sharp or astute

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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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poll+mic=during polls politicians often argue and attack=a powerful argument often make to attack or refute a controversial issue

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ponderous

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pound= so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull massive dull

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portent

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something important is going to happen= 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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pre+Set= 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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did not anticipate= to cause to happen abruptly

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precipitous

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extremely 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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strong liking 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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opp of interrogative=unquestinable= 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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pretend+confess=state insincerely

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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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spend like bill gates= extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral

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profound

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a deep several senses;

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profuse

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abundant

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proletariat

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opp of literate= the industrial working class

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proliferate

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profitate= to spread or grow rapidly

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prolific

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profitic=abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile

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promulgate

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promote+out of the gate=to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

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propensity

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inclined towards city life=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 suppora characteristic of an owner of property; constituting propertyter of a position ;

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proprietary

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a characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property