p and p Flashcards by Lydia Peterson

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impulsive change of mind

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Caprice

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prudence

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circumspection

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discovering

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ascertaining

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meticulous, difficult to please

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fastidious

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flexibility

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pliancy

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haughty, disdainful

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supercilious

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fashion, popularity

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vogue

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a natural attraction to

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affinity

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effectiveness

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efficacy

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cheerful willingness

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alacrity

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impossible to appease or please

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implacable

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favorable

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propitious

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lacking, poor

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destitute

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quality of being pleasant and easy to speak to

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affability

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pleas

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entreaties

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characteristic of making unwise decisions

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imprudence

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insulting, disrespectful, rude

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insolent

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truthfulness

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veracity

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not talkative

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taciturn

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imposed as a duty or obligation

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incumbent

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money given to support the clergy

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tithes

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unrestrained outpouring of speech

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effusion

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guess

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conjecture

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moral uprightness

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rectitude

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improperly bold or forward

impertinent

manageable, easily handled

tractable

ridicule

derision

hesitate as a result of conscience

scruple

relating to money

pecuniary

showing regret of remorse

penitent

a gesture of deference or homage

obeisance

reduction

diminution

intense joy

ecstacy

fluency of speech

volubility

commands, orders

injunctions

relating to marriage

conjugal

grumbling, complaining

querulous

approval

approbation

of little significance

trifling

quality of being short in duration, shortness

brevity

wasteful, extravagant

profligate

cheerfully confident, optimistic

sanguine

invectives

abusive language

tending to delay

dilatory

added

augmented

postpone

defer

thicket of small trees

copse

repaid

requited

legal and binding

valid

have a feeling discontent aroused by a desire for the possessions or qualities of others

envy

convincing

cogent

unclear, not well defined

vague

continually, constantly

perpetually

do a favor or service for

oblige

praise, compliment

panegyric

desire, to have as an ambition or goal

aspire

implied by actions

tactic

wisdom, judgement

sagacity

empty

void

a prophetic sign

omen