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Perquisite

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A privilege that goes along with a job

A “perk”

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Pernicious

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Deadly

Extremely evil

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Pertinent

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Relevant

Dealing with the matter at hand

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Perturb

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To disturb greatly

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Peruse

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To read carefully

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Pervade

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To spread throughout

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Petulant

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Rude
Cranky
Ill-tempered

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Philanthropy

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Love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

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Philistine

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A smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

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Pious

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Reverent or devout
Outwardly and sometimes falsely religious
Hypocritical

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Pivotal

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Crucial

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Placate

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To pacify
To appease
To soothe

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Plaintive

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Expressing sadness or sorrow

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Platitude

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A dull or trite remark

A cliché

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Plebeian

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Common
Vulgar
Low-class

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Plethora

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An excess

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Poignant

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Painfully emotional
Extremely moving
Sharp or astute

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Polarize

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To break into opposing factions or groupings

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Polemic

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A powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

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Ponderous

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So large as to be clumsy
Massive
Dull

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Portent

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An omen

A sign of something coming in the future

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Postulate

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Something accepted as true without proof

An axiom

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Pragmatic

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Practical
Down to earth
Based in experience rather than theory

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Precedent

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An earlier example or model of something

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Precept

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A rule to live by
A maxim
A principle establishing a certain kind if action or behavior

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Precipitate

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To cause to happen abruptly

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Precipitous

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Steep

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Preclude

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To prevent something from ever happening

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Precursor

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Forerunner

Something that goes before an anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows

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Predilection

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A natural preference for something

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Preeminent

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Better than anyone else
Outstanding
Supreme