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Paean

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N a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving

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Palliate

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V to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate

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Pandemic

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Adj widespread; occurring over a large area of affecting an unusually large percentage of the population

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Panegyric

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N formal expression of praise

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Paradigm

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N something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview

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Paradox

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N a contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless

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Paragon

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N something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way

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Pariah

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N an outcast, a rejected and despised person

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Parry

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V to block, evade or ward off, as a blow

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Parsimonious

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Adj cheap; miserly

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Partisan

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Adj one sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced

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Paucity

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Adj scarcity, a lacking of

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Peccadillo

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N a light offense, literally, a minor sin

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Pedagogy

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N the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic

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Adj ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative

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Pedestrian

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Adj commonplace, trite, unremarkable

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Penchant

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N strong inclination, a liking

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Penurious

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Adj penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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Peremptory

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Adj admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious

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Pernnial

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Adj recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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N intentional breach of faith, treachery

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Perfunctory

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Adj cursory, done without care or interest

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Peripathetic

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Adj itinerant, traveling, nomadic

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Pernicious

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Adj extremely harmful, potentially causing death

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Personable
Adj pleasing in appearance, attractive
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Perspicacious
Adj acutely perceptive, having keen discernment
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Peruse
V to examine with great care
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Pervade
V to permeate throughout
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Petrous
Adj like a rock, hard, stony
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Petulant
Adj inpatient, irritable
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Philanthropic
Adj humanitarian; benevolent
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Philistine
N a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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Phlegmatic
Adj calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic
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Picaresque
(pik uh RESK) Adj involving clever rogues or adventurers (not picturesque)
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Pillory
V to punish, hold up to public scorn
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Pine
V to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor
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Pious
Adj extremely reverent or devout
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Piquant
Adj agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating
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Pique
N resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
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Pirate
V to use or reproduce illegally
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Pith
N the essential or central part
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Placate
V to appease, to calm by making concessions
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Plaintive
Adj mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
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Plangent
Adj pounding, thundering, resounding
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Plastic
Adj moldable, pliable, not rigid
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Platitude
N a superficial or trite remark especially one offered as meaningful
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Plethora
N an overabundance, a surplus
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Pluck
N courage, spunk, fortitude
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Plumb
V to measure the depth (as with a plumb line), to examine critically
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Plummet
V to plunge or drop straight down
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Poignant
Adj distressing, pertinent touching, stimulating, emotional
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Polemical
Adj controversial, argumentative
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Pragmatic
Adj practical rather than idealistic
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Prate
V chatter, babble
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Prattle
V to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precarious
Adj uncertain, risky, dangerous
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Precept
N rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught
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Precipitate
Adj acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precursor
N something that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Predilection
N a disposition in favor of something preference
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Preempt
V to replace, to supersede, to appropriate
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Preen
V to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals to clean fur or feathers
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Prescience
N knowing of events prior to their occuring
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Presumptuous
Adj overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties
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Prevaricate
V to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead
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Pristine
Adj pure, uncorrupted, clean
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Prize
V to pry, press or force with a lever
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Probity
Adj adherence to highest principles, uprightness
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Proclibity
N a natural predisposition or inclination
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Prodigal
Adj recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish
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Prodigious
Adj abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Profligate
Adj excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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Profuse
Adj given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant
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Prolific
Adj producing large volumes or amounts, productive
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Prolix
Adj Long-winded, verbose
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Propensity
N a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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Propinquity
Adj nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship
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Propitiate
V to appease or pacify
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Propitious
Adj auspicious, favorable
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Propriety
N appropriateness; conformity with standards of acceptable behavior
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Prosaic
Adj dull, unimaginative
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Proscribe
V to outlaw or prohibit
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Provident
Adj frugal, looking to the future
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Puerile
Adj childish, immature
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Pungnacious
Adj contentious, quarrelsome, given to fighting, belligerent
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Punctilious
Adj precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
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Pundit
N an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions
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Pungent
Adj characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste, penetrating, to the point
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Pusillanimous
Adj cowardly, craven
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Putrefy
V to rot, decay and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous

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