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Communication
11th Grade
05/10/2013
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(v.)Palliate
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To reduce the severity of
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(adj.) Pallid
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Lacking color
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(n.) Panacea
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A remedy for all ills or difficulties.
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(n.) Paragon
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A model of excellence or perfection
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(n.) Pariah
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An outcast.
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(n.) Parsimony
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Frugality, stinginess.
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(n.) Pathos
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An emotion of sympathy.
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(adj.) Paucity
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Small in quantity.
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(adj.) Pejorative
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Derogatory, uncomplimentary.
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(adj.) Pellucid
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Easily intelligible, clear.
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(adj.) Penurious
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Miserly, stingy.
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(n.) Perfidious
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Disloyal, unfaithful.
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(adj.) Perfunctory
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Showing little interest or enthusiasm.
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(adj.) Pernicious
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Extremely destructive or harmful.
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(adj.) Perspicacity
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Shrewdness, perceptiveness.
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(adj.) Pertinacious
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Stubbornly persistent.
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(n.) Petulance
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Rudeness, irritability.
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(adj.) Pithy
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Concisely meaningful.
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(n.) Platitude
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An uninspired remark, cliche.
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(n.) Plethora
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An abundance, excess.
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(n.) Polemic
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An aggressive argument against a specific opinion.
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(n.) Portent
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An omen.
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(adj.) Precocious
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Advanced, developing ahead of time.
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(adj.) Prescient
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To have foreknowledge of events.
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(adj.) Primeval
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Original, ancient.
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(n.) Probity
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Virtue, integrity.
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(n.) Proclivity
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A strong inclination toward something.
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(v.) Promulgate
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To proclaim, make known.
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(n.) Propensity
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An inclination, preference.
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(adj.) Propitious
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Favorable.
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(adj.) Prosaic
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Plain, lacking liveliness.
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(v.) Proscribe
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To condemn, outlaw.
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(adj.) Protean
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Able to change shape; displaying great variety.
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(adj.) Prurient
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Eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex.
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(adj.) Puerile
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Juvenile, immature.
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(adj.) Pugnacious
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Quarrelsome, combative.
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(n.) Pulchritude
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Physical beauty.
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(adj.) Punctilious
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Eager to follow rules or conventions.
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