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English
10th Grade
03/24/2012
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patrician
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an aristocrat
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patrimony
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an inheritance
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patronizing
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tending to treat others as inferior
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paucity
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a lack/scarcity/an insufficient amount
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peccadillo
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a minor sin/fault/error
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pedagogue
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teacher
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pedant
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a person who makes a showy display
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pedestrian
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dull/ordinary/uninteresting
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penchant
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a strong inclination
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pensive
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deeply thoughtful often in a sad, dreamy way
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penultimate
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second to last
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penury
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extreme poverty: want
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peremptory
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dictatorial decisive
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perennial
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lasting through many years/enduring/perpetual
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perfidious
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deceitful/treacherous
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perfunctory
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done in a routine manner/hasty
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peripatetic
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wandering
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periphery
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the outer edge
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perjure
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to lie/especially while under oath to tell the truth
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permutation
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a thorough change in form/character or condition: a transformation/alteration
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pernicious
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harmful/destructive
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peroration
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a sermon
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persiflage
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wittiness
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perspicacious
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quick to see/understand
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perturbation
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agitation/disquiet/uneasiness
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peruse
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to read/examine closely and carefully
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pervade
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to spread throughout
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perverse
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improper/incorrect/stubbornly contrary or wrongheaded
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petulant
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pouting
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philanthropist
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a person who contributes resources to help others
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philistine
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a narrow-minded person with ordinary tastes/ideas
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phlegmatic
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unemotional/not easily excited or moved to action
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picayune
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worthless
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pied
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of two or more colors
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piety
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devotion
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pious
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deeply religious/devout
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piquant
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sharp
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pique
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to offend, usually by slighting: to arouse
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pithy
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brief but dense
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pittance
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a small amount
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placate
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to appease/pacify
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placid
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calm/peaceful/quiet/restful
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platitude
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a cliche/short saying
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plausible
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seemingly true/honest/reasonable - appearing worthy of belief or trust at first glance
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plebeian
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of/relating to the common people
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plethora
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an excessive amount
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poignant
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sorrowful
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polemic
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an argument/bitter attack
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polyglot
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multilingual (can speak more than one language)
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pompous
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puffed up with self-importance
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ponderous
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large and heavy/bulky
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portend
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to threaten/indicate
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posterity
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successors
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posthumous
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occurring after a person's death
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potent
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having strong effect/powerful
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potpourri
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a mixture
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pragmatic
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practical
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prate
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to talk nonsense
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precarious
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dangerous
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precept
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a rule for guiding conduct or action
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precipitate
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to bring about prematurely
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preclude
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to prevent the presence/existence/occurrence of
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precocious
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advanced/premature
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predilection
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a preference/liking/tendency to favor
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preeminent
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superior/outstanding
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preponderance
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a majority
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prepossessing
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engaging/attractive
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preposterous
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senseless/foolish/ridiculous
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prerequisite
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something required as a qualification
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prerogative
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a privilege
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prescient
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having foresight/predicting the future
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prestigious
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honored/distinguished
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pretentious
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showy/making a flashy outward show to attract attention
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prevail
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to succeed (in spite of odds)/to gain control
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prevalent
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common/generally practiced
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prevaricate
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to lie/speak falsely
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prim
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formally precise or proper/stiffly neat
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primordial
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primitive
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pristine
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pure/original
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privy
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participating in the knowledge of something private/secret
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promiscuous
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indiscriminate/careless
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promulgate
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to make known formally: to publish/circulate
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propensity
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an inclination
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propinquity
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a kinship or nearness in place or time
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propitiate
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to forgive/appease
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prosaic
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ordinary
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proscribe
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to forbid
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prostrate
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to cast oneself face down in the ground
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protagonist
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the leading character in a work of literature
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prototype
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the original
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protracted
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drawn out in time/prolonged
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provocative
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tending to arouse/making curious or angry
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proxy
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a substitute
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prudent
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cautious/careful
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prurient
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tending/causing to have lustful(sexual) desires
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pseudonym
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a fictitious name assumed to conceal one's identity
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puerile
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immature
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pugilist
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a fighter/boxer
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puissant
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powerful/potent
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pulchritude
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beauty
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procrastinate (procrasturbate)
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to postpone taking action
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procure
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to secure/obtain/acquire
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prodding
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jabbing or poking with, as if with a prod
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
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huge/enormous/monumental
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profound
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marked by deep thought or insight
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prognosis
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a prediction/forecast
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prognosticate
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to predict
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prolific
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highly productive/fruitful
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prolix
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wordy
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pundit
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a scholar
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pungent
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bitter/sour
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purge
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to make clean/free from guilt/to rid of anything undesirable
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purloin
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to steal/to pilfer/to take dishonesty
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quack
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impostor
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quagmire...giggidy
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an area of swampy ground
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quail
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to lose heart/to cover
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qualm
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a doubt
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quandary
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a state of uncertainty/a dilemma
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querulous
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complaining
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quibble
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to argue/mislead
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quiescent
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in a resting state/quiet/not active
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rampant
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wild
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rancor
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hatred
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rapprochement
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the establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relationships
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rapacious
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savage
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rationalize
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to justify
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raucous
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noisy
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ravages
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devastating damage
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raze
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to demolish
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rebut
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to deny or disprove by offering opposing evidence/proof
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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recant
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to deny
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recapitulate
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to restate/summarize/rephrase
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recidivism
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a reversion/chronic repetition of an action
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reciprocal
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given or performed in return:mutual
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