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oscillate |
To swing back and forth. |
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palate |
The roof of the mouth. |
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pallid |
Of a pale or wan appearance. |
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palpable |
perceptible by feeling or touch. |
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paradox |
A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief. |
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paragon |
A model of excellence. |
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paroxysm |
A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. |
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parsimonious |
Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money. |
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paucity |
Fewness. |
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peccant |
Guilty. |
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pecuniary |
Consisting of money |
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perfidy |
Treachery. |
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pernicious |
Tending to kill or hurt. |
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persevere |
To continue striving in spite of discouragements. |
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pertinacious |
Persistent or unyielding. |
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phlegmatic |
Not easily roused to feeling or action. |
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pillage |
Open mobbery, as in war |
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placate |
To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness. |
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plenary |
Entire. |
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plurality |
A majority. |
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pneumatic |
Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. |
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precipice |
A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff. |
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premonition |
Foreboding. |
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preposterous |
Utterly ridiculous or absurd. |
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prerogative |
Having superior rank or precedence. |
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presage |
To foretell. |
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prerogative |
Having superior rank or precedence. |
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pristine |
Primitive. |
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probity |
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. |
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profligacy |
Shameless viciousness. |
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propitious |
Kindly disposed. |
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propriety |
Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles. |
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protuberant |
Bulging. |
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pseudonym |
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer. |
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purloin |
To steal. |
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quadrate |
To divide into quarters. |
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qualm |
A fit of nausea. |
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quandary |
A puzzling predicament. |
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quay |
A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it. |
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querulous |
Habitually complaining |
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quiescence |
Quiet. |
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raillery |
Good-humored satire. |
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rancor |
Malice. |
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rapacious |
Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods. |
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recapitulate |
To repeat again the principal points of. |
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reciprocal |
Mutually interchangeable or convertible. |
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recluse |
One who lives in retirement or seclusion. |
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redolent |
Smelling sweet and agreeable |
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refute |
To prove to be wrong. |
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relent |
To yield. |
