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| patronage | the power to make appointments to government jobs
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| patronize | to be a customer or to talk down to
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| paucity | scarcity; lack of
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| peccadillo | a minor offense
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| pectoral | pertaining to the chest
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| peculate | to steal
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| pecuniary | pertaining to money
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| pedagogue | a schoolteacher
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| pedantic | to show off one’s knowledge
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| pedestrian | ordinary; common; banal
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| pedigree | a record of ancestors
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| peer | an equal or to look at closely
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| peerless | without equal
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| peevish | hard to please
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| pejorative | insulting
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| pellucid | transparent
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| pelt | skin of an animal; to throw
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| penal | pertaining to punishment
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| penchant | a strong liking for
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| penitent | expressing sorrow for a wrongdoing
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| pensive | thoughtful
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| penury | extreme poverty
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| peon | common worker
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| perceive | to observe or understand
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| perceptible | recognizable
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| perceptive | quick witted; keen
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| perdition | damnation
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| peregrinate | to travel; journey
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| peremptory | decisive or final
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| perennial | lasting for a long time; perpetual
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| perfidious | deceitful; unfaithful
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| perforce | of necessity
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| perfunctory | routine
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| perigee | point nearest to the earth
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| periphery | outside boundary; unimportant area of a subject
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| permeate | to spread throughout
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| pernicious | destructive
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| peroration | the concluding part of a speech
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| perpetrate | to be guilty of
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| perpetuate | cause to continue
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| perplex | confuse
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| perquisite | something additional to regular pay
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| persevere | to endure
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| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human being or to abstract ideas
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| perspicacity | sharp insight
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| perspicuity | clearness
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| pert | bold; lively
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| pertinent | to the point
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| perturb | to disturb
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| peruse | to read carefully
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| pervade | to spread throughout
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| perverse | contrary; stubborn
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| pervert | to corrupt
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| pessimist | one who sees the worst
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| petrify | to paralyze with fear
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| petrology | study of rocks
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| petty | unimportant
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| petulant | irritable
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| phalanx | compact group of people
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| phenomenon | extraordinary (fact or occurrence)
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| philander | to engage in many love affairs
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| philanthropy | generosity to mankind
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| philately | stamp collecting
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| philippic | a verbal attack
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| philistine | uncultured
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| phlegmatic | unemotional
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| phobia | intense fear
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| phoenix | a bird symbolizing immortality
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| picaresque | adventurous scoundrel
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| piddling | petty
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| piecemeal | bit by bit
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| pied | many-colored; variegated
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| piety | devotion
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| pigment | dye
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| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place
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| pillage | to loot
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| pillory | to expose to public ridicule
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| pinnacle | highest point
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| pious | religious; deeply devoted to religion
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| piquant | stimulating to the taste; exciting
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| pique | to irritate
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| piscine | of or like a fish
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| pithy | to the point
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| pittance | small amount
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| pivotal | crucial; critical; important
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| placard | small poster
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| placate | to calm
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| placebo | harmless, phony medicine
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| placid | calm
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