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| Painstaking (PAYN stay king) adj |
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| To relieve or alleviate something. |
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| Palpable (PAL puh bul) adj |
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| Panacea (pan uh SEE uh) n |
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| Something that cures everything |
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| A true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself, or an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical. |
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| Parochial (puh ROH kee ul) adj |
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| Narrow or confined in point of view |
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| Parsimonious (pahr suh MOH nee us) adj |
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| Partisan (PAHR tuh zun) n |
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| One who supports a particular person, cause or idea. |
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| Paternal (puh TUR nul) adj |
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| Pathology (puh THAHL uh jee) n |
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| Patriarch (PAY tree ahrk) n |
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| The male head of a family or tribe. |
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| Patrician (puh TRISH un) n |
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| Patronize (PAY truh nyze) v |
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| Peccadillo (pek uh DIL oh) n |
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| Pedantic (puh DAN tik) adj |
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| Boringly scholarly or academic |
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| Pedestrian (puh DES tree un) adj |
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| Pejorative (pi JOR uh tiv) adj |
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| A strong taste or liking for something |
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| Penitent (PEN uh tunt) adj |
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| Peremptory (puh REMP tuh ree) adj |
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| Perennial (puh REN ee ul) adj |
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| Perfunctory (pur FUNGK tuh ree) adj |
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| Peripatetic (per uh peh TET ik) adj |
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| Periphery (puh RIF uh ree) n |
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| The outside edge of something. |
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