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Pragmatic |
practical as opposed to idealistic; realistic, rational |
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Precipitate |
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation; impetuous, impulsive, headlong, rash |
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Prevaricate |
to lie or deviate from the truth; equivocate, lie, perjure |
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Pristine |
fresh and clean, uncorrupted; innocent, undamaged |
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Probity |
complete honesty and integrity; morality, rectitude, integrity, virtue |
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Proclivity |
a natural inclination or predisposition; bias, penchant, predilection, propensity |
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Prodigal |
lavish, wasteful; extravagant, spendthrift, profligate |
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Proliferate |
to increase in number quickly; propagate, reproduce, procreate |
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Propitiate |
to conciliate, to appease; pacify, mollify, placate |
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Propriety |
acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs; decency, modesty, decorum |
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Prudence |
wisdom, caution or restraint; astuteness, circumspection, judiciousness, discretion, providence |
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Pungent |
sharp and irritating to the senses; piquant, caustic, poignant, acrid |
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Quiescent |
motionless; latent, dormant |
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Rarefy |
to make thinner or sparser; attenuate, thin |
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Repudiate |
to reject the validity of; deny, disown, disclaim, renounce |
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Reticent |
silent, reserved; introverted, laconic, taciturn |
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Rhetoric |
effective writing or speaking; eloquence, oratory |
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Satiate |
to satisfy fully or overindulge; cloy, surfeit, glut |
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Soporific |
causing sleep or lethargy; narcotic, somnolent |
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Specious |
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; illusory, spurious, ostensible, plausible, sophistic |
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