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Peon

someone unimportant

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Perish

to die, to end

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philosophical

advancement of knowledge

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pilfer

to steal a small amounts

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polyglot

a speaker of many languages

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portside

the left side of a vehicle

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preen

grooming

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premise

fact upon an argument is made

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privy

to have access to something that most dont

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proclivity

a natural captivity for something

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prognosticate

to predict the future

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proletarian

working class

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propitious

something looks like it will be successful or good

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provender

food for livestock

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proxy

substitute

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prude

someone who is excessively moralistic

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puissant

powerful, mighty

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pulchritude

physical beauty

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19

pyre

pile of wood for burning a dead body

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20

quackery

questionable medicine

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quaff

to drink in one go

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quagmire

a swamp; a difficult situation

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quarantine

isolation to prevent the spread of disease

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raiment

outerwear

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Rationalism

A belief in a an orderly universe

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ravage

to destroy, break

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refectory

dining hall, a place you go to eat

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reflect

return something to its origin

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29

refract

bounce of to a new direction

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rejoinder

a formal response

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repartee

snappy or cleaver comeback

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retch

to vomit

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revelry

The sounds exited people make

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34

rhetoric

the art and science of getting people to agree with you

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rile

to make someone angry, or irritated.

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36

ruse

trick, scam or deceive

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salient

prominent feature

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sanguine

someone who is cheerful to the point of being naive

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sapience

wisdom and self awareness

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savant

person with knowledge in a particular field

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