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placate
to appease; make less hostile
Implacable
relentless; unstoppable
Duplicity
deceit, deception
supplicate
to ask/beg
Explicate
to analyze an idea in detail
Depose
to overthrow
deportment
a person’s behavior/manners
purport
to falsely claim
importune
to beg someone for something
Posthumous
occurring or appearing after the death of the originator
Posterior
rear, behind
posterity
future generations
Precocious
developing abilities earlier than normal
Premonition
strong feeling that something is about to happen, foreshadowing
precept
general rule intended to regulate behavior
Impregnable
impenetrable
reprisal
act of retaliation
prolific
plentiful
Profuse
lavish, extravagant
proclivity
inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing
provident
making or indicative of timely preparation for the future
Approbation
approval; praise
Probity
having strong moral principles of honesty, decency, and integrity
reprobate
unprincipled person
pugilism
the profession or hobby of boxing
pugnacious
quick to argue
impugn
to dispute the truth
repugnant
distasteful, unacceptable
Punctilious
meticulous
poignant
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
Acquisitive
greedy
Inquisitive
to be curious
Prerogative
to have an exclusive right or privelege
Abrogate
revoke; repeal
salient
outward, important
Desultory
lacking enthusiasm
exult
feel or show triumphant elation
Execrable
bad or unpleasant
Sacrilege
act against a holy person or place
prescient
having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
proscribe
prohibited
sedition
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
Non Sequitur
conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement
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