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a. insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless


Spelling Word: paltry
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n. benefactor; regular customer


Spelling Word: patron
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n. a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; register or record of a line of ancestors


Spelling Word: pedigree
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v. be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in a bad sense


Spelling Word: perpetrate
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v. confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve


Spelling Word: perplex
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a. pervading; spread throughout every part


Spelling Word: pervasive
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n. theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original


Spelling Word: plagiarism
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n. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic


Spelling Word: porcelain
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a. advanced in development; appearing or developing early


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n. ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight


Spelling Word: prescience