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v. remove outer covering or skin with a knife or similar instrument


Spelling Word: pare
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a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling


Spelling Word: pejorative
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n. a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land


Spelling Word: peninsula
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n. a place high up; an elevated place serving as a seat


Spelling Word: perch
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a. having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error


Spelling Word: perfect
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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. pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of


Spelling Word: pervade
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a. involving clever rogues or adventurers


Spelling Word: picaresque
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n. crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material


Spelling Word: piracy
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n. all the animals and plants, which live at or near-surface of waters; a collection of small or microscopic organisms


Spelling Word: plankton