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


Spelling Word: pare
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n. work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of


Spelling Word: parody
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a. composed of distinct particles


Spelling Word: particulate
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n. benefactor; regular customer


Spelling Word: patron
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n. sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor


Spelling Word: patronage
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n. scarcity; smallness of number; fewness


Spelling Word: paucity
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n. entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future


Spelling Word: perdition
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n. branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception


Spelling Word: phonetics
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v. appease or pacify; bring peace to


Spelling Word: placate
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ad. clearly or obviously; expressly


Spelling Word: plainly