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objective 
1
 | aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| act as a patron to; support or sponsor |
| subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning |
| not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality |
pallid
2
| excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal |
| sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
parched
3
| uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay |
| tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable |
| dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly |
| animal or plant living on another |
parochial
4
| excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal |
| tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable |
| narrow in outlook; related to local church community |
| act as a patron to; support or sponsor |
parody
5
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality |
| excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner |
| all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
parry
6
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
patron
7
| benefactor; regular customer |
| person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others |
| animal or plant living on another |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
portend
8
| foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept |
poseur
9
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others |
| impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster |
| dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly |
posthumous
10
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner |
| after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |