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a.
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains


Spelling Word: painstaking
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n.
relation of a father to his child


Spelling Word: paternity
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n. Syn. orbit; roadway
way; footway; course or track; route; passage


Spelling Word: path
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a. Syn. sharp
sharp; having the power of entering or piercing


Spelling Word: penetrating
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v. Syn. sense; detect
become aware of through the senses; detect


Spelling Word: perceive
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v.
eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion


Spelling Word: picnic
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n. Syn. plateau; prairie
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome


Spelling Word: plain
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a. Syn. believable; credible
likely but not certain to be or become true or real


Spelling Word: plausible
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a.
involving advantage or good; on the positive side or higher end of a scale


Spelling Word: plus
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n. Syn. hole; opening
tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil


Spelling Word: pore