Word Power Made Easy - P words

Abhay K.
95 words 48 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  2. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  3. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  4. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  5. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  6. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  7. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  8. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  9. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  10. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  11. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  12. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  13. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  14. paternal
    characteristic of a father
  15. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies diseases
  16. patriarch
    the male head of family or tribe
  17. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  18. patronize
    provide support for
  19. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  20. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  21. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  22. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  23. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  24. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  25. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  26. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  27. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  28. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  29. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  30. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  31. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  32. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
  33. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  34. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  35. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  36. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  37. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  38. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  39. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  40. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  41. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  42. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  43. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  44. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  45. pivotal
    being of crucial importance
  46. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  47. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  48. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  49. plethora
    extreme excess
  50. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  51. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  52. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  53. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  54. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  55. postulate
    maintain or assert
  56. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  57. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  58. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  59. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  60. precipitous
    extremely steep
  61. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  62. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  63. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  64. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  65. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  66. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  67. prepossess
    cause to be preoccupied
  68. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  69. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  70. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  71. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  72. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  73. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  74. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  75. profess
    confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
  76. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  77. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  78. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  79. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  80. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  81. prolific
    intellectually productive
  82. promulgate
    state or announce
  83. propensity
    a natural inclination
  84. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
    Propitate - to appease, pacify someone.
    Since the Gods have been propitated, there the day will be propitious.
  85. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  86. proprietary
    protected by trademark or patent or copyright
  87. propriety
    correct behavior
  88. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  89. proscribe
    command against
  90. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  91. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  92. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  93. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  94. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  95. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
Created on Mon Apr 23 10:42:53 EDT 2012 (updated Tue May 01 12:13:13 EDT 2012)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.