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  1. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  2. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  3. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  4. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  5. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  6. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  7. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  8. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  9. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  10. pare
    strip the skin off
  11. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  12. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  13. parry
    impede the movement of
  14. partial
    being or affecting only a segment
  15. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  16. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  17. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  18. pathogenic
    able to cause disease
  19. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
  20. patronizing
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  21. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  22. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  23. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  24. peddle
    sell or offer for sale from place to place
  25. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  26. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  27. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  28. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  29. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  30. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  31. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  32. per se
    with respect to its inherent nature
  33. peregrinate
    travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
  34. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  35. perfidious
    tending to betray
  36. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  37. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  38. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  39. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  40. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  41. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  42. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  43. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  44. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
  45. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  46. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  47. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  48. phone
    electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
  49. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  50. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  51. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  52. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  53. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  54. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  55. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  56. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  57. plethora
    extreme excess
  58. plucky
    showing courage
  59. plummet
    drop sharply
  60. plunge
    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
  61. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  62. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  63. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  64. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  65. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  66. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  67. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  68. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  69. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  70. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  71. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  72. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  73. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  74. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  75. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  76. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  77. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  78. predisposed
    made susceptible
  79. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  80. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  81. presumptive
    having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
  82. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  83. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  84. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  85. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  86. primacy
    the state of being first in importance
  87. principled
    based on or demonstrating morality or rightness
  88. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  89. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  90. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  91. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  92. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  93. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  94. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  95. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  96. prohibitive
    tending to discourage, especially of prices
  97. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  98. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  99. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  100. pronounced
    strongly marked; easily noticeable
  101. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  102. propensity
    a natural inclination
  103. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  104. propitiate
    make peace with
  105. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  106. propriety
    correct behavior
  107. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  108. proscribe
    command against
  109. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  110. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  111. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  112. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  113. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  114. pugilism
    boxing with bare hands
  115. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  116. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  117. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  118. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  119. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
Created on Sun Aug 11 04:57:40 EDT 2013

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