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  1. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  2. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  3. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  4. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  5. parable
    a short moral story
  6. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  7. paramount
    most important or impactful
  8. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
  9. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  10. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  11. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
  12. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  13. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  14. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  15. parry
    impede the movement of
  16. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  17. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  18. parvenu
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  19. passe
    out of fashion
  20. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  21. pate
    liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
  22. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
  23. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  24. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  25. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  26. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  27. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  28. peaky
    having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
  29. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  30. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  31. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  32. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  33. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  34. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  35. pell-mell
    in a wild or reckless manner
  36. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  37. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  38. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  39. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  40. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  41. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  42. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  43. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  44. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  45. perfidious
    tending to betray
  46. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  47. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  48. perigee
    the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  49. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  50. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  51. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  52. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  53. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  54. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  55. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  56. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  57. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  58. perversion
    the action of corrupting something
  59. pestilent
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  60. pestle
    a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
  61. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  62. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  63. philanderer
    a man who likes many women
  64. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  65. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  66. phoenix
    a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn
  67. physiognomy
    the human face
  68. piecemeal
    one thing at a time
  69. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  70. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  71. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  72. pinion
    wing of a bird
  73. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  74. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  75. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  76. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  77. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  78. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  79. plasticity
    the property of being physically malleable
  80. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  81. platonic
    free from physical desire
  82. platonic
    free from physical desire
  83. plaudit
    enthusiastic approval
  84. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  85. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  86. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  87. plucky
    showing courage
  88. plumb
    exactly vertical
  89. plume
    the feather of a bird
  90. plummet
    drop sharply
  91. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  92. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  93. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  94. poltroon
    an abject coward
  95. pomposity
    lack of elegance from being puffed up with vanity
  96. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  97. portly
    fairly large
  98. poser
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
  99. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  100. posterity
    all future generations
  101. potable
    suitable for drinking
  102. poultice
    a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
  103. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  104. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  105. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  106. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  107. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  108. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  109. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  110. precipitous
    extremely steep
  111. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  112. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  113. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  114. predispose
    make susceptible
  115. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  116. prehensile
    adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
  117. prelude
    something that introduces what follows
  118. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  119. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  120. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  121. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  122. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  123. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  124. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  125. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  126. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  127. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  128. primogeniture
    right of inheritance belonging exclusively to the eldest son
  129. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  130. prise
    move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
  131. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  132. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  133. problematic
    making great mental demands
  134. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  135. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  136. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  137. prohibitive
    tending to discourage, especially of prices
  138. proletarian
    belonging to or characteristic of the working class
  139. promulgate
    state or announce
  140. propensity
    a natural inclination
  141. prophylactic
    preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  142. propitiate
    make peace with
  143. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  144. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  145. propound
    put forward, as of an idea
  146. propriety
    correct behavior
  147. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  148. proscribe
    command against
  149. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  150. prostrate
    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  151. protean
    taking on different forms
  152. protege
    a person who receives support from an influential patron
  153. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  154. protuberance
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
  155. provender
    food for domestic livestock
  156. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  157. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  158. prurient
    characterized by lust
  159. pry
    be nosey
  160. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  161. pugnacity
    a natural disposition to be hostile
  162. puissant
    powerful
  163. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  164. pulverize
    make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  165. pummel
    strike, usually with the fist
  166. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  167. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  168. purloin
    make off with belongings of others
  169. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  170. purse
    a container used for carrying money and small personal items
  171. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  172. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  173. putative
    purported
  174. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  175. quack
    the sound made by a duck
  176. quail
    a small game bird
  177. qualified
    meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
  178. quash
    declare invalid
  179. queasy
    causing or able to cause nausea
  180. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  181. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  182. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  183. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  184. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  185. ragamuffin
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
  186. rail
    a horizontal bar, usually of wood or metal
  187. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  188. rally
    gather or bring together
  189. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  190. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  191. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
  192. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  193. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
  194. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  195. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  196. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  197. ravel
    disentangle or separate out
  198. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  199. razzmatazz
    any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
  200. realm
    a domain in which something is dominant
  201. rebus
    a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words
  202. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  203. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  204. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  205. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  206. recondite
    difficult to understand
  207. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  208. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  209. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  210. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  211. reductionism
    a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
  212. refract
    subject to change in direction of a propagating wave
  213. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  214. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  215. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  216. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  217. regimen
    a systematic plan for therapy
  218. regress
    go back to a previous state
  219. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  220. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  221. relinquished
    that has been withdrawn or retreated from
  222. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  223. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  224. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  225. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  226. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  227. repine
    express discontent
  228. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  229. reprisal
    a retaliatory action against an enemy
  230. reprise
    a repetition of a short musical passage
  231. reproach
    express criticism towards
  232. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  233. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  234. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  235. rescind
    cancel officially
  236. restitution
    the act of restoring something to its original state
  237. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  238. rile
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  239. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  240. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  241. rotund
    spherical in shape
  242. rubric
    category name
  243. ruddy
    inclined to a healthy reddish color
  244. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  245. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
  246. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  247. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  248. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  249. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  250. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  251. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth
  252. salubrious
    promoting health
  253. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  254. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  255. sanction
    official permission or approval
  256. sang-froid
    great coolness and composure under strain
  257. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  258. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  259. sartorial
    of or relating to tailoring or clothing
  260. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  261. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  262. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  263. savor
    a particular taste or smell, especially an appealing one
  264. savory
    pleasing to the sense of taste
  265. scabbard
    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  266. scads
    a large number or amount
  267. scaffold
    a temporary arrangement erected around a building
  268. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
  269. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  270. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  271. scotch
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  272. scowl
    frown with displeasure
  273. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  274. scupper
    drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
  275. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  276. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  277. scuttle
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  278. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
  279. sedate
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  280. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  281. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  282. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  283. seedy
    shabby and untidy
  284. seemly
    according with custom or propriety
  285. seethe
    foam as if boiling
  286. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  287. senile
    mentally or physically infirm with age
  288. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  289. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  290. sepulcher
    a chamber that is used as a grave
  291. sextant
    an instrument for measuring angular distance
  292. shamble
    walk by dragging one's feet
  293. shambles
    a condition of great disorder
  294. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  295. shipshape
    of places
  296. shoddy
    of inferior workmanship and materials
  297. shrew
    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
  298. shyster
    a person who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
  299. sidereal
    of or relating to the stars or constellations
  300. silo
    a cylindrical tower used for storing grain
  301. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  302. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  303. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  304. skimp
    work hastily or carelessly
  305. skinflint
    a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  306. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  307. skulk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  308. sleazy
    morally degraded
  309. sleight
    adroitness in using the hands
  310. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  311. smattering
    a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
  312. smoulder
    burn slowly and without a flame
  313. sniffle
    inhale audibly through the nose
  314. snivel
    cry or whine with snuffling
  315. snub
    refuse to acknowledge
  316. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
  317. solicit
    request urgently or persistently
  318. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  319. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  320. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  321. somatic
    characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  322. sombre
    grave or even gloomy in character
  323. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  324. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  325. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  326. soporific
    inducing sleep
  327. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  328. spangle
    adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material
  329. spar
    stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
  330. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  331. spat
    a quarrel about petty points
  332. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  333. specious
    plausible but false
  334. spite
    meanness or nastiness
  335. splice
    join the ends of
  336. splurge
    indulge oneself
  337. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  338. spruce
    a tall evergreen tree that produces cones
  339. spry
    moving quickly and lightly
  340. spurn
    reject with contempt
  341. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  342. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  343. squirm
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
  344. staccato
    (music) separating the notes
  345. stagger
    walk with great difficulty
  346. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  347. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
  348. stanch
    stop the flow of a liquid
  349. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  350. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  351. stickler
    someone who insists on something
  352. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  353. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  354. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  355. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  356. stockade
    fortification consisting of a fence set firmly for defense
  357. stodgy
    excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
  358. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  359. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  360. stratified
    deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
  361. strew
    spread by scattering
  362. striate
    marked with stripes
  363. striate
    marked with stripes
  364. stricture
    a principle that restricts the extent of something
  365. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  366. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  367. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  368. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  369. Stygian
    dark and dismal as of the river in Hades
  370. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  371. subaltern
    British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
  372. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  373. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  374. subside
    wear off or die down
  375. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  376. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  377. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  378. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  379. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  380. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  381. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  382. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  383. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  384. sultry
    attractive and suggesting hidden passion
  385. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  386. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  387. supine
    lying face upward
  388. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  389. supple
    moving and bending with ease
  390. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  391. supplicant
    someone who prays to God
  392. supplicate
    ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
  393. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  394. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  395. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  396. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  397. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  398. suture
    a seam used in surgery
  399. swank
    imposingly fashionable and elegant
  400. swathe
    wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
  401. swelter
    be uncomfortably hot
  402. swill
    drink large quantities of
  403. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  404. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  405. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  406. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  407. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  408. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  409. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  410. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  411. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
  412. tautology
    useless repetition
  413. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  414. yore
    time long past
  415. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  416. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  417. zealotry
    fanatical devotion to a cause, belief, or idea
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