"P" words - Part 1

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  1. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  2. pact
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  3. paladin
    someone who fights for a cause
  4. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  5. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  6. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  7. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  8. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
  9. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  10. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  11. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  12. pandemic
    existing everywhere
  13. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  14. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  15. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  16. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  17. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  18. parity
    functional equality
    equivalence
  19. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  20. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  21. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
    relates to countryside scenes
  22. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
    clear and apparent
  23. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
    caused by mental or physical disease
  24. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  25. pedagog
    someone who educates young people
  26. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  27. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  28. peddle
    sell or offer for sale from place to place
  29. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
    dull, simple, lacking imagination
  30. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  31. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  32. penultimate
    next to the last
  33. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  34. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  35. per capita
    relating to each person individually
  36. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  37. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  38. peregrinate
    travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
    wander
  39. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  40. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  41. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  42. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  43. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  44. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  45. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  46. petty
    small and of little importance
    small
  47. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  48. physiognomy
    the human face
    judging character through facial expressions
  49. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  50. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
    anger/annoy or arouse curiosity
  51. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  52. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  53. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  54. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  55. placidly
    in a quiet and tranquil manner
  56. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  57. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  58. plethora
    extreme excess
  59. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  60. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  61. poached
    cooked in hot water
  62. poised
    marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
  63. polygamy
    having more than one spouse at a time
  64. polymorphous
    having or occurring in several distinct forms
  65. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  66. portable
    easily or conveniently transported
  67. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  68. portly
    fairly large
  69. posterity
    all future generations
  70. potent
    having or wielding force or authority
  71. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  72. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  73. predestination
    previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  74. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  75. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  76. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  77. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  78. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  79. prestidigitation
    manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
  80. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  81. procrastination
    the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time
  82. procure
    get by special effort
  83. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  84. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  85. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  86. prolific
    intellectually productive
  87. propel
    cause to move forward with force
  88. propensity
    a natural inclination
  89. prophecy
    a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  90. propriety
    correct behavior
  91. proprietary
    protected by trademark or patent or copyright
  92. protean
    taking on different forms
  93. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  94. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  95. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  96. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  97. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  98. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  99. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  100. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  101. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
    present something false
  102. purportedly
    allegedly but not definitely true
  103. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
Created on Tue Sep 13 16:50:44 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Sep 14 18:38:02 EDT 2011)

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