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  1. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  2. patriot
    one who loves and defends his or her country
  3. patronize
    provide support for
  4. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  5. paunchy
    having a large belly
  6. peck
    hit lightly with a picking motion
  7. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  8. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  9. predestine
    decree or determine beforehand
  10. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  11. peep
    look quickly, cautiously, or secretly
  12. peer
    look searchingly
  13. peeve
    an annoyance
  14. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  15. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  16. pen
    a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  17. penalty
    the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action
  18. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  19. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  20. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  21. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  22. perambulate
    walk with no particular goal
  23. perceptible
    capable of being grasped by the mind or senses
  24. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  25. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  26. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  27. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  28. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  29. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  30. periodical
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  31. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  32. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  33. perish
    pass from physical life
  34. permanent
    continuing or enduring without marked change in status
  35. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  36. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  37. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  38. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  39. persecute
    cause to suffer
  40. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  41. persiflage
    light teasing
  42. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
  43. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
  44. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  45. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  46. pertain
    be relevant to
  47. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  48. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  49. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  50. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  51. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  52. pessimistic
    expecting the worst possible outcome
  53. petition
    a formal request that something be submitted to an authority
  54. petrify
    change into stone
  55. petty
    small and of little importance
  56. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  57. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  58. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  59. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  60. piddling
    (informal) small and of little importance
  61. piebald
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  62. pigment
    dry coloring material
  63. pilfer
    make off with belongings of others
  64. pillar
    a vertical cylindrical structure supporting a structure
  65. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
  66. pilot
    someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
  67. pine
    a coniferous tree
  68. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  69. pinpoint
    the sharp point of a pin
  70. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  71. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  72. pirate
    someone who robs and plunders at sea
  73. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  74. pitiless
    without mercy or sympathy
  75. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  76. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  77. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  78. plagiarize
    take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
  79. plangent
    loud and resounding, often in a mournful way
  80. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  81. plateau
    a relatively flat raised area of land
  82. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  83. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  84. pleat
    a fold in a garment or piece of fabric
  85. plentitude
    a full supply
  86. plethora
    extreme excess
  87. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  88. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  89. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  90. plod
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  91. pluck
    pull lightly but sharply
  92. plumb
    exactly vertical
  93. plummet
    drop sharply
  94. plump
    sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
  95. plunge
    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
  96. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  97. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  98. polished
    perfected or made shiny and smooth
  99. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  100. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
Created on Mon Sep 18 00:45:56 EDT 2023

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