| A | B |
|---|
| perceptive | full of insight; aware |
| percussion | the striking of one object against another |
| peripheral | marginal; outer |
| perjury | the practice of lying |
| permeable | porous; allowing to pass through |
| pernicious | dangerous; harmful |
| perpetual | unduring for all time |
| pertinent | related to the matter at hand |
| pervade | to occupy the whole of |
| pessimism | seeing only the gloomy side; hopelessness |
| petulant | 1. foward; immodest 2 impatient or irritable |
| phenomenon | 1. miracle 2. occurrence |
| philanthropy | charity; unselfishness |
| phlegmatic | without emotion or interest |
| pinnacle | 1. a small turret that rises above the roof of a building 2. the highest point |
| pious | religious; devout; dedicated |
| piquant | 1. agreeably pungent or stimulating to the taste; 2. exciting interest or curiousity |
| pittance | small allowance |
| placate | pacity |
| placid | serene; tranquil |
| plausible | probable; feasible |
| plethora | condition of going beyond what is needed; excess; overabundance |
| plumb | 1. to fall or sink straight down 2. to hang vertically |
| polemic | controversial; argumentative |
| pragmatic | matter of fact; practical |
| prattle | to speak in a childish manner; babble |
| precipitate | 1. to throw headlond 2. to cause to happen |
| preclude | inhibit; make impossible |
| predecessor | one who has occupied an office before another |
| pristine | still pure or untouched |
| privy | private; confidential |
| probity | true virtue or integrity; complete honesty |
| problematic | uncertain |
| prodigal | wasteful; lavish |
| prodigious | exceptional; tremendous |
| prodigy | 1. an extraordinary happening 2. something so extraordinary as to inspire wonder |
| profound | deep; knowledgeable; thorough |
| profusion | great amount; abundance |
| progeny | children; offspring |
| propinquity | nearness in time or place, relationship, or nature |
| prosaic | tiresome; ordinary |
| proselytize | to make a convert of |
| provincial | regional; unsophisticated |
| provocative | 1. tempting 2. irritating |
| prudent | wise; carefu; prepared |
| pundit | a person of great learning |
| pungent | sharp; stinging |
| qualified | experienced; indefinite |
| qualify | 1. to render fit; 2. to furnish with legal power 3. to modify |
| quandary | dilemma |
| quiescent | inactive; at rest |
| quirk | peculiar behavior; starling tist |
| rabid | furious; with extreme anger |
| rampart | 1. anything that protects or defends; 2 an embankment of earth that surrounds a fort or castle |
| rancid | having a bad odor |
| rant | to speak in a loud pompous manner; rave |
