| A | B |
|---|
| peripheral | external; incidental; tangential |
| peruse | to study; to read |
| philistine (adjective) | narrow minded; smugly conventional |
| philistine (noun) | a dull, often priggish person guided by material rather than artistic or intellectual values |
| piety | devotion and reverence, especially to God |
| pique (verb) | to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite, to interest |
| pique (noun) | a temporary feeling of wounded vanity; a fit of resentment |
| placate | to soothe; to pacify |
| placid | outwardly calm or composed; self-satisfied; peaceful |
| plagiarize | to take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's own; to use without giving credit |
| platitude | a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat, or weak |
| pompous | self-important; stately; magnificent; excessively ornate |
