| A | B |
|---|
| Politic | shrewd; clever; diplomatic |
| Posthumous | continuing or being done after one’s death |
| Pragmatic | practical; workable |
| Precipice | a cliff or steep overhang |
| Precocious | showing skills or talents beyond what is normal for a certain age |
| Prevalent | commonly occurring or existing |
| Prevaricate | to lie or avoid truth |
| Proboscis | a long, hollow snout or, humorously, a person’s nose |
| Profuse | abundant; overflowing |
| Prolific | fruitful; productive, either of offspring or of results |
| Proliferate | to increase or spread rapidly |
| Pulverize | to grind to bits |
| Pusillanimous | timid; cowardly |
| Putrid | foul-smelling; rotten |
| Quagmire | (noun) a swamp (literal meaning); a tricky situation (figurative definition) |
| Quail | to draw back in fear |
| Qualm | doubt; uneasiness; a sudden pang of sickness or faintness |
| Quandary | a state of uncertainty; dilemma |
| Qualitative | having to do with a quality |
| Quantitative | having to do with a number or quantity |
| Quarantine | isolate because of a disease |
| Queasy | nauseated; uneasy. Uneasy and queasy rhyme, as does the following poem: |
| Querulous | complaining; peevish |
