| A | B |
|---|
| philanthropist | lover of mankind; doer of good. |
| piety | religious devotion; godliness |
| pitfall | hidden danger; concealed trap |
| pithy | consice; meaningful; substantial; meaty |
| placate | pacify; conciliate |
| polemical | aggressive in verbal attack |
| ponderous | weighty; unweildy |
| pragmatic | practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
| prattle | babble |
| precarious | uncertain; risky. |
| preclude | make impossible; eliminate |
| precocious | advanced in developement |
| predator | creature that seizes and dvours another animal;l person who robs or exploits others |
| predecessor | former occupant of a post |
| presumtuous | overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties |
| pretentious | ostentacious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious |
| prevalent | widespread; generally accepted. |
| prodigal | wastefull; reckless with money |
| profane | violate; desecrate; treat unworthily |
| profligate | dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral |
| profound | deep; not superficial; complete |
| profusion | overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess |
| proliferation | rapid growth; spread; multiplication |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful |
| proximity | nearness |
| preudent | cautious; careful |
| quagmire | soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| qualified | limited, restricted |
| quandary | dilemma |
| quell | extinguish; put down; quiet |
| querulous | fretful; whining |
| quiescent | at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| ramble | wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) |
| rancor | bitterness; hatred |
| rant | rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech |
| ratify | approve formally; confirm; verify |
| raucous | harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| raze | destroy completely |
| rebuttal | refutation; responsemwith contrary evidence |
| recant | disclaim or diavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error |
| recluse | hermit; loner |
| recount | narrate or tell; count over again |
| rectify | set right; correct |
| redendant | superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy |
| refute | disprove |
| relegate | banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| remission | temporary moderation of disease symptoms |
| remorse | guilt; self-reproach |
| renounce | abandon; dimown; repudiate |
| repel | drive away; disgust |
| replete | felled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied. |
| reprehensible | eserving blame |
| reprimand | reprove severely; rebuke |
| reprove | consure; rebuke |
| repudiate | disown; diavow |
| repugnant | loathsome; hateful |
| rescind | cancel |
