| A | B |
|---|
| onerous | troublesome; burdensome; extremely difficult |
| palatial | magnificent (like a "palace") |
| pallid | pale; faint or deficient in color; lacking in interest |
| palpable | perceptible by feeling or touch. |
| pandemonium (PAN all + DEMON) | chaos, as if devils are all about raising a ruckus |
| pathogen (PATHO disease + GEN birth/origin) | disease-causer |
| pathological (PATHO disease ) | diseased |
| paucity | smallness of number; scarcity, extremely few |
| peerless (PEER + LESS without) | of unequaled excellence or worth. |
| pellucid (PER through + LUC light) | crystal clear, such that you can see right through it |
| penchant (PEND hang; derived from the Latin pendicare) | a bias in favor of something; a strong liking for something |
| penultimate (ULTIMA last) | next to the last |
| perennial (PER through + ENN/ANN year) | having a life cycle that lasts through the year (as opposed to part of the year) |
| perfidious (PER through + FID faith) | treacherous (think: who is more dangerous to us? Perhaps the person who gains our faith and trust and then takes advantage of us) |
| pernicious | causing harm or ruin; deadly; fatal |
| perspicuous (PER through + SPIC/SPEC look) | brilliantly clear; you are able to look through it without difficulty; easy to understand |
| philanthrophy (PHIL love + ANTHROPO human) | love of mankind (generally associated with charitable acts) |
| pique (think pick) | to excite; to arouse emotion or provoke action; to affect with sharp irriation |
| platitude (PLAT flat + TUDE state/condition) | flat, trite remark |
| plutocracy (PLU more/wealth + CRACY government) | a country ruled by the wealthy class |
| polyphonic (POLY many + PHON sound) | multi-melodic |
| ponderous (POND heavy/weight) | weighty, as in heavy thought or heavy in mass, substance, or importance |
| posthumous (POST after + HUM earth) | after death |
| prattle | to chatter; to talk in a simple or child-like manner |
| precursor (PRE before + CURS run) | that which comes before |
