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| palliate | to reduce the severity of |
| pallid | lacking color |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| pariah | an outcast |
| parsimony | frugality, stinginess |
| pathos | an emotion of sympathy |
| paucity | small in quantity |
| pejorative | derogatory, uncomplimentary |
| pellucid | easily intelligible, clear |
| penurious | miserly, stingy |
| perfidious | disloyal, unfaithful |
| perfunctory | showing little interest or enthusiasm |
| pernicious | extremely destructive or harmful |
| perspicacity | shrewdness, perceptiveness |
| pertinacious | stubbornly persistent |
| petulance | rudeness, irritability |
| pithy | concisely meaningful |
| platitude | an uninspired remark, cliché |
| plethora | an abundance, excess |
| polemic | an aggressive argument against a specific opinion |
| portent | an omen |
| precocious | advanced, developing ahead of time |
| prescient | to have foreknowledge of events |
| primeval | original, ancient |
| probity | virtue, integrity |
| proclivity | a strong inclination toward something |
| promulgate | to proclaim, make known |
| propensity | an inclination, preference |
| propitious | favorable |
| prosaic | plain, lacking liveliness |
| proscribe | to condemn, outlaw |
| protean | able to change shape; displaying great variety |
| prurient | eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex |
| puerile | juvenile, immature |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome, combative |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| punctilious | eager to follow rules or conventions |
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