| A | B |
| petulant | rude; cranky; ill-tempered |
| placate | to pacify; to soothe; to appease |
| platitude | a dull, trite, flat, or weak remark; a cliché |
| plebeian | common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois |
| pragmatic | practical; down-to-earth; viewing things in a matter-of-fact way |
| preclude | to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent |
| precocious | developed earlier than usual in knowledge, skill, etc. |
| prestigious | honored; having an illustrious name or reputation; esteemed |
| pretentious | claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit; showy; self-important |
| procrastinate | to put off doing something until a later time; to delay |
| prodigious | enormous; extraordinary; marvelous |
| profusion | a great or generous amount; extravagance |