| A | B |
|---|
| panacea | a supposed remedy for all ills |
| paramount | preeminent; superior to others in importance, influence, etc. |
| parody | a farcical imitation of a literary or musical work or style |
| penitent | sorry for having done wrong and willing to atone |
| periphery | an outer boundary, especially of a rounded object; surrounding space or area |
| perpetrate | to so someitng evil, criminal, etc; to commit a blunder, etc. |
| perspicacity | acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding |
| petulance | impatience or irritableness, especially over a petty annoyance |
| plaudits | applause |
| postulate | to assume to be true, real, etc., especially as a basis for argument; to take for granted |
| vice | moral deparvity; habitual personal shortcoming |
| valor | courage; bravery |
| unify | to make into a whole |
| truant | unauthorized absentee from school |
| tart | acid, as to the taste |
| sieve | strainer of wire mesh |
| soluble | able to be dissolved |
| revert | return to a former way or state |
| overture | musical composition beginning an opera, etc. |
