| A | B |
|---|
| palatable | acceptable to the taste; good-tasting |
| palliate | to moderate the severity of; abate |
| pallid | having an extremely pale complexion |
| palpable | capable of being touched; tangible |
| paragon | a model or example of perfection |
| parch | to make very dry |
| parsimonious | stingy |
| pathos | a feeling of sympathy or pity |
| paucity | smallness in number; scarcity |
| pecuniary | relating to money |
| pedagogue | schoolteacher or educator; a boring, dry teacher |
| pedant | a boring person who knows a lot but has little practical experience; dweeb |
| pedestrian | commonplace; ordinary |
| penchant | a strong liking; an inclination |
| pensive | engaged in deep, often sad, thought |
| penurious | 1)stingy; 2) extremely poor |
| penury | poverty; destitution |
| perfunctory | done routinely, carelessly, and listlessly |
| permeate | to spread or flow throughout |
| permeable | capable of being spread or flowed throughout something |
| perspicacious | perceptive; understanding |
| petulant | irritable or ill-tempered |
| philanthropy | improving the world through charity; love of humanity in general |
| pillage | to rob violently (in battle) |
| pithy | concise and meaningful |
| placate | to calm, appease, pacify |
| placid | calm and undisturbed |
| plaintive | sad; melancholy |
| plethora | superabundance; plenty; excess |
| plunder | to rob (usually violently); pillage |
| politic | shrewd; clever |
| posthumous | continuing or done after one's death |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precipice | cliff; steep overhang |
| precocious | characterized by unusually early development |
| presage | to give an indication or warning of something that will happen in the future |
| prevalent | commonly occurring or existing |
| prevaricate | avoid the truth; lie |
| proboscis | a long, hollow nose/snout |
| profuse | adundant; overflowing |
| proliferate | to increase or spread rapidly |
| prolific | producing lots of offspring or fruit |
| pulverize | to grind |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; wimpy |
| putrid | decomposed; foul-smelling |
