| Serial | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pacify v. | To bring into a peaceful state |
| 2 | packet n. | A bundle, as of letters |
| 3 | pact n. | A covenant |
| 4 | pagan n. | A worshiper of false gods |
| 5 | pageant n. | A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one |
| 6 | palate n. | The roof of the mouth |
| 7 | palatial adj. | Magnificent |
| 8 | paleontology n. | The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms |
| 9 | palette n. | A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting |
| 10 | palinode n. | A retraction |
| 11 | pall v. | To make dull by satiety |
| 12 | palliate v. | To cause to appear less guilty |
| 13 | pallid adj. | Of a pale or wan appearance |
| 14 | palpable n. | perceptible by feeling or touch |
| 15 | palsy n. | Paralysis |
| 16 | paly adj. | Lacking color or brilliancy |
| 17 | pamphlet n. | A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest |
| 18 | pamphleteer v. | To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones |
| 19 | panacea n. | A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases |
| 20 | Pan-American adj. | Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South |
| 21 | pandemic adj. | Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease |
| 22 | pandemonium n. | A fiendish or riotous uproar |
| 23 | panegyric n. | A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act |
| 24 | panel n. | A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame |
| 25 | panic n. | A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear |
| 26 | panoply n. | A full set of armor |
| 27 | panorama n. | A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene |
| 28 | pantheism n. | The worship of nature for itself or its beauty |
| 29 | Pantheon n. | A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof |
| 30 | pantomime n. | Sign-language |
| 31 | pantoscope n. | A very wide-angled photographic lens |
| 32 | papacy n. | The official head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| 33 | papyrus n. | The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans |
| 34 | parable n. | A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral |
| 35 | paradox n. | A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief |
| 36 | paragon n. | A model of excellence |
| 37 | parallel v. | To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts |
| 38 | parallelism n. | Essential likeness |
| 39 | paralysis n. | Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles |
| 40 | paralyze v. | To deprive of the power to act |
| 41 | paramount adj. | Supreme in authority |
| 42 | paramour n. | One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress |
| 43 | paraphernalia n. | Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment |
| 44 | paraphrase v. | Translate freely |
| 45 | pare v. | To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything |
| 46 | parentage n. | The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect |
| 47 | Pariah n. | A member of a degraded class; a social outcast |
| 48 | parish n. | The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor |
| 49 | Parisian adj. | Of or pertaining to the city of Paris |
| 50 | parity n. | Equality, as of condition or rank |
| 51 | parlance n. | Mode of speech |
| 52 | parley v. | To converse in |
| 53 | parliament n. | A legislative body |
| 54 | parlor n. | A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests |
| 55 | parody v. | To render ludicrous by imitating the language of |
| 56 | paronymous adj. | Derived from the same root or primitive word |
| 57 | paroxysm n. | A sudden outburst of any kind of activity |
| 58 | parricide n. | The murder of a parent |
| 59 | parse v. | To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word |
| 60 | parsimonious adj. | Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money |
| 61 | partible adj. | Separable |
| 62 | participant n. | One having a share or part |
| 63 | participate v. | To receive or have a part or share of |
| 64 | partition n. | That which separates anything into distinct parts |
| 65 | partisan adj. | Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party |
| 66 | passible adj. | Capable of feeling of suffering |
| 67 | passive adj. | Unresponsive |
| 68 | pastoral adj. | Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life |
| 69 | paternal adj. | Fatherly |
| 70 | paternity n. | Fatherhood |
| 71 | pathos n. | The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy |
| 72 | patriarch n. | The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right |
| 73 | patrician adj. | Of senatorial or noble rank |
| 74 | patrimony n. | An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one’s father |
| 75 | patriotism n. | Love and devotion to one’s country |
| 76 | patronize v. | To exercise an arrogant condescension toward |
| 77 | patronymic adj. | Formed after one’s father’s name |
| 78 | patter v. | To mumble something over and over |
| 79 | paucity n. | Fewness |
| 80 | pauper n. | One without means of support |
| 81 | pauperism n. | Dependence on charity |
| 82 | pavilion n. | An open structure for temporary shelter |
| 83 | payee n. | A person to whom money has been or is to be paid |
| 84 | peaceable adj. | Tranquil |
| 85 | peaceful adj. | Tranquil |
| 86 | peccable adj. | Capable of sinning |
| 87 | peccadillo n. | A small breach of propriety or principle |
| 88 | peccant adj. | Guilty |
| 89 | pectoral adj. | Pertaining to the breast or thorax |
| 90 | pecuniary adj. | Consisting of money |
| 91 | pedagogics n. | The science and art of teaching |
| 92 | pedagogue n. | A schoolmaster |
| 93 | pedagogy n. | The science and art of teaching |
| 94 | pedal n. | A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines |
| 95 | pedant n. | A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning |
| 96 | peddle v. | To go about with a small stock of goods to sell |
| 97 | pedestal n. | A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase |
| 98 | pedestrian n. | One who journeys on foot |
| 99 | pediatrics n. | The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood |
| 100 | pedigree n. | One’s line of ancestors |
| 101 | peddler n. | One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail |
| 102 | peerage n. | The nobility |
| 103 | peerless adj. | Of unequaled excellence or worth |
| 104 | peevish adj. | Petulant (irritable) |
| 105 | pellucid adj. | Translucent |
| 106 | penalty n. | The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law |
| 107 | penance n. | Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence |
| 108 | penchant n. | A bias in favor of something |
| 109 | pendant n. | Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use |
| 110 | pendulous adj. | Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part |
| 111 | pendulum n. | A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock |
| 112 | penetrable adj. | That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force |
| 113 | penetrate v. | To enter or force a way into the interior parts of |
| 114 | penetration n. | Discernment |
| 115 | peninsular adj. | Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water |
| 116 | penitence n. | Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone |
| 117 | penitential adj. | Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone |
| 118 | pennant n. | A small flag |
| 119 | pension n. | A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her |
| 120 | pentagram n. | A figure having five points or lobes |
| 121 | pentavalent adj. | Quinqeuvalent |
| 122 | pentad n. | The number five |
| 123 | pentagon n. | A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides |
| 124 | pentahedron n. | A solid bounded by five plane faces |
| 125 | pentameter n. | In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet |
| 126 | pentathlon n. | The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants |
| 127 | penultimate adj. | A syllable or member of a series that is last but one |
| 128 | penurious adj. | Excessively sparing in the use of money |
| 129 | penury n. | Indigence |
| 130 | perambulate v. | To walk about |
| 131 | perceive v. | To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses |
| 132 | perceptible adj. | Cognizable |
| 133 | perception n. | Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world |
| 134 | percipience n. | The act of perceiving |
| 135 | percipient n. | One who or that which perceives |
| 136 | percolate v. | To filter |
| 137 | percolator n. | A filter |
| 138 | percussion n. | The sharp striking of one body against another |
| 139 | peremptory adj. | Precluding question or appeal |
| 140 | perennial adj. | Continuing though the year or through many years |
| 141 | perfectible adj. | Capable of being made perfect |
| 142 | perfidy n. | Treachery |
| 143 | perforate v. | To make a hole or holes through |
| 144 | perform v. | To accomplish |
| 145 | perfumery n. | The preparation of perfumes |
| 146 | perfunctory adj. | Half-hearted |
| 147 | perhaps adv. | Possibly |
| 148 | perigee n. | The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth |
| 149 | periodicity n. | The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals |
| 150 | peripatetic adj. | Walking about |
| 151 | perjure v. | To swear falsely to |
| 152 | perjury n. | A solemn assertion of a falsity |
| 153 | permanence n. | A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature |
| 154 | permanent adj. | Durable |
| 155 | permeate v. | To pervade |
| 156 | permissible adj. | That may be allowed |
| 157 | permutation n. | Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items |
| 158 | pernicious adj. | Tending to kill or hurt |
| 159 | perpendicular adj. | Straight up and down |
| 160 | perpetrator n. | The doer of a wrong or a criminal act |
| 161 | perpetuate v. | To preserve from extinction or oblivion |
| 162 | perquisite n. | Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages |
| 163 | persecution n. | Harsh or malignant oppression |
| 164 | perseverance n. | A persistence in purpose and effort |
| 165 | persevere v. | To continue striving in spite of discouragements |
| 166 | persiflage n. | Banter |
| 167 | persist v. | To continue steadfast against opposition |
| 168 | persistence n. | A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like |
| 169 | personage n. | A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station |
| 170 | personal adj. | Not general or public |
| 171 | personality n. | The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual |
| 172 | personnel n. | The force of persons collectively employed in some service |
| 173 | perspective n. | The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view |
| 174 | perspicacious adj. | Astute |
| 175 | perspicacity n. | Acuteness or discernment |
| 176 | perspicuous adj. | Lucid |
| 177 | perspiration n. | Sweat |
| 178 | perspire v. | To excrete through the pores of the skin |
| 179 | persuade v. | To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection |
| 180 | persuadable adj. | capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings |
| 181 | pertinacious adj. | Persistent or unyielding |
| 182 | pertinacity n. | Unyielding adherence |
| 183 | pertinent adj. | Relevant |
| 184 | perturb v. | To disturb greatly |
| 185 | perturbation n. | Mental excitement or confusion |
| 186 | perusal n. | The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully |
| 187 | pervade v. | To pass or spread through every part |
| 188 | pervasion n. | The state of spreading through every part |
| 189 | pervasive adj. | Thoroughly penetrating or permeating |
| 190 | perverse adj. | Unreasonable |
| 191 | perversion n. | Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose |
| 192 | perversity n. | Wickedness |
| 193 | pervert n. | One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false |
| 194 | pervious adj. | Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance |
| 195 | pestilence n. | A raging epidemic |
| 196 | pestilent adj. | Having a malign influence or effect |
| 197 | pestilential adj. | having the nature of or breeding pestilence |
| 198 | peter v. | To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value |
| 199 | petrify v. | To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character |
| 200 | petulance n. | The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant |
| 201 | petulant adj. | Displaying impatience |
| 202 | pharmacopoeia n. | A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists |
| 203 | pharmacy n. | The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines |
| 204 | phenomenal adj. | Extraordinary or marvelous |
| 205 | phenomenon n. | Any unusual occurrence |
| 206 | philander v. | To play at courtship with a woman |
| 207 | philanthropic adj. | Benevolent |
| 208 | philanthropist n. | One who endeavors to help his fellow men |
| 209 | philanthropy n. | Active humanitarianism |
| 210 | philately n. | The study and collection of stamps |
| 211 | philharmonic adj. | Fond of music |
| 212 | philogynist n. | One who is fond of women |
| 213 | philologist n. | An expert in linguistics |
| 214 | philology n. | The study of language in connection with history and literature |
| 215 | philosophize v. | To seek ultimate causes and principles |
| 216 | philosophy n. | The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything |
| 217 | phlegmatic adj. | Not easily roused to feeling or action |
| 218 | phonetic adj. | Representing articulate sounds or speech |
| 219 | phonic adj. | Pertaining to the nature of sound |
| 220 | phonogram n. | A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound |
| 221 | phonology n. | The science of human vocal sounds |
| 222 | phosphorescence n. | The property of emitting light |
| 223 | photoelectric adj. | Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity |
| 224 | photometer n. | Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights |
| 225 | photometry n. | The art of measuring the intensity of light |
| 226 | physicist n. | A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy |
| 227 | physics n. | The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy |
| 228 | physiocracy n. | The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth |
| 229 | physiognomy n. | The external appearance merely |
| 230 | physiography n. | Description of nature |
| 231 | physiology n. | The science of organic functions |
| 232 | physique n. | The physical structure or organization of a person |
| 233 | picayune adj. | Of small value |
| 234 | piccolo n. | A small flute |
| 235 | piece n. | A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass |
| 236 | piecemeal adv. | Gradually |
| 237 | pillage n. | Open robbery, as in war |
| 238 | pillory n. | A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn |
| 239 | pincers n. | An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot |
| 240 | pinchers n. | An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot |
| 241 | pinnacle n. | A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak |
| 242 | pioneer n. | One among the first to explore a country |
| 243 | pious adj. | Religious |
| 244 | pique v. | To excite a slight degree of anger in |
| 245 | piteous adj. | Compassionate |
| 246 | pitiable adj. | Contemptible |
| 247 | pitiful adj. | Wretched |
| 248 | pitiless adj. | Hard-hearted |
| 249 | pittance n. | Any small portion or meager allowance |
| 250 | placate v. | To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness |
| 251 | placid adj. | Serene |
| 252 | plagiarism n. | The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one’s own |
| 253 | planisphere n. | A polar projection of the heavens on a chart |
| 254 | plasticity n. | The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed |
| 255 | platitude n. | A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace |
| 256 | plaudit n. | An expression of applause |
| 257 | plausible adj. | Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt |
| 258 | playful adj. | Frolicsome |
| 259 | playwright n. | A maker of plays for the stage |
| 260 | plea n. | An argument to obtain some desired action |
| 261 | pleasant adj. | Agreeable |
| 262 | pleasurable adj. | Affording gratification |
| 263 | plebeian adj. | Common |
| 264 | pledgee n. | The person to whom anything is pledged |
| 265 | pledgeor n. | One who gives a pledge |
| 266 | plenary adj. | Entire |
| 267 | plenipotentiary n. | A person fully empowered to transact any business |
| 268 | plenitude n. | Abundance |
| 269 | plenteous adj. | Abundant |
| 270 | plumb n. | A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something |
| 271 | plummet n. | A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical |
| 272 | pluperfect adj. | Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action |
| 273 | plural adj. | Containing or consisting of more than one |
| 274 | plurality n. | A majority |
| 275 | plutocracy n. | A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money |
| 276 | pneumatic adj. | Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas |
| 277 | poesy n. | Poetry |
| 278 | poetaster n. | An inferior poet |
| 279 | poetic adj. | Pertaining to poetry |
| 280 | poetics n. | The rules and principles of poetry |
| 281 | poignancy n. | Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief |
| 282 | poignant adj. | Severely painful or acute to the spirit |
| 283 | poise n. | Equilibrium |
| 284 | polar adj. | Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth |
| 285 | polemics n. | The art of controversy or disputation |
| 286 | pollen n. | The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant |
| 287 | pollute v. | To contaminate |
| 288 | polyarchy n. | Government by several or many persons of what-ever class |
| 289 | polycracy n. | The rule of many |
| 290 | polygamy n. | the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once |
| 291 | polyglot adj. | Speaking several tongues |
| 292 | polygon n. | A figure having many angles |
| 293 | polyhedron n. | A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four |
| 294 | polysyllable adj. | Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables |
| 295 | polytechnic adj. | Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts |
| 296 | polytheism n. | The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one |
| 297 | pommel v. | To beat with something thick or bulky |
| 298 | pomposity n. | The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner |
| 299 | pompous adj. | Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner |
| 300 | ponder v. | To meditate or reflect upon |
| 301 | ponderous adj. | Unusually weighty or forcible |
| 302 | pontiff n. | The Pope |
| 303 | populace n. | The common people |
| 304 | populous adj. | Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory |
| 305 | portend v. | To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs |
| 306 | portent n. | Anything that indicates what is to happen |
| 307 | portfolio n. | A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc |
| 308 | posit v. | To present in an orderly manner |
| 309 | position n. | The manner in which a thing is placed |
| 310 | positive adj. | Free from doubt or hesitation |
| 311 | posse n. | A force of men |
| 312 | possess v. | To own |
| 313 | possession n. | The having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command |
| 314 | possessive adj. | Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command |
| 315 | possessor n. | One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property |
| 316 | possible adj. | Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural |
| 317 | postdate v. | To make the date of any writing later than the real date |
| 318 | posterior n. | The hinder part |
| 319 | postgraduate adj. | Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree |
| 320 | postscript n. | Something added to a letter after the writer’s signature |
| 321 | potency n. | Power |
| 322 | potent adj. | Physically powerful |
| 323 | potentate n. | One possessed of great power or sway |
| 324 | potential n. | Anything that may be possible |
| 325 | potion n. | A dose of liquid medicine |
| 326 | powerless adj. | Impotent |
| 327 | practicable adj. | Feasible |
| 328 | prate v. | To talk about vainly or foolishly |
| 329 | prattle v. | To utter in simple or childish talk |
| 330 | preamble n. | A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows |
| 331 | precarious adj. | Perilous |
| 332 | precaution n. | A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger |
| 333 | precede v. | To happen first |
| 334 | precedence n. | Priority in place, time, or rank |
| 335 | precedent n. | An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule |
| 336 | precedential adj. | Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule |
| 337 | precession n. | The act of going forward |
| 338 | precipice n. | A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff |
| 339 | precipitant adj. | Moving onward quickly and heedlessly |
| 340 | precipitate v. | To force forward prematurely |
| 341 | precise adj. | Exact |
| 342 | precision n. | Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment |
| 343 | preclude v. | To prevent |
| 344 | precocious adj. | Having the mental faculties prematurely developed |
| 345 | precursor n. | A forerunner or herald |
| 346 | predatory adj. | Prone to pillaging |
| 347 | predecessor n. | An incumbent of a given office previous to another |
| 348 | predicament n. | A difficult, trying situation or plight |
| 349 | predicate v. | To state as belonging to something |
| 350 | predict v. | To foretell |
| 351 | prediction n. | A prophecy |
| 352 | predominance n. | Ascendancy or preponderance |
| 353 | predominant adj. | Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree |
| 354 | predominate v. | To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree |
| 355 | preeminence n. | Special eminence |
| 356 | preempt v. | To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land |
| 357 | preemption n. | The right or act of purchasing before others |
| 358 | preengage v. | To preoccupy |
| 359 | preestablish v. | To settle or arrange beforehand |
| 360 | preexist v. | To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else |
| 361 | preexistence n. | Existence antecedent to something |
| 362 | preface n. | A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book |
| 363 | prefatory adj. | Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book |
| 364 | prefer v. | To hold in higher estimation |
| 365 | preferable adj. | More desirable than others |
| 366 | preference n. | An object of favor or choice |
| 367 | preferential adj. | Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority |
| 368 | preferment n. | Preference |
| 369 | prefix v. | To attach at the beginning |
| 370 | prehensible adj. | Capable of being grasped |
| 371 | prehensile adj. | Adapted for grasping or holding |
| 372 | prehension n. | The act of laying hold of or grasping |
| 373 | prejudice n. | A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts |
| 374 | prelacy n. | A system of church government |
| 375 | prelate n. | One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy |
| 376 | prelude n. | An introductory or opening performance |
| 377 | premature adj. | Coming too soon |
| 378 | premier adj. | First in rank or position |
| 379 | premise n. | A judgment as a conclusion |
| 380 | premonition n. | Foreboding |
| 381 | preoccupation n. | The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied |
| 382 | preoccupy v. | To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects |
| 383 | preordain v. | To foreordain |
| 384 | preparation n. | An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event |
| 385 | preparatory adj. | Having to do with what is preliminary |
| 386 | preponderant adj. | Prevalent |
| 387 | preponderate v. | To exceed in influence or power |
| 388 | prepossession n. | A preconceived liking |
| 389 | preposterous adj. | Utterly ridiculous or absurd |
| 390 | prerogative adj. | Having superior rank or precedence |
| 391 | presage v. | To foretell |
| 392 | prescience n. | Knowledge of events before they take place |
| 393 | prescient adj. | Foreknowing |
| 394 | prescript adj. | Prescribed as a rule or model |
| 395 | prescriptible adj. | Derived from authoritative direction |
| 396 | prescription n. | An authoritative direction |
| 397 | presentient adj. | Perceiving or feeling beforehand |
| 398 | presentiment n. | Foreboding |
| 399 | presentment n. | Semblance |
| 400 | preservation n. | Conservation |
| 401 | presumption n. | That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved |
| 402 | presumptuous adj. | Assuming too much |
| 403 | pretension n. | A bold or presumptuous assertion |
| 404 | pretentious adj. | Marked by pretense, conceit, or display |
| 405 | preternatural adj. | Extraordinary |
| 406 | pretext n. | A fictitious reason or motive |
| 407 | prevalence n. | Frequency |
| 408 | prevalent adj. | Of wide extent or frequent occurrence |
| 409 | prevaricate v. | To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention |
| 410 | prevention n. | Thwarting |
| 411 | prickle v. | To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points |
| 412 | priggish adj. | Conceited |
| 413 | prim adj. | Stiffly proper |
| 414 | prima adj. | First |
| 415 | primer n. | An elementary reading-book for children |
| 416 | primeval adj. | Belonging to the first ages |
| 417 | primitive adj. | Pertaining to the beginning or early times |
| 418 | principal adj. | Most important |
| 419 | principality n. | The territory of a reigning prince |
| 420 | principle n. | A general truth or proposition |
| 421 | priory n. | A monastic house |
| 422 | pristine adj. | Primitive |
| 423 | privateer n. | A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war |
| 424 | privilege n. | A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions |
| 425 | privity n. | Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter |
| 426 | privy adj. | Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction |
| 427 | probate adj. | Relating to making proof, as of a will |
| 428 | probation n. | Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like |
| 429 | probe v. | To search through and through |
| 430 | probity n. | Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed |
| 431 | procedure n. | A manner or method of acting |
| 432 | proceed v. | To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption |
| 433 | proclamation n. | Any announcement made in a public manner |
| 434 | procrastinate v. | To put off till tomorrow or till a future time |
| 435 | procrastination n. | Delay |
| 436 | proctor n. | An agent acting for another |
| 437 | prodigal n. | One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property |
| 438 | prodigious adj. | Immense |
| 439 | prodigy n. | A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities |
| 440 | productive adj. | Yielding in abundance |
| 441 | profession n. | Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines |
| 442 | professor n. | A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college |
| 443 | proffer v. | To offer to another for acceptance |
| 444 | proficiency n. | An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science |
| 445 | proficient adj. | Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry |
| 446 | profile n. | An outline or contour |
| 447 | profiteer n. | One who profits |
| 448 | profligacy n. | Shameless viciousness |
| 449 | profligate adj. | Abandoned to vice |
| 450 | profuse adj. | Produced or displayed in overabundance |
| 451 | progeny n. | Offspring |
| 452 | progression n. | A moving forward or proceeding in course |
| 453 | prohibition n. | A decree or an order forbidding something |
| 454 | prohibitionist n. | One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages |
| 455 | prohibitory adj. | Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| 456 | projection n. | A prominence |
| 457 | proletarian n. | A person of the lowest or poorest class |
| 458 | prolific adj. | Producing offspring or fruit |
| 459 | prolix adj. | Verbose |
| 460 | prologue n. | A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance |
| 461 | prolong v. | To extend in time or duration |
| 462 | promenade v. | To walk for amusement or exercise |
| 463 | prominence n. | The quality of being noticeable or distinguished |
| 464 | prominent adj. | Conspicuous in position, character, or importance |
| 465 | promiscuous adj. | Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex) |
| 466 | promissory adj. | Expressing an engagement to pay |
| 467 | promontory n. | A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea |
| 468 | promoter n. | A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager |
| 469 | promulgate v. | To proclaim |
| 470 | propaganda n. | Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system |
| 471 | propagate v. | To spread abroad or from person to person |
| 472 | propel v. | To drive or urge forward |
| 473 | propellant adj. | Propelling |
| 474 | propeller n. | One who or that which propels |
| 475 | prophecy n. | Any prediction or foretelling |
| 476 | prophesy v. | To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance |
| 477 | propitious adj. | Kindly disposed |
| 478 | proportionate adj. | Being in proportion |
| 479 | propriety n. | Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles |
| 480 | propulsion n. | A driving onward or forward |
| 481 | prosaic adj. | Unimaginative |
| 482 | proscenium n. | That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra |
| 483 | proscribe v. | To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation |
| 484 | proscription n. | Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege |
| 485 | proselyte n. | One who has been won over from one religious belief to another |
| 486 | prosody n. | The science of poetical forms |
| 487 | prospector n. | One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals |
| 488 | prospectus n. | A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking |
| 489 | prostrate adj. | Lying prone, or with the head to the ground |
| 490 | protagonist n. | A leader in any enterprise or contest |
| 491 | protection n. | Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil |
| 492 | protective adj. | Sheltering |
| 493 | protector n. | A defender |
| 494 | protege n. | One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person |
| 495 | Protestant n. | A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment |
| 496 | protomartyr n. | The earliest victim in any cause |
| 497 | protocol n. | A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty |
| 498 | protoplasm n. | The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell |
| 499 | prototype n. | A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit |
| 500 | protract v. | To prolong |
| 501 | protrude v. | To push out or thrust forth |
| 502 | protrusion n. | The act of protruding |
| 503 | protuberance n. | Something that swells out from a surrounding surface |
| 504 | protuberant adj. | Bulging |
| 505 | protuberate v. | To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface |
| 506 | proverb n. | A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience |
| 507 | provident adj. | Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies |
| 508 | providential adj. | Effected by divine guidance |
| 509 | provincial adj. | Uncultured in thought and manner |
| 510 | proviso n. | A clause in a contract, will, etc , by which its operation is rendered conditional |
| 511 | provocation n. | An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment |
| 512 | prowess n. | Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle |
| 513 | proximately adv. | Immediately |
| 514 | proxy n. | A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter |
| 515 | prudence n. | Caution |
| 516 | prudential adj. | Proceeding or marked by caution |
| 517 | prudery n. | An undue display of modesty or delicacy |
| 518 | prurient adj. | Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires |
| 519 | pseudapostle n. | A pretended or false apostle |
| 520 | pseudonym n. | A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer |
| 521 | pseudonymity n. | The state or character of using a fictitious name |
| 522 | psychiatry n. | The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease |
| 523 | psychic adj. | Pertaining to the mind or soul |
| 524 | psychopathic adj. | Morally irresponsible |
| 525 | psychotherapy n. | The treatment of mental disease |
| 526 | pudgy adj. | Small and fat |
| 527 | puerile adj. | Childish |
| 528 | pugnacious adj. | Quarrelsome |
| 529 | puissant adj. | Possessing strength |
| 530 | pulmonary adj. | Pertaining to the lungs |
| 531 | punctilious adj. | Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom |
| 532 | punctual adj. | Observant and exact in points of time |
| 533 | pungent adj. | Affecting the sense of smell |
| 534 | pungency n. | The quality of affecting the sense of smell |
| 535 | punitive adj. | Pertaining to punishment |
| 536 | pupilage n. | The state or period of being a student |
| 537 | purgatory n. | An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering |
| 538 | purl v. | To cause to whirl, as in an eddy |
| 539 | purloin v. | To steal |
| 540 | purport n. | Intent |
| 541 | purveyor n. | one who supplies |
| 542 | pusillanimous adj. | Without spirit or bravery |
| 543 | putrescent adj. | Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors |
| 544 | pyre n. | A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body |
| 545 | pyromania n. | An insane propensity to set things on fire |
| 546 | pyrotechnic adj. | Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture |
| 547 | pyx n. | A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved |