Words That Start With The Letter P

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palatial

Back 1

relating to a palace; magnificent

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palliate

Back 2

to make less serious; to ease

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pallid

Back 3

lacking color or liveliness

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panache

Back 4

flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve

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panegyric

Back 5

elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

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panoply

Back 6

impressive array

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paradox

Back 7

a contradiction or dilemma

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paragon

Back 8

model of excellence or perfection

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pare

Back 9

to trim off excess; to reduce

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pariah

Back 10

an outcast

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parley

Back 11

discussion, usually between enemies

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parry

Back 12

to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer

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pastiche

Back 13

a piece of literature or music imitating other works

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pathogenic

Back 14

causing disease

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peccadillo

Back 15

a minor sin or offense

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pedant

Back 16

someone who shows off learning

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pejorative

Back 17

having bad connotations; disparaging

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penury

Back 18

an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty

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peregrinate

Back 19

to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot

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perfidious

Back 20

willing to betray someone's trust

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perspicacious

Back 21

shrewd, astute, or keen-witted

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perfunctory

Back 22

done in a routine way; indifferent

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peripatetic

Back 23

wandering from place to place, especially on foot

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permeate

Back 24

to penetrate

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pervade

Back 25

to be present throughout; to permeate

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phalanx

Back 26

a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things

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philanthropy

Back 27

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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philistine

Back 28

a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

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phlegmatic

Back 29

calm and unemotional in temperament

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pithy

Back 30

profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point

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placate

Back 31

to soothe or pacify

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plastic

Back 32

able to be molded, altered, or bent

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plebeian

Back 33

crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners

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plethora

Back 34

excess

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plucky

Back 35

courageous; spunky

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polemic

Back 36

controversy; argument; verbal attack

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politic

Back 37

shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic

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polyglot

Back 38

a speaker of many languages

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posit

Back 39

to assume as real or conceded; to propose as an explanation

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potentate

Back 40

a monarch or ruler with great power

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pragmatic

Back 41

practical, as opposed to idealistic

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prattle

Back 42

meaningless, foolish talk

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precipitate

Back 43

thrown violently or brought about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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precis

Back 44

short summary of facts

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prescient

Back 45

having foresight

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prevaricate

Back 46

to lie or deviate from the truth

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pristine

Back 47

fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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probity

Back 48

complete honesty and integrity

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proclivity

Back 49

a natural inclination or predisposition

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prodigal

Back 50

lavish; wasteful

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profligate

Back 51

corrupt; degenerate

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proliferate

Back 52

to increase in number quickly

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propitiate

Back 53

to conciliate; to appease

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propriety

Back 54

the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs

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prudence

Back 55

wisdom, caution, or restraint

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peurile

Back 56

childish, immature, or silly

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pugilism

Back 57

boxing

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pulchritude

Back 58

beauty

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pungent

Back 59

sharp and irritating to the senses

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pusillanimous

Back 60

cowardly; without courage