Letter P Vocab

Question 1

pacifist

Answer 1

a person opposed to war/violence

Question 2

panacea

Answer 2

cure-all, remedy for disease, solution to problems

Question 3

paragon

Answer 3

model of perfection/excellence, example of perfection

Question 4

paucity

Answer 4

scarcity, insufficiency, fewness

Question 5

pedagogy

Answer 5

teaching, education

Question 6

plebeian

Answer 6

low class, common people

Question 7

prowess

Answer 7

exceptional bravery/skill/ability

Question 8

pugilist

Answer 8

boxer, person who fights with fists

Question 9

parsimonious

Answer 9

frugal, stingy

Question 10

pedantic

Answer 10

concerned with minute details (especially in teaching)

Question 11

pithy

Answer 11

concise, brief, forceful, terse

Question 12

pliable

Answer 12

easily bent, flexible

Question 13

precocious

Answer 13

prematurely developed

Question 14

pristine

Answer 14

untouched, clean, uncorrupted

Question 15

prodigal

Answer 15

wasteful, profuse, extravagant

Question 16

prolix

Answer 16

wordy, long

Question 17

prosaic

Answer 17

dull, unimaginative, ordinary

Question 18

puerile

Answer 18

immature, childish, trivial

Question 19

puissant

Answer 19

powerful, mighty, potent

Question 20

pusillanimous

Answer 20

cowardly, timid, lacking courage

Question 21

to peruse

Answer 21

read with thoroughness, survey, examine; scan, browse
**contronym: word w/ 2 opposite meanings

Question 22

to plummet

Answer 22

plunge, fall; fathom, measure

Question 23

pa

Answer 23

to protect, to feed

Question 24

pre-/pro-

Answer 24

before

Question 25

post

Answer 25

after

Question 26

proto

Answer 26

first, origin