P Flashcards
Pacify
To quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of
To bring peace to
Pact
A formal agreement
Palpable
Obvious, evident
Capable of being touched or felt
Paltry
Ridiculously or insultingly small
Completely worthless
Mean or contemptible
Paradigm
A model or typical example of something
Parody
In imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with exaggeration for comic effect
Parsimonious
Stingy or frugal
Particle
A small portion of matter
Partisan
A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
Prejudiced in favor of a particular cause
A member of an armed group formed to secretly fight against an occupying force
Patron
A person who gives support to a person, organization, cause, or activity
A regular customer
Peak
The pointed top of a mountain
To reach a highest point
Greatest, maximum
Pedestrian
Lacking inspiration or excitement, dull
Permeate
To spread throughout something
Perpetuate
To make an undesirable situation continue indefinitely, preserve
Perplexed
Completely baffled or puzzled
Persevere
To continue in s course of action even in the face of difficulty
Persist
To continue firmly it obstinately in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure
Perturb
To make someone anxious or unsettled
Something tending to get its normal state of path
Plea
An urgent and emotional request
A formal statement about one’s guilt or innocence
Plight
A dangerous or difficult situation
Pluck
Spirited and determined courage
Plunder
To steal goods using force during a time of war or civil disorder
The violent and dishonest acquisition of property
Pompous
Excessively elevated or ornate
Arrogant
Relating to or suggestive of pomp or splendor
Porous
Having or full of pores
Containing vessels
Permeable to fluids or outside influences
Capable of being penetrated
Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically
Precipitate
To cause a bad situation to happen suddenly
Done, made, or acting suddenly without careful consideration
Precise
Marked by exactness and accuracy
Precocious
(Of a child) having developed certain abilities or qualities salt an earlier age than usual
Predicament
A difficult, unpleasant, it embarrassing situation
Prediction
A thing predicted, a forecast
Predominate
To be the strongest or main element, to. E greater in number or amount
To have or exert control or power
Prejudiced
Biased in a bigoted or discriminatory manner
Presume
To assume
To be audacious enough to do something
Pretentious
Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed
Prevalent
Widespread in a particular area at a particular time
Primary
Of chief importance
First
A part of an election
Pristine
In its original condition
Clean and fresh, spotless
Prominent
Important, famous
Protruding
Eye catching, attracting attention
Prone
Likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, susceptible, vulnerable
Lying flat and facing downwards
Prophesy
To say that specified thing will happen in the future
Prototype
A first, typical, or preliminary model of something from which other forms are developed or copied
Provoke
To stimulate a strong and unwelcome reaction or emotion in someone
Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
Pungent
Having an unpleasantly sharp or strong taste or smell
(Of comment, criticism, or humor) having a sharp and caustic quality
Puny
Small and weak
Puzzled
Perplexed
Personify
To give a nonhuman figure human features or abilities
Pervasive
Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people
Pessimistic
Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen
Petty
Of little importance
(Of a behavior) characterized by an undue concern for trivial matters in a small-minded or spiteful say
Of secondary or lessor importance, rank, or scale
Pigment
The natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue
To color something
Pilfer
To steal things if relatively little value
Pinnacle
The most successful point
A high pointed piece of rock
Pious
Devoutly religious
Hypocritical
(Of a hope) sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled
Dutiful or loyal
Placate
To make someone less angry or hostile
Plausible
(Of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable
(Of a person) skilled at producing persuasive arguments
