P's, Q's, R's

Question 1

paradox

Answer 1

a contradiction or dilemma

Question 2

paragon

Answer 2

model of excellence or perfection

Question 3

pedant

Answer 3

someone who shows off learning

Question 4

perfidious

Answer 4

willing to betray one’s trust

Question 5

perfunctory

Answer 5

done in a routine way; indifferent

Question 6

permeate

Answer 6

to penetrate (permeate stains & dissolve them)

Question 7

philanthropy

Answer 7

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

Question 8

placate

Answer 8

to soothe or pacify

Question 9

plastic

Answer 9

able to be molded, altered, or bent

Question 10

plethora

Answer 10

excess

Question 11

pragmatic

Answer 11

practical as opposed to idealistic

Question 12

precipitate

Answer 12

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation (precipitate marriage after knowing each other from 2 months)

Question 13

prevaricate

Answer 13

to lie or deviate from the truth

Question 14

pristine

Answer 14

fresh and clean; uncorrupted

Question 15

prodigal

Answer 15

lavish, wasteful

Question 16

proliferate

Answer 16

to increase in number quickly

Question 17

propitiate

Answer 17

to conciliate; to appease (mollify, satisfy, placate)

Question 18

propriety

Answer 18

correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Question 19

prudence

Answer 19

wisdom, caution or restraint

Question 20

pungent

Answer 20

sharp and irritating to the senses

Question 21

quiescent

Answer 21

motionless

Question 22

rarefy

Answer 22

to make thinner or sparser

Question 23

repudiate

Answer 23

to reject the validity of

Question 24

reticent

Answer 24

silent, reserved

Question 25

rhetoric

Answer 25

effective writing or speaking