Barrons P word list

Sree Harsha T. (India)
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  1. pyromaniac
    a person with a mania for setting things on fire
  2. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  3. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  4. putative
    purported
  5. pushy
    marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
  6. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  7. purse
    a container used for carrying money and small personal items
  8. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  9. purgatory
    a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
  10. puny
    of inferior size
  11. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  12. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  13. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  14. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  15. pummel
    strike, usually with the fist
  16. pulverize
    make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  17. pulse
    the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ
  18. pulsate
    expand and contract rhythmically
  19. pulpit
    a platform raised to give prominence to the person on it
  20. pulmonary
    relating to or affecting the lungs
  21. puissant
    powerful
  22. pugilist
    someone who fights with fists for sport
  23. pucker
    gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  24. pterodactyl
    extinct flying reptile
  25. psychosomatic
    used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
  26. psychosis
    severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost
  27. psychopathic
    suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
  28. psychic
    a person sensitive to things beyond natural perception
  29. pseudonym
    a fake name used to engage in some activity
  30. pry
    be nosey
  31. prune
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  32. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  33. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  34. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  35. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  36. provision
    the activity of supplying something
  37. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  38. provenance
    where something originated or started
  39. protuberance
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
  40. protrude
    extend out or project in space
  41. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  42. protean
    taking on different forms
  43. prosperous
    in fortunate circumstances financially
  44. prosper
    make steady progress
  45. prosody
    the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  46. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  47. proscribe
    command against
  48. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  49. propriety
    correct behavior
  50. propound
    put forward, as of an idea
  51. propitiate
    make peace with
  52. prophylactic
    preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  53. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  54. propensity
    a natural inclination
  55. pronounced
    strongly marked; easily noticeable
  56. prone
    having a tendency
  57. promulgate
    state or announce
  58. prompt
    according to schedule or without delay
  59. promote
    assign to a higher position
  60. prolong
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  61. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  62. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  63. prohibitive
    tending to discourage, especially of prices
  64. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  65. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  66. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  67. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  68. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  69. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  70. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  71. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  72. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  73. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  74. procurement
    the act of getting possession of something
  75. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  76. problematic
    making great mental demands
  77. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  78. probe
    an exploratory action or expedition
  79. prize
    something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
  80. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  81. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  82. primp
    dress or groom with elaborate care
  83. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  84. primogeniture
    right of inheritance belonging exclusively to the eldest son
  85. prime
    of or relating to the first or originating agent
  86. primate
    any mammal of the group including monkeys, apes, and humans
  87. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  88. prey
    animal hunted or caught for food
  89. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  90. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  91. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  92. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  93. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  94. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  95. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
  96. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  97. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  98. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  99. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  100. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  101. premeditate
    consider, ponder, or plan beforehand
  102. prelude
    something that introduces what follows
  103. prelate
    a senior clergyman and dignitary
  104. prehensile
    adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
  105. prefigure
    indicate by signs; be an early indication of
  106. prefatory
    serving as an introduction or preface
  107. preen
    clean with one's bill
  108. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  109. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  110. predispose
    make susceptible
  111. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  112. predetermine
    establish beforehand
  113. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  114. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  115. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  116. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  117. precipitous
    extremely steep
  118. precipitant
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  119. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  120. precinct
    an administrative district of a city or town
  121. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  122. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  123. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  124. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  125. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  126. prank
    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  127. prance
    move or step in a lively, spirited, or showy way
  128. practical
    guided by experience and observation rather than theory
  129. practicable
    capable of being done with means at hand
  130. potion
    a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
  131. potent
    having or wielding force or authority
  132. potable
    suitable for drinking
  133. postulate
    maintain or assert
  134. postmortem
    occurring or done after death
  135. posterity
    all future generations
  136. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  137. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  138. portend
    indicate by signs
  139. porridge
    soft food made by boiling meal or legumes in water or milk
  140. porous
    full of holes
  141. pore
    any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid
  142. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  143. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  144. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  145. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  146. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  147. polarity
    a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
  148. poise
    hold or carry in equilibrium
  149. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  150. podiatrist
    a specialist in care for the feet
  151. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  152. plumber
    a specialist who installs and repairs pipes
  153. plumb
    exactly vertical
  154. plumage
    the covering of feathers on a bird
  155. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  156. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  157. plenitude
    a full supply
  158. plenary
    full in all respects
  159. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  160. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  161. plaudit
    enthusiastic approval
  162. platonic
    free from physical desire
  163. plasticity
    the property of being physically malleable
  164. plaster
    a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water
  165. plane
    an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  166. plait
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  167. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  168. plagiarize
    take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
  169. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  170. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  171. pivotal
    being of crucial importance
  172. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  173. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  174. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  175. pitfall
    an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
  176. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  177. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  178. pinnace
    a boat for communication between ship and shore
  179. pinion
    wing of a bird
  180. pine
    a coniferous tree
  181. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  182. pigment
    dry coloring material
  183. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  184. piebald
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  185. physiognomy
    the human face
  186. phylum
    the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
  187. Phoenix
    the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
  188. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  189. philology
    the humanistic study of language and literature
  190. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  191. philatelist
    a collector and student of postage stamps
  192. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  193. pharisee
    a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
  194. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  195. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
  196. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  197. petrify
    change into stone
  198. pervert
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  199. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  200. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  201. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  202. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  203. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  204. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  205. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  206. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  207. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  208. persist
    refuse to stop
  209. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  210. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  211. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  212. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  213. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  214. permissive
    not strict in discipline
  215. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
  216. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  217. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  218. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  219. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  220. perfidious
    tending to betray
  221. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  222. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  223. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
  224. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  225. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  226. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  227. penology
    the branch of criminology concerned with prison management
  228. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
  229. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  230. pen
    a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  231. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  232. pell-mell
    in a wild or reckless manner
  233. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  234. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  235. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  236. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  237. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  238. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  239. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  240. patronize
    provide support for
  241. patrimony
    an inheritance coming by right of birth
  242. patriarch
    the male head of family or tribe
  243. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  244. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  245. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  246. pathetic
    deserving or inciting pity
  247. pastry
    any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
  248. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  249. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  250. paste
    an adhesive made from water and flour or starch
  251. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  252. pass off
    cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
  253. passe
    out of fashion
  254. parvenu
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  255. partition
    separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
  256. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  257. partiality
    an inclination to favor one group or view over alternatives
  258. partial
    being or affecting only a segment
  259. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  260. parry
    impede the movement of
  261. parquet
    a floor made of a patterned wood inlay
  262. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  263. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  264. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  265. parity
    functional equality
  266. parish
    a local church community
  267. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  268. pare
    strip the skin off
  269. parchment
    a superior paper resembling sheepskin
  270. parasite
    an animal or plant that lives in or on a host
  271. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  272. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  273. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
  274. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  275. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  276. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  277. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  278. parable
    a short moral story
  279. papyrus
    tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber
  280. pang
    a sudden sharp feeling
  281. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  282. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  283. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  284. pandemic
    existing everywhere
  285. pan
    shallow container made of metal
  286. palm
    the inner surface of the hand
  287. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  288. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  289. pallet
    a hand tool with a flat blade for mixing and shaping clay
  290. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  291. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  292. palette
    a board on which an artist mixes paints
  293. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  294. palate
    the surface of the mouth separating oral and nasal cavities
  295. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  296. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  297. pachyderm
    a large mammal with thick skin, such as an elephant or hippo
  298. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  299. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
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