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PENURIOUS
(adj) stingy; extremely poor
PERFUNCTORY
(adj) superficial; not thorough
PERIPHERAL
(adj) marginal; outer
PERVASIVE
(adj) spread throughout; permeating
PHILANTHROPIST
(n) lover of mankind; doer of good
PIETY
(n) religious devotion; godliness
PILFER
(v) to steal insignificant items
PINION
(v) to restrain by binding the arms; to hold fast
PINNACLE
(n) the highest point; a spire
PLACATE
(v) pacify; conciliate
PLATEAU
(n) elevated relatively level land
PLUMMET
(v) to fall or plunge straight downward
POGROM
(n) an organized persecution or massacre
POLYGLOT
(adj) using several languages
PONDEROUS
(adj) weighty; heavy; unwieldy
POSH
(adj) elegant; fashionable
POTABLE
(adj) fit to drink
PRAGMATIC
(adj) practical; concerned w/practical matters
PRECARIOUS
(adj) dangerous, risky; dependent on chance
PRECLUDE
(v) to make impossible; eliminate
PRECOCIOUS
(adj) advanced in development
PREDILECTION
(n) partiality; preference
PRESTIGIOUS
(adj) esteemed; celebrated
PREVALENT
(adj) widespread; generally accepted
PRODIGAL
(adj) extravagant; wasteful
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