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PENURIOUS

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