Quizlet SAT words from 'pious' to 'polygon'

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  1. pious: Religious.
  2. pique: To excite a slight degree of anger in.
  3. piteous: Compassionate.
  4. pitiable: Contemptible.
  5. pitiful: Wretched.
  6. pitiless: Hard-hearted.
  7. pittance: Any small portion or meager allowance.
  8. placate: To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
  9. placid: Serene.
  10. plagiarism: The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.
  11. planisphere: A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
  12. plasticity: The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
  13. platitude: A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
  14. plaudit: An expression of applause.
  15. plausible: Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
  16. playful: Frolicsome.
  17. playwright: A maker of plays for the stage.
  18. plea: An argument to obtain some desired action.
  19. pleasant: Agreeable.
  20. pleasurable: Affording gratification.
  21. plebeian: Common.
  22. pledgee: The person to whom anything is pledged.
  23. pledgeor: One who gives a pledge.
  24. plenary: Entire.
  25. plenipotentiary: A person fully empowered to transact any business.
  26. plenitude: Abundance.
  27. plenteous: Abundant.
  28. plumb: A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
  29. plummet: A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
  30. pluperfect: Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
  31. plural: Containing or consisting of more than one.
  32. plurality: A majority.
  33. plutocracy: A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
  34. pneumatic: Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
  35. poesy: Poetry.
  36. poetaster: An inferior poet.
  37. poetic: Pertaining to poetry.
  38. poetics: The rules and principles of poetry.
  39. poignancy: Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
  40. poignant: Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
  41. poise: Equilibrium.
  42. polar: Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
  43. polemics: The art of controversy or disputation.
  44. pollen: The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
  45. pollute: To contaminate.
  46. polyarchy: Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
  47. polycracy: The rule of many.
  48. polygamy: the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
  49. polyglot: Speaking several tongues.
  50. polygon: A figure having many angles.