Quizlet sat words 'p'

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  1. paraphernalia: Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
  2. pare: To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
  3. parentage: The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
  4. Pariah: A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
  5. parish: The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
  6. parity: Equality, as of condition or rank.
  7. parlance: Mode of speech.
  8. parley: To converse in.
  9. parody: To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
  10. paronymous: Derived from the same root or primitive word.
  11. paroxysm: A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
  12. parricide: The murder of a parent.
  13. parse: To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
  14. parsimonious: Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
  15. partible: Separable.
  16. partisan: Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
  17. passible: Capable of feeling of suffering.
  18. passive: Unresponsive.
  19. pastoral: Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
  20. pathos: The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
  21. patriarch: The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
  22. patrician: Of senatorial or noble rank.
  23. patrimony: An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
  24. patronize: To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
  25. patronymic: Formed after one's father's name.
  26. patter: To mumble something over and over.
  27. paucity: Fewness.
  28. pauper: One without means of support.
  29. pauperism: Dependence on charity.
  30. pavilion: An open structure for temporary shelter.
  31. peccable: Capable of sinning.
  32. peccadillo: A small breach of propriety or principle.
  33. peccant: Guilty.
  34. pectoral: Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
  35. pecuniary: Consisting of money.
  36. pedagogics: The science and art of teaching.
  37. pedagogue: A schoolmaster.