Quizlet Kaplan SAT Word List: "P" Words

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  1. paean: A tribute, song, or expression of praise
  2. palatial: Pertaining to a palace; magnificent
  3. palimpest: An object or place having diverse layers or aspects underneath the surface
  4. palpable: Capable of being touched or felt; tangible; easily perceived
  5. paltry: Pitifully small or worthless
  6. panache: A grand, showy manner or style
  7. pandemic: Occuring over a vast geographic area and affecting a large number of people
  8. panegyric: Elaborate praise
  9. paradigm: An example used as a model
  10. paragon: A model or profile of excellence or perfection
  11. paramount: Supreme; of the utmost importance
  12. pare: To trim off the excess, reduce
  13. pariah: An outcast
  14. patent: Obvious; evident; blatant
  15. pathogenic: Causing disease
  16. patrician: Superior; aristocratic
  17. patronize: To have an air of condescension towards; to buy from
  18. peculate: To use or take dishonestly
  19. pecuniary: Relating to money
  20. pellucid: Clear in meaning or style; simple to understand
  21. penchant: An inclination toward; a liking; a favor of
  22. penitent: Expressing remorse or sorrow for sins or offenses
  23. penury: An oppresive lack of resources; extreme poverty
  24. peregrinate: To travel on foot
  25. phalanx: A close-knit body of people, animals, or things
  26. philistine: A person who disregards intellectual and artistic values
  27. philology: The study of ancient writings, texts, and languages
  28. phlegmatic: Having a sluggish; unemotional personality
  29. pique: To arouse anger or resentment in; to agitate or provoke
  30. plaintive: Expressive of suffering or woe
  31. platitude: An overused, worn remark
  32. plebeian: Crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
  33. plucky: Courageous; sounky
  34. politic: Shrewd or crafty in managing or coping with things
  35. polyglot: A speaker of multiple languages
  36. pore: To read studiously or attentively
  37. portentious: Foreshadowing; ominous; causing amazement or wonder
  38. posit: To assume as real or factual; to adapt as an explanation
  39. potable: Suitable for drinking
  40. potentate: A ruler or sovereign; one who possesses immense power
  41. precarious: Lacking in secruty or stability; dependent on chance or certain circumstances
  42. preciptous: Steep
  43. presage: Something that foreshadows or predicts; a feeling of what might occur in the near future
  44. prestidigitation: A cleverly executed trick or illusion; sleight of hand
  45. preternatural: Existing outside of nature; supernatural
  46. primeval: Ancient; primitive
  47. prodigal: Wastefully extravagant
  48. proffer: To offer for acceptance
  49. progenitor: An ancestor in direct lineage; forefather, founder
  50. proliferate: To grow by rapid production of new parts; increase in quantity
  51. promulgate: To make known by open declaration
  52. propensity: A natural inclination or preference
  53. prosaic: Straightforward; lacking in creativity; dull; having the characteristic of prose (opposed to poetry)
  54. proscribe: To forbid as illegal or harmful
  55. provicial: Limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated
  56. proxy: A person authorized to act for another person
  57. pseudonym: A fictitious name (pen name), usually adopted by authors to conceal their identity
  58. pugilism: Boxing
  59. punctilious: Concerned about precise, accurate details about codes or conventions
  60. pundit: One who gives opinions in a authoritative, high manner
  61. purloin: To steal, rob
  62. purport: To deliberately present a false apperance; to profess or claim
  63. pussiant: Powerful