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"P" GRE Vocabulary
"P" Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| palliate | to make something appear less serious; to make less severe |
| panegyric | formal praise |
| pariah | an outcast; a rejected and despised person |
| parody | a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art |
| parsimonious | cheap; miserly |
| partisan | biased or prejudiced |
| paucity | scarcity |
| peccadillo | a slight offense; literally, a minor sin |
| pecuniary | having to do with money |
| pedagogy | the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing |
| pedantic | the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
| pellucid | transparent; easy to understand |
| penchant | strong inclination; a liking |
| penury | poverty; destitution |
| perennial | recurrent throughout the year or over many years; happening repeatedly or continually |
| perfunctory | done without care or interest; done merely as a duty |
| perigee | the point nearest the earth in an orbit of a body |
| peripatetic | itinerant; traveling on foot |
| personable | pleasing in appearance or personality |
| peruse | to examine with great care |
| pervade | to permeate |
| pervasive | having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
| petulant | ill-tempered; irritable |
| phlegmatic | calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| pine | to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
| pirate | to illegally use or reproduce |
| pith | the essential or central part |
| pithy | precise and brief |
| placate | to appease; to calm by making concessions |
| platitude | a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful |
| plethora | an overabundance; a surplus |
| plummet | to plunge or drop straight down |
| polemical | controversial; argumentative |
| pragmatic | practical rather than idealistic |
| prattle | to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
| preen | to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
| prescience | knowing of events prior to their occurring |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties |
| prevaricate | to deliberately avoid the truth; mislead |
| pristine | pure; uncorrupted; clean |
| probity | adherence to highest principles; uprightness |
| proclivity | a natural predisposition or inclination |
| prodigal | recklessly wasteful; extravagant |
| prodigious | abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
| profligate | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
| profuse | given or coming forth in great abundance |
| proliferate | to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency |
| prosaic | dull; unimaginative |
| protracted | extended in time |
| prowess | superior skill or daring |
| pugnacious | contentious; quarrelsome; given to fighting |
| pundit | an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions |
| pungent | characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; craven |
| putrefy | to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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