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philanthropist--precedent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| philanthropist | lover of mankind |
| philatelist | stamp collector |
| philistine | narrow minded person |
| philology | study of language |
| phlegmatic | calm |
| phoenix | symbol of immortality |
| physiognomy | face |
| piebald | of different colors,mottled,spotted |
| piecemeal | one part at a time,gradually |
| pied | varigated,multicolored |
| piety | devoutness,reverence for God |
| pillage | loot,plunder |
| pillory | punish by placing in a wooden frame,subject to critism and ridicule |
| pine | languish,decline,long for,yearn |
| pinion | restrain |
| piquant | pleasantly tart-tasting,stimulating |
| pique(n) | irritation |
| pique(v) | provoke/arouse/annoy |
| piscatorial | pertaining to fishing |
| pith | core/essence/substance |
| pithy | concise/meaningful/substantial/meaty |
| pittance | a small allowance |
| placate | pacify/concilate |
| placebo | harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill |
| plagiarize | steal another's idea and pass them off as one's own |
| plaintive | mournful |
| plait | braid.intertwine |
| platitude | flat or trite remark,commonplace statement |
| platonic | purely spiritual,theoritical,without sensual desire |
| plaudit | enthusiatic approval,round of applause |
| plausible | having a show of truth but open for doubt,specious |
| plebeian | common |
| plenary | complete/full |
| plentitude | abundance |
| plethora | excess |
| pliable | flexible,pliant |
| plight | condition |
| pluck | courage |
| plumb(v) | examine critically in order to understand,measure depth by sounding |
| plumb(adj) | vertical |
| plummet | fall sharply |
| plutocracy | society ruled by the wealthy |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving,keenness of emotion |
| polemic | controversy |
| politic | prudent,expedient,well devised |
| polyglot | speaking several languages |
| pomposity | excessive self-esteem |
| ponderous | weighty,unwieldy,clumsy,lacking grace |
| pontificial | pertaining to bishop/pope,pompous/pertentious |
| portend | fortell,presage |
| portent | sign,omen,forewarning |
| portly | stout,corpulent |
| poseur | person who pretends to be sophisticated to impress others |
| posterity | descendents |
| posture | assume an affected pose,acting artificially |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| potent | powerful,persuasive |
| potentate | monarch,sovereign |
| potion | dose of liquid |
| potpouri | heterogenous mixture,medley |
| poultice | soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body |
| pragmatic | practical |
| prate | speak foolishly,boast idly |
| prattle | babble(talk excessively and meaningless with sounds),childish talk etc |
| precarious | uncertain,risky |
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