- PANACEA Dictionary lookup
: A remedy for all ills - seeking a panacea to cure our social troubles.
Synonym: nostrum
- PECCADILLO Dictionary lookup
: A petty fault-possesses one peccadillo among his many virtues.
Synonyms: frailty, foible, flaw, blemish
- PECUNIARY Dictionary lookup
: Pertaining to money - involved in pecuniary difficulties.
Synonyms; financial, fiscal, monetary
- PENSIVE Dictionary lookup
: Sadly thoughtful - softly sang his pensive song.
Synonyms: reflective, meditative, contemplative, musing
- PEREMPTORY Dictionary lookup
: Positive in expressing an opinion - gave a peremptory judgment.
Synonyms:decisive, resolute, imperious, positive, dogmatic
Antonyms:indecisive, tentative
- PERTINACIOUS Dictionary lookup
: Clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose - pertinacious in his efforts.
Synonyms:obdurate, tenacious, persistent, persevering, intractable, inflexible
- PERUSE Dictionary lookup
: To read carefully - perused the important letter.
405. PERVERSE: Willfully bent on doing the wrong thing - a perverse lad, always disobeying his parents.
Synonyms:headstrong, froward, refractory, wayward, fractious
- PETRIFY Dictionary lookup
: To paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise - petrified by the enemy bombardment.
Synonyms:stupefy, stun, bewilder, amaze
- PLEBEIAN Dictionary lookup
: Pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar - plebeian in his tastes and outlook.
Antonyms:patrician, aristocratic
- PLEBISCITE Dictionary lookup
. A direct vote by the people - The decision to confederate was ratified by plebiscite.
411. POIGNANT:
(1) Gripping and moving the feelings powerfully - a poignant grief.
(2) Piercing, biting, pointed - a poignant cry; poignant wit.
- PONDEROUS Dictionary lookup
: Very heavy; clumsy; dull - a ponderous speech, extremely boring.
413. PRECARIOUS: Uncertain or risky - earning a precarious livelihood, providing no luxuries.
414. PRECIPITOUS:
(1) Very steep - a precipitous cliff.
(2) Descending rapidly - a precipitous decline in popularity.
- PRECOCIOUS Dictionary lookup
: Remarkable for early mental development a precocious genius.
416. PREDATORY:
(1) Inclined to plunder or rob; - predatory bands roaming the countryside.
(2) Preying on, others - predatory animals prowling about.
Synonyms: predacious, looting, pillaging
- PRECOCIOUS Dictionary lookup
: Remarkable for early mental development a precocious genius.
416. PREDATORY:
(1) Inclined to plunder or rob; - predatory bands roaming the countryside.
(2) Preying on, others - predatory animals prowling about.
Synonyms: predacious, looting, pillaging
- PREDILECTION Dictionary lookup
: Partiality or preference for; a favorable opinion arrived at beforehand - a predilection for theatricals.
Synonyms: prepossession, proclivity, predisposition, penchant
Antonyms: aversion, antipathy, repugnance
- PREDILECTION Dictionary lookup
: Partiality or pr eference for; a favorable opinion arrived at beforehand - a predilection for theatricals.
Synonyms: prepossession, proclivity, predisposition, penchant
Antonyms: aversion, antipathy, repugnance
- PRELUDE Dictionary lookup
: An introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step - a short prelude to the play.
Synonyms: preface, prologue, preamble.
Antonym: epilogue
- PRELUDE Dictionary lookup
: An introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step - a short prelude to the play.
Synonyms: Preface, prologue. Preamble
Antonym: epilogue
- PRESTIGE Dictionary lookup
: Esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation - As Senator he enjoyed great prestige.
Synonym: distinction
- PRESTIGE Dictionary lookup
: Esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation - As Senator he enjoyed great prestige.
Synonym: distinction
- PRESUMPTION Dictionary lookup
:
(1) Something taken for granted - acted on a reasonable presumption.
(2) Going beyond proper bounds; impudent boldness - His question was downright presumption.
Synonyms: effrontery, forwardness, arrogance
- PREVARICATE Dictionary lookup
: To disguise or conceal the truth to lie - prevaricated in order to avoid detection.
Synonyms: quibble, equivocate; (adj.) mendacious
Antonyms: (noun) veracity, verity; (adj.) forthright
- PROCRASTINATE Dictionary lookup
: To postpone or put off to another time - missed his opportunity by procrastinating too long.
Synonyms: defer, delay
- PROGNOSTICATE Dictionary lookup
(noun: PROGNOSIS): To forecast - The Weather Bureau prognosticates daily.
Synonyms:presage, portend, augur, forebode
- PROMONTORY Dictionary lookup
: A cliff - an imposing promontory along the coast.
Synonyms:headland, precipice
- PROMULGATE Dictionary lookup
: To publish or proclaim; to spread abroad The President promulgated a decree.
Synonym:disseminate
- PROTUBERANT Dictionary lookup
: Bulging or swelling out - a protuberant jaw.
Antonyms:receding, recessive
- PROVISIONAL Dictionary lookup
: Temporary; for the time being - a provisional plan until a permanent decision is reached.
Synonym:tentative
- PROXIMITY Dictionary lookup
: Nearness-worked in close proximity to his home.
Synonyms :propinquity, vicinity
Antonym:remoteness
- PSEUDONYM Dictionary lookup
: A false name assumed by a writer - concealed his identity by a pseudonym.
Synonyms:alias, pen name, nom de plume
- PUNITIVE Dictionary lookup
: Inflicting, or concerned with, punishment - took punitive measures against deserters.
433. QUASH: To crush; to render void - quashed a rebellion; quashed an indictment.
Synonyms:suppress, extinguish, quell; annul