- paean, n. Dictionary lookup
a song of praise or triumph
- palliate, v. Dictionary lookup
to make something appear less serious than it is
- palpable, adj. Dictionary lookup
that which can be touched, felt or handled, easily perceived by the senses
- panegyric, n. Dictionary lookup
a formal speech or praise, a eulogy
- paradigm, n. Dictionary lookup
a pattern, model, or example
- paradox, n. Dictionary lookup
a statement that seems contradictory
- pariah, n. Dictionary lookup
an outcast, someone rejected and despised by others
- paucity, n. Dictionary lookup
dearth, scarcity, lack
- pedagogy, n. Dictionary lookup
the profession or function of teaching
- pellucid, adj. Dictionary lookup
transparent, easy to understand
- penury, n. Dictionary lookup
lack of money or property, indigence
- peregrination, n. Dictionary lookup
the act of traveling from one country to another, wandering
- perfidious, adj. Dictionary lookup
violating good faith, proceeding from treachery
- perfunctory, adj. Dictionary lookup
performed without care or interest, done automatically
- peripheral, adj. Dictionary lookup
pertaining to the outer region of something, as opposed to the center or core
- perspicacious, adj. Dictionary lookup
having keen judgment or understanding
- petrous, adj. Dictionary lookup
like a rock, hard, stony
- petulant, adj. Dictionary lookup
impatient or irritable
- phlegmatic, adj. Dictionary lookup
sluggish, dull, apathetic
- pillory, v. Dictionary lookup
to punish, to hold up to public scorn
- piquant, adj. Dictionary lookup
agreeably pungent, stimulating
- pique, n. Dictionary lookup
resentment at being slighted
- placate, v. Dictionary lookup
to appease or pacify
- placebo, n. Dictionary lookup
a medicine given merely to humor a patient, especially a preparation containing no medicine at all
- precipitous, adj. Dictionary lookup
very steep, by extension, hasty or rash
- precocious, adj. Dictionary lookup
characterized by premature development
- predilection, n. Dictionary lookup
a preconceived liking, a preference
- prig, n. Dictionary lookup
a person who affects great propriety, a smug or pedantic person
- proclivity, n. Dictionary lookup
a natural tendency to do something, an inclination, a leaning towards something
- prodigality, n. Dictionary lookup
reckless wastefulness
- profuse, adj. Dictionary lookup
poured forth, given or produced freely and abundantly
- proliferate, v. Dictionary lookup
to reproduce in quick succession
- prolix, adj. Dictionary lookup
long and wordy
- propinquity, n. Dictionary lookup
nearness in time, place or relationship, affinity of nature
- propitiatory, adj. Dictionary lookup
having the power to make atonement
- prosaic, adj. Dictionary lookup
dull, commonplace, tedious
- proscribe, v. Dictionary lookup
to outlaw, banish, exile or prohibit
- proselytize, v. Dictionary lookup
to make converts
- protuberance, n. Dictionary lookup
the part of a thing that protrudes, a bulge
- pundit, n. Dictionary lookup
a person of great learning