IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - P
- pacify v. To bring into a peaceful state.
- packet n. A bundle, as of letters.
- pact n. A covenant.
- pagan n. A worshiper of false gods.
- pageant n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
- palate n. The roof of the mouth.
- palatial adj. Magnificent.
- paleontology n. The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
- palette n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
- palinode n. A retraction.
- pall v. To make dull by satiety.
- palliate v. To cause to appear less guilty.
- pallid adj. Of a pale or wan appearance.
- palpable n. perceptible by feeling or touch.
- palsy n. Paralysis.
- paly adj. Lacking color or brilliancy.
- pamphlet n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
- pamphleteer v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
- panacea n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
- Pan-American adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
- pandemic adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
- pandemonium n. A fiendish or riotous uproar.
- panegyric n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
- panel n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
- panic n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
- panoply n. A full set of armor.
- panorama n. A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
- pantheism n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
- Pantheon n. A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.
- pantomime n. Sign-language.
- pantoscope n. A very wide-angled photographic lens.
- papacy n. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- papyrus n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
- parable n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
- paradox n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.
- paragon n. A model of excellence.
- parallel v. To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
- parallelism n. Essential likeness.
- paralysis n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
- paralyze v. To deprive of the power to act.
- paramount adj. Supreme in authority.
- paramour n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
- paraphernalia n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
- paraphrase v. Translate freely.
- pare v. To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
- parentage n. The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
- Pariah n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
- parish n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
- Parisian adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
- parity n. Equality, as of condition or rank.
- parlance n. Mode of speech.
- parley v. To converse in.
- parliament n. A legislative body.
- parlor n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
- parody v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
- paronymous adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word.
- paroxysm n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
- parricide n. The murder of a parent.
- parse v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
- parsimonious adj. Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
- partible adj. Separable.
- participant n. One having a share or part.
- participate v. To receive or have a part or share of.
- partition n. That which separates anything into distinct parts.
- partisan adj. Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
- passible adj. Capable of feeling of suffering.
- passive adj. Unresponsive.
- pastoral adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
- paternal adj. Fatherly.
- paternity n. Fatherhood.
- pathos n. The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
- patriarch n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
- patrician adj. Of senatorial or noble rank.
- patrimony n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
- patriotism n. Love and devotion to one's country.
- patronize v. To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
- patronymic adj. Formed after one's father's name.
- patter v. To mumble something over and over.
- paucity n. Fewness.
- pauper n. One without means of support.
- pauperism n. Dependence on charity.
- pavilion n. An open structure for temporary shelter.
- payee n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
- peaceable adj. Tranquil.
- peaceful adj. Tranquil.
- peccable adj. Capable of sinning.
- peccadillo n. A small breach of propriety or principle.
- peccant adj. Guilty.
- pectoral adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
- pecuniary adj. Consisting of money.
- pedagogics n. The science and art of teaching.
- pedagogue n. A schoolmaster.
- pedagogy n. The science and art of teaching
- pedal n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
- pedant n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
- peddle v. To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
- pedestal n. A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
- pedestrian n. One who journeys on foot.
- pediatrics n. The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
- pedigree n. One's line of ancestors.
- peddler n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
- peerage n. The nobility.
- peerless adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth.
- peevish adj. Petulant. (irritable)
- pellucid adj. Translucent.
- penalty n. The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.
- penance n. Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
- penchant n. A bias in favor of something.
- pendant n. Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
- pendulous adj. Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
- pendulum n. A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.
- penetrable adj. That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
- penetrate v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
- penetration n. Discernment.
- peninsular adj. Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
- penitence n. Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
- penitential adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
- pennant n. A small flag.
- pension n. A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
- pentagram n. A figure having five points or lobes.
- pentavalent adj. Quinqeuvalent.
- pentad n. The number five.
- pentagon n. A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.
- pentahedron n. A solid bounded by five plane faces.
- pentameter n. In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
- pentathlon n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
- penultimate adj. A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
- penurious adj. Excessively sparing in the use of money.
- penury n. Indigence.
- perambulate v. To walk about.
- perceive v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
- perceptible adj. Cognizable.
- perception n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
- percipience n. The act of perceiving.
- percipient n. One who or that which perceives.
- percolate v. To filter.
- percolator n. A filter.
- percussion n. The sharp striking of one body against another.
- peremptory adj. Precluding question or appeal.
- perennial adj. Continuing though the year or through many years.
- perfectible adj. Capable of being made perfect.
- perfidy n. Treachery.
- perforate v. To make a hole or holes through.
- perform v. To accomplish.
- perfumery n. The preparation of perfumes.
- perfunctory adj. Half-hearted.
- perhaps adv. Possibly.
- perigee n. The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
- periodicity n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
- peripatetic adj. Walking about.
- perjure v. To swear falsely to.
- perjury n. A solemn assertion of a falsity.
- permanence n. A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
- permanent adj. Durable.
- permeate v. To pervade.
- permissible adj. That may be allowed.
- permutation n. Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
- pernicious adj. Tending to kill or hurt.
- perpendicular adj. Straight up and down.
- perpetrator n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
- perpetuate v. To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
- perquisite n. Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
- persecution n. Harsh or malignant oppression.
- perseverance n. A persistence in purpose and effort.
- persevere v. To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
- persiflage n. Banter.
- persist v. To continue steadfast against opposition.
- persistence n. A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
- personage n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
- personal adj. Not general or public.
- personality n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
- personnel n. The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
- perspective n. The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
- perspicacious adj. Astute.
- perspicacity n. Acuteness or discernment.
- perspicuous adj. Lucid.
- perspiration n. Sweat.
- perspire v. To excrete through the pores of the skin.
- persuade v. To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
- persuadable adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
- pertinacious adj. Persistent or unyielding.
- pertinacity n. Unyielding adherence.
- pertinent adj. Relevant.
- perturb v. To disturb greatly.
- perturbation n. Mental excitement or confusion.
- perusal n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
- pervade v. To pass or spread through every part.
- pervasion n. The state of spreading through every part.
- pervasive adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
- perverse adj. Unreasonable.
- perversion n. Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
- perversity n. Wickedness.
- pervert n. One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
- pervious adj. Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
- pestilence n. A raging epidemic.
- pestilent adj. Having a malign influence or effect.
- pestilential adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
- peter v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
- petrify v. To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
- petulance n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
- petulant adj. Displaying impatience.
- pharmacopoeia n. A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
- pharmacy n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
- phenomenal adj. Extraordinary or marvelous.
- phenomenon n. Any unusual occurrence.
- philander v. To play at courtship with a woman.
- philanthropic adj. Benevolent.
- philanthropist n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men.
- philanthropy n. Active humanitarianism.
- philately n. The study and collection of stamps.
- philharmonic adj. Fond of music.
- philogynist n. One who is fond of women.
- philologist n. An expert in linguistics.
- philology n. The study of language in connection with history and literature.
- philosophize v. To seek ultimate causes and principles.
- philosophy n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
- phlegmatic adj. Not easily roused to feeling or action.
- phonetic adj. Representing articulate sounds or speech.
- phonic adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound.
- phonogram n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
- phonology n. The science of human vocal sounds.
- phosphorescence n. The property of emitting light.
- photoelectric adj. Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.
- photometer n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
- photometry n. The art of measuring the intensity of light.
- physicist n. A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
- physics n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
- physiocracy n. The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
- physiognomy n. The external appearance merely.
- physiography n. Description of nature.
- physiology n. The science of organic functions.
- physique n. The physical structure or organization of a person.
- picayune adj. Of small value.
- piccolo n. A small flute.
- piece n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
- piecemeal adv. Gradually.
- pillage n. Open robbery, as in war.
- pillory n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
- pincers n. An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
- pinchers n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
- pinnacle n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
- pioneer n. One among the first to explore a country.
- pious adj. Religious.
- pique v. To excite a slight degree of anger in.
- piteous adj. Compassionate.
- pitiable adj. Contemptible.
- pitiful adj. Wretched.
- pitiless adj. Hard-hearted.
- pittance n. Any small portion or meager allowance.
- placate v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
- placid adj. Serene.
- plagiarism n. The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.
- planisphere n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
- plasticity n. The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
- platitude n. A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
- plaudit n. An expression of applause.
- plausible adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
- playful adj. Frolicsome.
- playwright n. A maker of plays for the stage.
- plea n. An argument to obtain some desired action.
- pleasant adj. Agreeable.
- pleasurable adj. Affording gratification.
- plebeian adj. Common.
- pledgee n. The person to whom anything is pledged.
- pledgeor n. One who gives a pledge.
- plenary adj. Entire.
- plenipotentiary n. A person fully empowered to transact any business.
- plenitude n. Abundance.
- plenteous adj. Abundant.
- plumb n. A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
- plummet n. A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
- pluperfect adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
- plural adj. Containing or consisting of more than one.
- plurality n. A majority.
- plutocracy n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
- pneumatic adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
- poesy n. Poetry.
- poetaster n. An inferior poet.
- poetic adj. Pertaining to poetry.
- poetics n. The rules and principles of poetry.
- poignancy n. Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
- poignant adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
- poise n. Equilibrium.
- polar adj. Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
- polemics n. The art of controversy or disputation.
- pollen n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
- pollute v. To contaminate.
- polyarchy n. Government by several or many persons of what-ever class.
- polycracy n. The rule of many.
- polygamy n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
- polyglot adj. Speaking several tongues.
- polygon n. A figure having many angles.
- polyhedron n. A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.
- polysyllable adj. Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
- polytechnic adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
- polytheism n. The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
- pommel v. To beat with something thick or bulky.
- pomposity n. The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
- pompous adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
- ponder v. To meditate or reflect upon.
- ponderous adj. Unusually weighty or forcible.
- pontiff n. The Pope.
- populace n. The common people.
- populous adj. Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.
- portend v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
- portent n. Anything that indicates what is to happen.
- portfolio n. A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
- posit v. To present in an orderly manner.
- position n. The manner in which a thing is placed.
- positive adj. Free from doubt or hesitation.
- posse n. A force of men.
- possess v. To own.
- possession n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
- possessive adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
- possessor n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
- possible adj. Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
- postdate v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
- posterior n. The hinder part.
- postgraduate adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
- postscript n. Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
- potency n. Power.
- potent adj. Physically powerful.
- potentate n. One possessed of great power or sway.
- potential n. Anything that may be possible.
- potion n. A dose of liquid medicine.
- powerless adj. Impotent.
- practicable adj. Feasible.
- prate v. To talk about vainly or foolishly.
- prattle v. To utter in simple or childish talk.
- preamble n. A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
- precarious adj. Perilous.
- precaution n. A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
- precede v. To happen first.
- precedence n. Priority in place, time, or rank.
- precedent n. An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
- precedential adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
- precession n. The act of going forward.
- precipice n. A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
- precipitant adj. Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
- precipitate v. To force forward prematurely.
- precise adj. Exact.
- precision n. Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
- preclude v. To prevent.
- precocious adj. Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
- precursor n. A forerunner or herald.
- predatory adj. Prone to pillaging.
- predecessor n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
- predicament n. A difficult, trying situation or plight.
- predicate v. To state as belonging to something.
- predict v. To foretell.
- prediction n. A prophecy.
- predominance n. Ascendancy or preponderance.
- predominant adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
- predominate v. To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
- preeminence n. Special eminence.
- preempt v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
- preemption n. The right or act of purchasing before others.
- preengage v. To preoccupy.
- preestablish v. To settle or arrange beforehand.
- preexist v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
- preexistence n. Existence antecedent to something.
- preface n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
- prefatory adj. Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
- prefer v. To hold in higher estimation.
- preferable adj. More desirable than others.
- preference n. An object of favor or choice.
- preferential adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
- preferment n. Preference.
- prefix v. To attach at the beginning.
- prehensible adj. Capable of being grasped.
- prehensile adj. Adapted for grasping or holding.
- prehension n. The act of laying hold of or grasping.
- prejudice n. A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
- prelacy n. A system of church government.
- prelate n. One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
- prelude n. An introductory or opening performance.
- premature adj. Coming too soon.
- premier adj. First in rank or position.
- premise n. A judgment as a conclusion.
- premonition n. Foreboding.
- preoccupation n. The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
- preoccupy v. To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
- preordain v. To foreordain.
- preparation n. An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
- preparatory adj. Having to do with what is preliminary.
- preponderant adj. Prevalent.
- preponderate v. To exceed in influence or power.
- prepossession n. A preconceived liking.
- preposterous adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
- prerogative adj. Having superior rank or precedence.
- presage v. To foretell.
- prescience n. Knowledge of events before they take place.
- prescient adj. Foreknowing.
- prescript adj. Prescribed as a rule or model.
- prescriptible adj. Derived from authoritative direction.
- prescription n. An authoritative direction.
- presentient adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
- presentiment n. Foreboding.
- presentment n. Semblance.
- preservation n. Conservation.
- presumption n. That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
- presumptuous adj. Assuming too much.
- pretension n. A bold or presumptuous assertion.
- pretentious adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
- preternatural adj. Extraordinary.
- pretext n. A fictitious reason or motive.
- prevalence n. Frequency.
- prevalent adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
- prevaricate v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
- prevention n. Thwarting.
- prickle v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
- priggish adj. Conceited.
- prim adj. Stiffly proper.
- prima adj. First.
- primer n. An elementary reading-book for children.
- primeval adj. Belonging to the first ages.
- primitive adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
- principal adj. Most important.
- principality n. The territory of a reigning prince.
- principle n. A general truth or proposition.
- priory n. A monastic house.
- pristine adj. Primitive.
- privateer n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
- privilege n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
- privity n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
- privy adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
- probate adj. Relating to making proof, as of a will.
- probation n. Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
- probe v. To search through and through.
- probity n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
- procedure n. A manner or method of acting.
- proceed v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
- proclamation n. Any announcement made in a public manner.
- procrastinate v. To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
- procrastination n. Delay.
- proctor n. An agent acting for another.
- prodigal n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
- prodigious adj. Immense.
- prodigy n. A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
- productive adj. Yielding in abundance.
- profession n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
- professor n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
- proffer v. To offer to another for acceptance.
- proficiency n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
- proficient adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
- profile n. An outline or contour.
- profiteer n. One who profits.
- profligacy n. Shameless viciousness.
- profligate adj. Abandoned to vice.
- profuse adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance.
- progeny n. Offspring.
- progression n. A moving forward or proceeding in course.
- prohibition n. A decree or an order forbidding something.
- prohibitionist n. One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- prohibitory adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- projection n. A prominence.
- proletarian n. A person of the lowest or poorest class.
- prolific adj. Producing offspring or fruit.
- prolix adj. Verbose.
- prologue n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
- prolong v. To extend in time or duration.
- promenade v. To walk for amusement or exercise.
- prominence n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
- prominent adj. Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
- promiscuous adj. Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
- promissory adj. Expressing an engagement to pay.
- promontory n. A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
- promoter n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
- promulgate v. To proclaim.
- propaganda n. Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
- propagate v. To spread abroad or from person to person.
- propel v. To drive or urge forward.
- propellant adj. Propelling.
- propeller n. One who or that which propels.
- prophecy n. Any prediction or foretelling.
- prophesy v. To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
- propitious adj. Kindly disposed.
- proportionate adj. Being in proportion.
- propriety n. Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
- propulsion n. A driving onward or forward.
- prosaic adj. Unimaginative.
- proscenium n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
- proscribe v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
- proscription n. Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
- proselyte n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
- prosody n. The science of poetical forms.
- prospector n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
- prospectus n. A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
- prostrate adj. Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
- protagonist n. A leader in any enterprise or contest.
- protection n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
- protective adj. Sheltering.
- protector n. A defender.
- protégé n. One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.
- Protestant n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
- protomartyr n. The earliest victim in any cause.
- protocol n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
- protoplasm n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
- prototype n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
- protract v. To prolong.
- protrude v. To push out or thrust forth.
- protrusion n. The act of protruding.
- protuberance n. Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
- protuberant adj. Bulging.
- protuberate v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
- proverb n. A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
- provident adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
- providential adj. Effected by divine guidance.
- provincial adj. Uncultured in thought and manner.
- proviso n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
- provocation n. An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
- prowess n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
- proximately adv. Immediately.
- proxy n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
- prudence n. Caution.
- prudential adj. Proceeding or marked by caution.
- prudery n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
- prurient adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
- pseudapostle n. A pretended or false apostle.
- pseudonym n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
- pseudonymity n. The state or character of using a fictitious name.
- psychiatry n. The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
- psychic adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul.
- psychopathic adj. Morally irresponsible.
- psychotherapy n. The treatment of mental disease.
- pudgy adj. Small and fat.
- puerile adj. Childish.
- pugnacious adj. Quarrelsome.
- puissant adj. Possessing strength.
- pulmonary adj. Pertaining to the lungs.
- punctilious adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
- punctual adj. Observant and exact in points of time.
- pungent adj. Affecting the sense of smell.
- pungency n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
- punitive adj. Pertaining to punishment.
- pupilage n. The state or period of being a student.
- purgatory n. An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
- purl v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
- purloin v. To steal.
- purport n. Intent.
- purveyor n. one who supplies
- pusillanimous adj. Without spirit or bravery.
- putrescent adj. Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
- pyre n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
- pyromania n. An insane propensity to set things on fire.
- pyrotechnic adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
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