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GRE Words P
GRE Words that start with P
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05/31/2011

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Palatial
Definition
relating to a palace; magnificent; stately
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Palliate
Definition
to make less serious; make appear less serious; mitigate
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Pallid
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lacking color or liveliness
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Panache
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verve; flamboyance; flair
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise; homage
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Panoply
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impressive array; display; range
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Paradox
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a contridication or dilemma; incongruity
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Paragon
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model example; apotheosis
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Pare
Definition
to trim off excess; reduce
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Pariah
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an outcast; untouchable; castaway
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Parley
Definition
discussion; debate
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Parody
Definition
a humorous imitation for comic effect; lampoon; satire
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Parry
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to ward off or deflect especially by quick witted answer; evade
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Parsimonious
Definition
cheap; miserly; thrifty
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Partisan
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biased or prejudiced; sectarian
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Pastiche
Definition
piece of literature or music mitating other works; spoof
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Pathogenic
Definition
causing disease; noxious
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Paucity
Definition
scarcity; dearth
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Peccadillo
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minor sin or offense; lapse
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Pecuniary
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having to do with money
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Pedagogy
Definition
the art or profession of training or teaching
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Pedant
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someone who shows off learning; pedagogue; sophist
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Pedantic
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excessive attention to minute and formal rules
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Pejorative
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having bad connotations; disparaging; belittling; insulting
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Pellucid
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transparent; easy to understand; clear
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Penchant
Definition
sting inclination; a liking; fondness
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Penury
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an oppresiv lack of resources; severe poverty; destitution
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Peregrinate
Definition
to wander from place to place; travel on foot; trek
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Perfidious
Definition
willing to betray ones trust; faithless; treacherous
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Perfunctory
Definition
done in routine way; indifferent; apathetic
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Perigee
Definition
the point nearest the earth in an orbit of a body
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Peripatetic
Definition
itinerate; traveling on foot; nomadic
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Permeate
Definition
to penetrate; suffuse
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Personable
Definition
pleasing in apearance or personality; winning
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Perspicacious
Definition
shrewd; astute; keen-witted; sagacious
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Peruse
Definition
to examine with great care
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Pervade
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to be present throughout; to permeate; imbune; suffuse
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Petulant
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ill-tempered; irritable; peevish
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Phalanx
Definition
compact or close knit body of people; legion; mass
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Philistine
Definition
a person who is guided by materialsim and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values; boor; caitalist; clown; lout; vulgarian
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Phlegmatic
Definition
calm; sluggish; unemotinoal
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Pine
Definition
to yearn intensly; to lose vigor
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Pirate
Definition
to illegaly use or reproduce; steal
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Pith
Definition
the essential or central part
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Pithy
Definition
profound, substantial; succinct, to the point; laconic; terse
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Placate
Definition
to soothe or pacify; conciliate; assuage
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Plastic
Definition
able to be molded altered; pliant; adaptable
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Platitude
Definition
superficial remark, one offered as meaningful; clich
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Plebeian
Definition
crude or corse; charaterisitc of commoners; unrefined
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Plethora
Definition
excess; superfluity; surfeit
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Plucky
Definition
courageous; spunky
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Polemic
Definition
controversy; argument, denunciation
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Politic
Definition
shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; tactful; diplomatic
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Polyglot
Definition
speaker of many languages
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Posit
Definition
monarch or ruler with great power; dominator
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Pragmatic
Definition
practical; realisitc
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Prattle
Definition
meaningless foolish talk; blather; babble
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Precipitate
Definition
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation; rush
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Precis
Definition
short summary of facts; summation
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Preen
Definition
to primp; dress up; beautify
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Prescience
Definition
knowing of event priior to their occuring; presage; insight
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Presumptuous
Definition
taking liberties; overstepping due bounds; rash
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Prevaricate
Definition
to lie or deviate from the truth; perjure; equivocate; mislead; hedge
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Pristine
Definition
freash and clean; uncorrupted
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Probity
Definition
complete honesty and integrity; rectitude; virtue; uprightness
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Proclivity
Definition
a natrualinclination or predispotition
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Prodigal
Definition
lavish, wasteful; extravagant; profligate
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Prodigious
Definition
abundante in size or extent; extraordinary
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Profligate
Definition
corrupt; degenerate; dissolute; prodigal
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Profuse
Definition
given forth in great abundance; copious
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Proliferate
Definition
to increase in number quickly
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Propensity
Definition
a natural inclination or tendency; proclivity
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Propitiate
Definition
to conciliate; to appease; pacify
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Propriety
Definition
proper manor; obeying rules and customs
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Prosaic
Definition
dull; unimaginative; lackluster
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Protracted
Definition
extended in time; prolonged
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Prowess
Definition
superior skill or daring; mastery
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Prudence
Definition
wisdom; cautious; restraint; judiciousness; astuteness
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Puerile
Definition
childish, immature, silly; jejune
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Pugilism
Definition
boxing
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Pugnacious
Definition
contentious; given to fighting
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Pulchritude
Definition
beauty
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Pundit
Definition
an authortiy on a subject; expert
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Pungent
Definition
sharp and irritating to the senses; acrid; piquant
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Pusillanmous
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cowardly; without courage; timid
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Putrefy
Definition
to rot; odor; decay
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