paean	noun	a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
palate	noun	the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity
palatial	adjective	of, relating to, or being a palace
palliate	verb	to cover by excuses and apologies
palpability	adjective	capable of being touched or felt; tangible
palpitate	verb	to beat rapidly and strongly; throb
panegyric	noun	a formal public speech delivered in high praise of a person or thing	
pariah	noun	a member of a low caste of southern india
parsimonious	adjective	too economical miserly
patina	noun	a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color; a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use
paucity	noun	smallness of number; fewness
paucity	noun	smallness of number; fewness
peccadillo	noun	a slight offense
pedantic	adjective	bookish showing off learning
pellucid	adjective	admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
penitent	adjective	feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses; repentant
penurious	adjective	poor/stingy
penury	noun	extreme and often niggardly frugality
penury	noun	extreme and often niggardly frugality
peregrination	verb	traveling about wandering
peremptory	adjective	expressive of urgency or command
perfidious	adjective	treacherous faithless
perfidy	noun	the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treachery
perfidy	noun	the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treachery
perfunctory	adjective	characterized by routine or superficiality; mechanical
peripatetic	noun	wandering
periphrastic	adjective	formed by the use of function words or auxiliaries instead of by inflection
perish	verb	to become destroyed or ruined; cease to exist
pernicious	adjective	highly injurious or destructive; deadly
perspicacity	adjective	of acute mental vision or discernment; keen
petrous	adjective	of, relating to, or constituting the exceptionally hard and dense portion of the human temporal bone that contains the internal auditory organs
petulant	adjective	insolent or rude in speech or behavior
philistine	noun	a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
phlegmatic	adjective	calm sluggish temperament unemotional
picaresque	adjective	involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction	
pied	verb	of mixed colors
pious	adjective	marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship; marked by conspicuous religiosity
piquant	adjective	engagingly stimulating or provocative
pith	noun	a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage; any of various loose spongy plant tissues that resemble true pith; the soft or spongy interior of a part of the body
plaintive	adjective	expressive of suffering or woe; melancholy
platitude	noun	the quality or state of being dull or insipid
pliant	adjective	pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
plumb	noun	a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
poignant	adjective	pungently pervasive
ponderous	adjective	of very great weight
portent	noun	something that foreshadows a coming event; omen, sign
precepts	noun	a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
preclude	verb	to make impossible by necessary consequence; rule out in advance
predilection	noun	an established preference for something
predominate	adjective	predominant
preen	noun	to smooth and groom, as with birds cleaning and realigning parts of feathers using the beak
preponderance	noun	greatness in number strength weight
preternatural	adjective	existing outside of nature
prevaricate	verb	to deviate from the truth; equivocate
prim	verb	to give a prim or demure expression to
proclivity	noun	a natural inclination
profligacy	noun	shameless immorality
profundity	noun	intellectual depth; something profound or abstruse
profuse	adjective	pouring forth liberally; extravagant
prolix	adjective	unduly prolonged or drawn out; too long
propitious	adjective	favorably disposed; benevolent
prosaic	adjective	characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry; factual; dull, unimaginative
proscribe	verb	to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
provident	adjective	making provision for the future; prudent
provisional	adjective	of the present time only
prune	noun	a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
pucker	verb	to draw up into folds or wrinkles
pugnacious	adjective	having a quarrelsome or combative nature; truculent
puissance	noun	strength, power
punctilious	adjective	precise paying attention to trivialities
pungency	noun	sharpness stinging quality
pusillanimous	adjective	lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity
putrefaction	noun	the state of being putrefied; corruption