Vocabulary: P
31 words starting with P at the intermediate level
Painstaking
Done with or employing great care and thoroughness.
Pastiche
An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
Pastoral
(Of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle; associated with country life.
Patent
Easily recognizable; obvious.
Peccadillo
A small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.
Pedantic
Of or like a pedant (excessively concerned with minor details and rules).
Pedestrian
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
Pejorative
Expressing contempt or disapproval.
Peripatetic
Traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods.
Perspicacious
Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
Pertinacious
Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.
Petulant
(Of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Phlegmatic
(Of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
Pithy
(Of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.
Placid
(Of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited; (of a place) calm and peaceful.
Plodding
Slow-moving and unexciting.
Polemic
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
Polymath
A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.
Portend
To be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.
Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Precede
To come before (something) in time.
Preclude
To prevent from happening; make impossible.
Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
Pristine
In its original condition; unspoiled.
Probity
The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Prodigious
Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
Profound
(Of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense; (of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight.
Profuse
(Especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.
Prolific
(Of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.
Propitious
Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.
Provisional
Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.