Vocabulary Quiz: P Words
Test your knowledge of 30 words starting with P
Pacify
To quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
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✓ Correct Answer: Placate
Palliate
To make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
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✓ Correct Answer: Alleviate
Parsimonious
Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.
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✓ Correct Answer: Miserly
Paucity
The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.
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✓ Correct Answer: Scarcity
Pedestrian
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
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✓ Correct Answer: Dull
Pensive
Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
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✓ Correct Answer: Thoughtful
Penurious
Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
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✓ Correct Answer: Poor
Perceptive
Having or showing sensitive insight.
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✓ Correct Answer: Insightful
Perennial
Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.
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✓ Correct Answer: Everlasting
Perpetual
Never ending or changing.
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✓ Correct Answer: Everlasting
About This Quiz
This quiz covers advanced-level SAT vocabulary words that start with the letter P. Mastering these words will help you succeed on the SAT Reading and Writing sections. Each question tests your understanding of word meanings through synonym and antonym identification, common formats on the Digital SAT. Practice regularly to build your vocabulary and improve your score.