Kaplan's SAT Vocab (P)
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- paean
- n. a tribute, a song or expression of praise
- palatial
- adj. relating to a palace; magnificent
- palimpsest
- n. an object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface
- palpable
- adj. capable of being touched or felt; easily perceived
- paltry
- adj. pitifully small or worthless
- panache
- n. flamboyance or dash in style and action
- pandemic
- adj. occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population
- panegyric
- n. elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
- paradigm
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n. an outstandingly clear or typical example
Also - a way of viewing things - paragon
- n. a model of excellence or perfection
- paramount
- adj. supreme, of chief importance
- pare
- v. to trim off excess, reduce
- pariah
- n. an outcast
- patent
- adj. obvious, evident
- pathogenic
- adj. causing disease
- patrician
- adj. aristocratic
- peculate
- v. to embezzle
- pecuniary
- adj. relating to money
- pellucid
- adj. transparently clear in style
- penchant
- n. an inclination, a definite liking
- penitent
- adj. expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant
- penury
- n. an oppressive lack of resources (as money), severe poverty
- peregrinate
- v. to travel on foot
- phalanx
- n. a compact or close-knit body or people, animals, or things
- philistine
- n. a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
- philology
- n. the study of ancient texts and languages
- phlegmatic
- adj. having a sluggish, unemotional temperament
- pique
- v. to arouse anger or resentment in; provoke
- plaintive
- adj. expressive of suffering or woe, melancholy
- platitude
- n. overused and trite remark
- plebeian
- adj. crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
- plucky
- adj. courageous, spunky
- politic
- adj. shrewd and crafty in managing or dealing with things
- polyglot
- n. a speaker of many languages
- pore
- v. to read studiously or attentively
- portentous
- adj. foreshadowing, ominous; eliciting amazement and wonder
- posit
- v. to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation
- potable
- adj. suitable for drinking
- potentate
- n. a ruler; one who wields great power
- precarious
- adj. lacking in security or stability; dependent on chance or uncertain conditions
- precipitous
- adj. steep, hasty
- presage
- n. something that foreshadows; a feeling of what will happen in the future
- prestidigitation
- n. a cleverly executed trick or deception; sleight of hand
- preternatural
- adj. existing outside of nature; extraordinary; supernatural
- primeval
- adj. ancient, primitive
- prodigal
- adj. recklessly extravagant, wasteful
- proffer
- v. to offer for acceptance
- progenitor
- n. an ancestor in the direct line, forefather; founder
- proliferate
- v. to grow by rapid production of new parts; increase in number
- promulgate
- v. to make known by open declaration, proclaim
- propensity
- n. a natural inclination or preference
- prosaic
- adj. relating to prose (as opposed to poetry); dull, ordinary
- proscribe
- v. to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
- prostrate
- adj. lying face downward in adoration or submission
- provincial
- adj. limited in outlook; narrow, unsophisticated
- proxy
- n. a person authorized to act for someone else
- pseudonym
- n. a fictitious name, used particularly by writers to conceal identity
- pugilism
- n. boxing
- puissant
- adj. powerful
- punctilious
- adj. concerned with precise details about codes or conventions
- pundit
- n. one who gives opionions in an authoritative manner
- purloin
- v. to steal
- purport
- v. to profess, suppose, claim