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- prohibitive
- tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid
- propensity
- natural inclination
- reprobate
- person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency
- rescind
- cancel
- resolution
- determination
- placate
- pacify; conciliate
- recant
- disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
- plethora
- excess; overabundance
- precipitate adj.
- rash, premature, hasty, sudden
- precursor
- forerunner
- quibble
- minor objection or complaint
- problematic
- doubtful;unsettled; questionable; perplexing
- plasticity
- ability to be molded
- repudiate
- disown; disavow
- precarious
- uncertain; risky
- propriety
- fitness; correct conduct
- plummet
- fall sharply
- preamble
- introductory statement
- recluse
- hermit; loner
- relegate
- banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
- penury
- severe poverty; stinginess
- pervasive
- spread throughout
- reproach
- express disapproval or disappointment
- perennial
- something long-lasting
- refute
- disprove
- profound
- deep; not superficial; complete
- perfidious
- treacherous; disloyal
- rarefied
- made less dense (of a gas)
- propitiate
- appease
- refractory
- stubborn; unmanageable
- pragmatic
- practical(as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
- proscribe
- ostracize; banish; outlaw
- recalcitrant
- obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
- quiescent
- at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
- porous
- full of pores; like a sieve
- perfunctory
- superficial;not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
- pungent
- stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
- piety
- devoutness; reverence for God
- permeable
- penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
- recondite
- abstruse; profound; secret
- proliferate
- grow rapidly; spread; multiply
- platitude n.
- trite remark; commonplace statement
- resolve
- determination; firmness of purpose
- qualified
- limited; restricted
- pristine
- characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
- presumptuous
- arrogant;taking liberties
- probity
- uprightness;incorruptibility
- phlegmatic
- calm; not easily disturbed
- prevaricate
- lie
- prodigal
- wasteful;reckless with money