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  1. philanthropist
    someone who makes charitable donations
  2. philatelist
    a collector and student of postage stamps
  3. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  4. philology
    the humanistic study of language and literature
  5. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  6. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  7. phoenix
    a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn
  8. phylum
    the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
  9. physiognomy
    the human face
  10. physiological
    relating to the study of the functioning of organisms
  11. piebald
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  12. piecemeal
    one thing at a time
  13. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  14. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  15. pigment
    dry coloring material
  16. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  17. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
  18. pine
    a coniferous tree
  19. pinion
    wing of a bird
  20. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  21. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  22. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  23. piscatorial
    relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
  24. pitfall
    an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
  25. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  26. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  27. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  28. pivotal
    being of crucial importance
  29. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  30. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  31. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  32. plagiarize
    take without referencing from someone's writing or speech
  33. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  34. plait
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  35. plasticity
    the property of being physically malleable
  36. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  37. platonic
    free from physical desire
  38. plaudit
    enthusiastic approval
  39. plenary
    full in all respects
  40. plenitude
    a full supply
  41. plethora
    extreme excess
  42. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  43. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  44. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  45. pluck
    pull lightly but sharply
  46. plumage
    the covering of feathers on a bird
  47. plumb
    exactly vertical
  48. plummet
    drop sharply
  49. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  50. podiatrist
    a specialist in care for the feet
  51. podium
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
  52. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  53. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  54. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  55. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  56. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  57. polity
    the form of government of a social organization
  58. polygamist
    someone married to two or more people at the same time
  59. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  60. pomposity
    lack of elegance from being puffed up with vanity
  61. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  62. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  63. pore
    any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid
  64. porous
    full of holes
  65. portend
    indicate by signs
  66. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  67. portly
    fairly large
  68. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  69. posterity
    all future generations
  70. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  71. postulate
    maintain or assert
  72. posture
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  73. potable
    suitable for drinking
  74. potent
    having or wielding force or authority
  75. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  76. potential
    existing in possibility
  77. potion
    a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
  78. potpourri
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  79. poultice
    a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
  80. practicable
    capable of being done with means at hand
  81. practical
    guided by experience and observation rather than theory
  82. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  83. pragmatist
    an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences
  84. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  85. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  86. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  87. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  88. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
Created on 八月 25, 2010 (updated 八月 26, 2010)

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