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36 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency philanthropist lover of mankind; doer of good noun * philistine narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in m aterial gain noun philology study of language noun phlegmatic calm; not easily disturbed adjective phobia morbid fear noun physiognomy face noun physiological pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms adjective picaresque pertaining to rogues in literature adjective piebald molted; spotted adjective pied variegated; multicolored adjective piety religious devotion; godliness noun * pillage plunder verb pillory punish by placing in a wooden frame and subjecting to ridicule verb pinion restrain verb pinnacle peak noun piquant pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating adjective pique irritation; resentment noun pithy concise; meaty adjective pittance small allowance or wage noun pivotal crucial; key; vital adjective placate pacify; conciliate verb * placebo harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill noun placid peaceful; calm adjective plagiarism theft of another's ideas or writing passed off as original noun plagiarize steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own verb plaintive mournful adjective platitude trite remark; commonplace statement noun platonic purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire adjectiv e plauditory approving; applauding adjective plausible having a show of truth but open to doubt adjective plebeian common; pertaining to the common people adjective plebiscite expression of the will of a people by direct election noun plenary complete; full adjective plenipotentiary fully empowered adjective plenitude abundance; completeness noun plethora excess; overabundance noun plight condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament noun plumb checking perpendicularly; vertical adjective podiatrist doctor who treats ailments of the feet noun podium pedestal; raised platform noun poignancy quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion noun * polarize split into opposite extremes or camps verb polemic controversy; argument in support of point of view noun politic expedient; prudent; well devised adjective polity form of government of nation or state noun

polygamist one who has more than one spouse at a time noun polyglot speaking several languages adjective pomposity self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt noun ponderous weighty; unwieldy adjective porous full of pores; like a sieve adjective portend foretell; presage verb portent sign; omen; forewarning noun portly stately; stout adjective posterity descendants; future generations noun posthumous after death (as of a child born after father's death or book pub lished after author's death) adjective postprandial after dinner adjective postulate self-evident truth noun potable suitable for drinking adjective potent powerful; persuasive; greatly influential adjective * potentate monarch; sovereign noun potential expressing possibility; latent adjective potion dose (of liquid) noun potpourri heterogeneous mixture; medley noun poultice soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of th e body noun practicable feasible adjective practical based on experience; useful adjective pragmatic practical; concerned with practical values adjective * pragmatist practical person noun prate speak foolishly; boast idly verb prattle babble verb preamble introductory statement noun precarious uncertain; risky adjective * precedent something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future decision noun precedent preceding in time, rank, etc. adjective