perfidy
noun
deliberate breach of faith or trust
penchant
noun
strong inclination, taste, or liking for something
penitent
adjective
feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment
penurious
adjective
extremely stingy
penury
noun
extreme poverty
peregrination
noun
travel from one place to another, esp. on foot
peremptory
adjective
leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
perfidious
adjective
deliberately faithless
perfunctory
adjective
performed merely as a routine duty
perilous
adjective
involving or full of grave risk or peril
peripatetic
adjective
walking or traveling about
perish
verb
die or be destroyed through violence, privation
permeate
verb
pass into or through every part of
pernicious
adjective
causing insidious harm or ruin
perpetrate
verb
commit
personable
adjective
pleasing personal appearance
perspicacity
noun
keenness of mental perception and understanding
pertain
verb
have reference or relation
precarious
adjective
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
precepts
noun
commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct
preclude
verb
prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of
precursory
adjective
the nature of a precursor
predilection
noun
tendency to think favorably of something in particular
predominate
verb
be the stronger or leading element or force
preen
verb
to trim with the beak or tongue
premature
adjective
occurring, coming, or done too soon
preponderance
noun
fact or quality of being preponderant
presage
noun
presentiment or foreboding
presumption
noun
presuming
preternatural
adjective
out of the ordinary course of nature
prevalent
adjective
widespread
prevaricate
verb
speak falsely or misleadingly
