opportunist :: individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantageopprobrium :: infamy; vilificationoptician :: maker and seller o...
patois :: local or provincial dialectpatriarch :: father and ruler of a family or tribepatricide :: person who murders his father; murder of a fatherp...
polygamist :: one who has more than one spouse at a timeporphyry :: igneous rock containing feldspar or quartz crystalsportent :: sign; omen; forewarn...
purgatory :: place of spiritual expiationpurport :: intention; meaningpurveyor :: furnisher of foodstuffs; catererpurview :: scopepyromaniac :: person...
repercussion :: rebound; reverberation; reactionrepertoire :: list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to presenreplica :: copyrep...
serenity :: calmness; placidityseverance :: division; partition; separationshambles :: slaughterhouse; scene of carnagesheaf :: bundle of stalks of gr...
syllogism :: logical formula utilizing a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusionsymmetry :: arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; ...
tribulation :: distress; sufferingtribunal :: court of justicetribute :: tax levied by a ruler; mark of respecttrident :: three-pronged speartrilogy :...
vent :: a small opening; outletverbiage :: pompous array of wordsverdigris :: a green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weatherverity ::...
abase :: lower: humiliateabash :: embarrassabdicate :: renounce: give upabhor :: detestabjure :: renounce upon oathabominate :: loathe: hateabrade :: ...