Plutonium: radioactive material
Example: [a bomb made of plutonium]
Pneumatic: related to of air or gas
Example: [pneumatic brakes]
Poach: steal game or fish
Example: [to poach someone’s ideas]
Podiatrist: the foot doctor
Podium: rostrum, stand, platform
Example: [she stood on the winner’s podium]
Poesy: Poetry.
Poetaster: a person who writes insignificant poetry
Example: [This is an example of a class of writing which may be passed over too lightly by those whom poetasters have made distrustful of poetry]
Poetic: Pertaining to poetry.
Poetics: theory or study of poetic works, practice of composing poetry
Example: [In his treatises on poetics and rhetoric he lays down a theory of art, and establishes principles of beauty]
Poignancy: nostalgia, sadness, bitterness, sorrow
Poignant: sharp, pungent, emotionally moving
Example: [It is especially poignant that he died on the day before the wedding]
Poise: balance, equilibrium, composure, calmness, a graceful and elegant way of walking, moving, standing, etc.
Example: [It is my belief that most sciatica, not due to cord lesions, is generally caused by errors in bodily poise and balance]
Polar: opposite, diametric, of the Earth’s poles, completely different
Example: [The ships, after entering the polar seas, were quickly beset with ice. Large temperature ranges are endured without danger in the polar winter when the air is dry]
Polarize: cause a group to be divided into opposing camps, cause light waves to vibrate in a definite pattern, cause a division of opinions or beliefs
Example: [They impose themselves on men apart from reason and have the power to polarize men’s thoughts and feelings in one direction. Any instrument used to polarize light is called a polarizer]
Polarized (Polarize): split into opposite extremes or camps
Example: [The debate is becoming polarized]
Polemic: a controversy
Example: [a fierce anti-war polemic]
Polemicist: skilled arguer, writer who expresses very strong opinions, argumentative person
Example: [The average polemicist of ancient, medieval, and Reformation times had less regard for truth, when in the heat of controversy, than the polemicist of the nineteenth century]
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Polemics: The art of controversy or disputation.
Politic: prudent, expedient, well devised
Example: [It would not be politic for you to be seen there]
Polity: methods of government
Example: [our polity should be devoted to “the good of all citizens”]
Pollen: The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
Pollute: To contaminate.
Poltroon: coward
Example: [only a poltroon could betray his team in difficulty]
Polyarchy: Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
Polychromatic: many-colored
Polycracy: The rule of many.
Polygamist: one who has many wives
Polygamy: the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
Polyglot: Speaking several tongues
Example: [a polyglot, he spoke 4 languages]
Polygon: A figure having many angles.
Polyhedron: (Geometry) an object with many sides
Example: [A polyhedron of four faces is a tetrahedron]
Polysyllabic: characterized by long complex words, having or characterized by words consisting of more than three syllables
Example: [Greek is a polysyllabic language]
Polysyllable: Having several syllables especially more than three syllables.
Polytechnic: Pertaining to embracing or practicing many arts.
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Polytheism: belief in or worship of several gods
Example: [It passes from apparent atheism and materialism to theism, polytheism, and spiritualism]
Pommel: pummel, beat, round part of sword handle, hit, front of saddle, handle on pommel horse (type of gymnastics equipment)
Example: [Grasping the pommel, she looked miserably at the long neck swaying in front of her]
Pomposity: pretentiousness, ostentatiousness, conceit, self-importance, arrogance
Example: [Her preoccupied naturalness was in strange contrast to her father’s pomposity and to William’s military rigidity]
Pompous: self-important
Example: [He can sometimes sound a bit pompous when he talks about acting]
Ponder: reflect muse
Example: [to ponder her next move]
Ponderous: bulky heavy
Example: [a slow and ponderous manner]
Pontiff: The Pope.
Populace: common people, population, ordinary people, general public, masses
Example: [The misguided but injured Queen Caroline landed in England in 1820, amidst the shoutings of the populace]
Populous: Containing many inhabitants especially in proportion to the territory.
Pore: to study closely or meditatively
Example: [She spends her evenings poring over textbooks]
Porous: full of holes
Example: [porous brick walls]
Portend: augur signify
Example: [In China, earthquakes were believed to portend the end of dynasties]
Portent: signal, indication, warning, foretoken, omen
Example: [Questioning what this portent might mean, I saw a mighty phantom rise through the air]
Portentous: serious ominous
Example: [portentous omens of future disasters]
Portfolio: A portable case for holding writing-materials drawings etc.
Portly: dignified large
Example: [a portly figure]
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