Pledge - pawn, deposit, security, hostage, earnest.

Plentiful - bounteous, abundant, copious, exuberant, ample, plenteous.

Pliant - lithe, limber, yielding, bending, supple, flexible, pliable.

Plight - predicament, state, case, situation, condition, conjuncture.

Plot - plan, arrangement, project, conspiracy, combination, scheme, intrigue.

Polite - courteous, well-bred, civil, polished, refined, genteel, affable.

Politeness - good manners, civility, courtesy, suavity, good breeding.

Politic - wise, careful, artful, cunning, civil, prudent.

Pollute - corrupt, taint, defile, infect, contaminate.

Pompous - lofty, stately, ostentatious. showy, dignified, magnificent.

Ponder - study, reflect, think, muse, consider.

Portion - piece, part, quantity, share, division, dower, fortune.

Positive - confident, certain, real, dogmatic, sure, absolute.

Possess - keep, hold, have, enjoy, occupy.

Postpone - retard, delay, prolong, protract, defer, procrastinate.

Posture - figure, gesture, action, position, attitude.

Potent - -powerful, strong, vigorous, mighty, forcible.

Poverty - want, need, indigence, penury, suffering.

Practicable - possible, feasible, available.

Practice - custom, style, manner, form, use, habit.

Praise - eulogize, applaud, laud, admire, commend.

Prayer - application, petition, request, suit, entreaty, supplication.

Precarious - uncertain, dubious, doubtful, equivocal, unreliable.

Precedence - priority, superiority, preference.

Preceding - anterior, previous, prior, antecedent, former, foregoing.

Precept - maxim, rule, principle, injunction, law, doctrine, mandate, command.

Precious - choice, costly, valuable, expensive, uncommon, rare.

Precise - careful, particular, exact, accurate, correct, nice.

Preclude - intercept, prevent, obviate, hinder.

Predicament - condition, plight, position, situation.

Predict - prophesy, foretell.

Predominant - prevalent, overruling, controlling, supreme, prevailing.

Predominate - prevail, rule over.

Preference - advancement, priority, choice.

Prejudice - bias, injury, hurt, disadvantage.

Preliminary - previous, preparatory, introductory, antecedent.

Prepare - arrange, qualify, fit, equip, make ready.

Preposterous - impossible, ridiculous, absurd, foolish.

Prerogative - immunity, privilege.

Prescribe - dictate, ordain, appoint.

Preserve - uphold, maintain, pro-tect, spare, save.

Pressing - urgent, emergent, importunate, crowding, squeezing, forcing.

Presume - guess, suppose, think, surmise, conjecture, believe.

Presuming - forward, arrogant, presumptuous.

Pretext - excuse, pretense, pretension.

Pretty - lovely, beautiful, fine, agreeable.

Prevailing - dominant, ruling, overcoming, prevalent, predominating.

Prevent - impede, obstruct, hinder, obviate, preclude.

Previous - before, prior, anterior, preliminary, introductory.

Price - value, worth, expense, cost.

Pride - self-esteem, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, ostentation, loftiness, vanity.

Primary - elemental, first, original, pristine.

Principal - main, chief, capital, head, leading, important.

Principle - motive, tenet, constituent part, doctrine, element.

Print - impress, stamp, mark. Prior - before, previous, former, antecedent, preceding, anterior.

Priority - preference, precedence, pre-eminence.

Pristine - original, first, primitive.

Privacy - seclusion, solitude, retirement, loneliness.

Privilege - prerogative, right, advantage, immunity, exemption.

Probability - supposition, likelihood, chance.

Probity - reliability, uprightness, honesty, integrity, veracity.

Proceed - progress, arise, issue, advance, emanate.

Proceeding - transaction, course, progression, work.

Proclaim - declare, publish, announce, tell, advertise, promulgate.

Proclivity - liking, tendency, inclination, proneness.

Procure - obtain, acquire, gain.

Prodigal - lavish, extravagant, wasteful.

Prodigious - great, astonishing, vast, large, amazing, monstrous.

Profane - secular, irreverent, impious, irreligious.

Profession - calling, employment, business, vocation, work, labor.

Proficiency - advancement, improvement, progress.

Profit - gain, advantage, benefit, emolument.

Profligate - depraved, wicked, corrupt, sinful, vicious, abandoned.

Profuse - lavish, wasteful, prodigal, extravagant.

Progeny - descendants, offspring, race, issue.

Project - invent, design, scheme, plan.

Prolific - productive, fruitful, fertile.

Prolix - tiresome. long, diffuse.

Prolong - extend, delay, protract, postpone, retard, procrastinate.

Prominent - eminent, conspicuous, distinguished.

Promise - agreement, assurance, engagement, declaration, pledge, word, obligation.

Promote - raise, encourage, forward, advance.

Prompt - quick, active, ready, assiduous.

Pronounce - say, speak, utter, declare, affirm, articulate, enunciate.

Proof - evidence, testimony, argument.

Propagate - multiply, increase, disseminate, diffuse, circulate, spread, extend.

Propensity - liking, inclination, proneness, tendency, bias.

Proper - fit, right, suitable, just, appropriate.

Propitious - favorable, auspicious.

Propitiate - conciliate, appease, reconcile.

Proportionate - equal, adequate, commensurate.

Propose - offer, apply, tender, intend, purpose, bid.

Prospect - view, landscape, survey.

Prospective - future, foreseeing, hereafter, forward.

Prosperous - fortunate, lucky, flourishing, successful.

Protect - uphold, guard, shield, maintain, defend, cherish, foster, patronize.

Protract - withhold, retard, prolong, delay, defer, postpone.