posture,state/attitude/adopt a vain
poverty,state of being poor
pragmatic,practical/favoring utility
precarious,uncertain/risky/dangerous
precept,moral instruction
precepts,rules establishing standards of conduct 
precipitate,throw smth violently down from a height
preclude,prevent/make impossible
precursory,preliminary/anticipating
predilection,special liking/mental preference
predominate,have more power than others
preempt,obtain by preemption or in advance
premature,doing or happening smth before the right time
preponderance,greatness in number/strength/weight
presage,warning sign
preternatural,not normal or usual
prevalent,common
prevalent,widespread/generally accepted
prevaricate,to equivocate/to stray from the truth 
prim,neat/formal
pristine,primitive/unspoiled/pure/as in earlier times/unadulterated 
probity,uprightness/incorruptibility/principle 
proclivity,inclination
procrastination,keeping on putting off
prodigal,wasteful/reckless with money 
prodigious,enormous/wonderful
profane,wordly/having contempt for God
profligate,wasteful/prodigal/licentious/extravagant 
profundity,depth
profusion,a lavish expenditure/an overabundant condition
proliferate,grow/reproduce by rapid multification
prolix,tiring because too long
prone,prostrate/inclined to (undesirable things)
propagation,increasing the number/spreading/extending
propinquity,nearness in time or place/affinity of nature
propitiate,do smth to take away the anger of
propitiatory,conciliatory/appeasing/mitigating 
propitious,auspicious/presenting favorable circumstances 
prosaic,everyday/mundane/commonplace/trite/pedestrian 
proscribe,denounce as dangerous
protracted,prolonged
provident,frugal/looking to the future 
provisional,of the present time only
provoke,make angry/vax
prudence,careful forethought
prudish,easily shocked/excessively modest
prune,dried plum/silly person
pry,get smth/inquire too curiosly
pugnacious,fond of/in the habit of fighting
punch,strike with the fist/tool for cutting holes/alc. drink