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Parsimony

(Noun) Excessive carefulness in using money; miser

Paucity

(Noun) Smallness in number or quantity; rare

Pecuniary

(Adjective) Concerned of money; cash

Pedestrian

(Adjective) Ordinary

Penury

(Noun) Lacking; need the necessities of life, like food and shelter

Perfunctory

(Adjective) Done in a careless manner; mechanical; without enthusiasm

Perspicacity

(Noun) Quickness of understanding; mental clear-sightedness

Peruse

(Verb) To read with care and attention

Pervade

(Verb) To spread out to every part

Petulant

(Adjective) Irritable, ill tempered

Philanthropy

(Noun) Love of humankind

Placate

(Verb) To calm down the anger; tranquil

Plausible

(Adjective) Seeming right or reasonable; possible

Plummet

(Verb) Drop straight down; to drop sharply and abruptly

Politic

(Adjective) Clever in the words to say, shrewdly tactful