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from a disgraceful action.
    After eating the cake off of the floor, Terrence had to deal with the OPPROBRIUM that followed from those that witnessed the act.
ordnance
    (ORD-nunce)
    NOUN: Weaponry.
ostracize
    (OSS-truh-syz)
    VERB: To shun or banish someone.
outburst
    (OUT-burst)
    NOUN: A sudden burst or outbreak of emotion.
outrage
    (OUT-rayj)
    NOUN: Utter indignation or offense.

P
pandemonium
    (pan-duh-MOAN-ee-um)
    NOUN: A state of chaos or bedlam.
pander
    (PAN-der)
    VERB: To indulge or appeal to one’s worst characteristics or base instincts.
paroxysm
    (PAYR-uk-siz-um)
    NOUN: A sudden outburst.
    After months of silence, her startling PAROXYSM frightened everyone.
parricide
    (PAR-uh-syd)
    NOUN: The act of murdering one’s parent or family member.
peeve
    (peev)
    VERB: To annoy or irritate; as a noun,
peeve
refers to something that annoys or irritates someone.
    Anger as soon as fed is dead.
’Tis starving makes it fat.
    —E MILY D ICKINSON
pejorative
    (puh-JOHR-uh-tiv)
    ADJECTIVE: Critical or derogatory.
peremptory
    (puh-REMP-tuh-ree)
    ADJECTIVE: Something that is decisive and not open for further discussion; absolute.
    After your unpredictable and violent tantrums, these restraints are PEREMPTORY until you calm down.
perfidious
    (purr-FID-ee-uhs)
    ADJECTIVE: Deceitful or disloyal; treacherous.
pernicious
    (purr-NISH-uss)
    ADJECTIVE: Intending to cause harm or injury; destructive.
pertinacious
    (per-tih-NAY-shuss)
    ADJECTIVE: Annoyingly persistent; unshakable.
perturbation
    (pur-ter-BEY-shuhn)
    NOUN: A state of annoyance or agitation.
pest
    (pest)
    NOUN: A person or thing that is annoying; a nuisance.
pettifog
    (PET-ee-fawg)
    VERB: To argue about trivial matters; squabble.
petulant
    (PECH-oo-luhnt)
    ADJECTIVE: Sullen, irritable, or bad-tempered.
    The PETULANT girl would sulk in her room for hours and then snap at the first person who greeted her once she emerged.
pique
    (peek)
    NOUN: A feeling of annoyance or exasperation; as a verb, to
pique
means to arouse one’s interest or anger.
plague
    (playg)
    VERB: To torment; pester.
plaintive
    (PLAYN-tihv)
    ADJECTIVE: Mournful or sad.
plight
    (plyt)
    NOUN: A dangerous or desperate dilemma or predicament.
    Sylvia felt that her PLIGHT of being unemployed with children to feed and a husband that gambled away all of his income justified his murder.
polarize
    (PO-luh-rize)
    VERB: To further highlight two opposing sides; to pull apart.
polemic
    (puh-LEM-ik)
    NOUN: A strong verbal or written attack on an opinion or doctrine.
procrustean
    (pro-KRUS-tee-un)
    ADJECTIVE: Enforcing conformity by violent means.
provocateur
    (pro-vock-uh-TURR)
    NOUN: A person who intentionally provokes or stirs up trouble.
provocation
    (prov-uh-KAY-shuhn)
    NOUN: The act of intentionally provoking or aggravating a person or situation.
pugilist
    (PYOO-juh-lizt)
    NOUN: A boxer or fighter.
pugnacious
    (pug-NAY-shuss)
    ADJECTIVE: Inclined to aggression or fighting; confrontational.
    The PUGNACIOUS wife picked fights with her husband and children, looking for confrontation wherever she could find it.
punishment
    (PUHN-ish-ment)
    NOUN: To inflict a sentence or penalty as a result of bad behavior.
putrid
    (PYOO-trid)
    ADJECTIVE: Disgusting or rotten, either physically or morally.
    The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgment is never just.
    —D. H. L AWRENCE

Q
quagmire
    (KWAG-myr)
    NOUN: An awkward predicament or entanglement.
quarrelsome
    (KWAR-uhl-sum)
    ADJECTIVE: Prone to argumentativeness; cantankerous.
querulous
    (KWER-uh-luss)
    ADJECTIVE: Constantly complaining; grouchy.
    You’ve been so QUERULOUS on this trip; I haven’t heard anything from you except complaints.
quibble
    (KWIB-uhl)
    VERB: To criticize or complain about trivial things; bicker.

R
rage
    (rayj)
    NOUN: A fit or outburst of extreme anger or violence.
ramification
    (ram-ih-fih-KAY-shun)
    NOUN: The consequence of an action or decision.
rampage
    (RAM-payg)
    NOUN: An