| prodigal | Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant | |
| proclivity | A natural or habitual inclination or tendency toward something, especially something regarded as morally wrong | |
| primordial | Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval. | |
| primed | Prepared and ready for action or use | |
| prevarication | The act of speaking or acting in an evasive way | |
| pretext | A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason | |
| prescient | Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place | |
| predilection | A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something | |
| precarious | not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse | |
| prattle | To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way | |