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Glossary Page P

pacifying    making peaceful

Paisley fabric

palpable      capable of being touched or felt

pampered    to treat with excessive care

paranoid      having an unreasonable fear

Peeves the poltergeist     a noisy, usually mischevous, ghost

pending    not yet decided

perpetuate     to cause to last indefinitely

perspective     point of view

pestilential    morally harmful

petrified    turned into stone or confounded by fear

pewter     any of various alloys having tin as the chief component

philology     fond of learning and literature

Phoenix     a legendary bird which which makes an ash of itself

piece of cake    as easy as pie

plaque     the badge of an honorary order   

poised     marked by easy composure of manner

preoccupied     lost in thought

protuberance     thrusting out from an adjacent surface

Madam Pomfrey       a magical nurse

pompously   acting above your status

poncho      a water proof garment

portly     heavy or rotund of body,  stout

pronto     without delay

proximity     near, close by

puking     throwing up

pummelled      pounded, beaten

punctuality     being on time

purification     the process of making something pure

pursued     chased