ly,
wanton.

play off. feign, simulate, dissemble.

plaything, n. bauble, gimcrack, toy.

play-writer, n. playwright, dramatist.

plea, n. defense, excuse, apology, vindication, intercession, prayer,
entreaty.

plead, v. reason, argue; apologize; defend, advocate, intercede.

pleader, n. intercessor, defender, advocate.

pleasant, a. agreeable, genial, congenial, affable, amiable,
enjoyable, good-humored, pleasurable. Antonyms: unpleasant,
disagreeable, uncongenial, repellent, repelling, austere, unamiable,
inaffable, dreary, dismal, offensive.

pleasantry, n. badinage, banter, raillery, witticism, joke, jest,
jocularity, drollery, waggery, jollity, humor.

please, v. rejoice, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer, elate; satisfy,
content; like, choose, prefer.

pleasing, a. pleasant, delightful, gratifying, delectable, gracious,
winning.

pleasure, n. gratification, enjoyment, happiness, delectation,
delight; amusement, recreation, diversion; will, choice, preference,
desire; voluptuousness, sensuality. Antonym: displeasure.

pleat, n. plait.

pledge, n. gage, security, hostage, guarantee.

pledge, v. pawn, impawn, hypothecate, plight.

plenteous, a. plentiful.

plentiful, a. abundant, bounteous, ample, galore, copious, full,
sufficient, lavish, replete, unstinted, prolific. Antonyms: scarce,
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scant, niggardly.

plenty, n. abundance, sufficiency, plenitude. Antonyms: See
scarcity.

plethora, n. superabundance, superfluity, excess, repletion;
hyperaemia.

pliability, n. flexibility, suppleness, pliancy, limberness,
ductility, malleability. Antonyms: inflexibility, rigidity. See
inflexibility.

pliable, a. flexible, pliant, supple, limber, lithesome, lithe,
flexile, malleable; irresolute, yielding, facile, compliant. Antonyms:
impliable, inflexible.

plight, n. condition, state, dilemma, predicament, situation, scrape.

plight, v. pawn, pledge; promise, betroth.

plod, v. trudge, tramp.

plodding, a. hardworking, diligent.

plot, n. conspiracy, intrigue, machination, cabal, complot; plat;
imbroglio (complicated plot). Associated Word: marplot.

plot, v. conspire, intrigue, cabal, complot, machinate, scheme.

plotter, n. conspirator, intriguer, intrigant, machinator, caballer,
intrigante (female).

plowable, a. arable. Antonym: inarable.

plowland, n. arable, carucate.

plowman, n. plower, husbandman.

pluck, v. pull, draw; pick, gather.

pluck,