IELTS VOCABULARY | LEARN ENGLISH | ENGLISH VOCABULARY
Pacify | v. | To Bring Into A Peaceful State. |
Packet | n. | A Bundle, As Of Letters. |
Pact | n. | A Covenant. |
Pagan | n. | A Worshiper Of False Gods. |
Pageant | n. | A Dramatic Representation, Especially A Spectacular One. |
Palate | n. | The Roof Of The Mouth. |
Palatial | adv. | Magnificent. |
Paleontology | n. | The Branch Of Biology That Treats Of Ancient Life And Fossil Organisms. |
Palette | n. | A Thin Tablet, With A Hole For The Thumb, Upon Which Artists Lay Their Colors For Painting. |
Palinode | n. | A Retractio |
Pall | v. | To Make Dull By Satiety. |
Palliate | v. | To Cause To Appear Less Guilty. |
Pallid | adv. | Of A Pale Or Wan Appearance. |
Palpable | n. | Perceptible By Feeling Or Touch. |
Palsy | n. | Paralysis. |
Paly | adv. | Lacking Color Or Brilliancy. |
Pamphlet | n. | A Brief Treatise Or Essay, Usually On A Subject Of Current Interest. |
Pamphleteer | v. | To Compose Or Issue Pamphlets, Especially Controversial Ones. |
Panacea | n. | A Remedy Or Medicine Proposed For Or Professing To Cure All Diseases. |
Pan-American | adv. | Including Or Pertaining To The Whole Of America, Both North And South. |
Pandemic | adv. | Affecting A Whole People Or All Classes, As A Disease. |
Pandemonium | n. | A Fiendish Or Riotous Uproar. |
Panegyric | n. | A Formal And Elaborate Eulogy, Written Or Spoken, Of A Person Or Of An Act. |
Panel | n. | A Rectangular Piece Set In Or As In A Frame. |
Panic | n. | A Sudden, Unreasonable, Overpowering Fear. |
Panoply | n. | A Full Set Of Armor. |
Panorama | n. | A Series Of Large Pictures Representing A Continuous Scene. |
Pantheism | n. | The Worship Of Nature For Itself Or Its Beauty. |
Pantheon | n. | A Circular Temple At Rome With A Fine Corinthian Portico And A Great Domed Roof. |
Pantomime | n. | Sign-Language. |
Pantoscope | n. | A Very Wide-Angled Photographic Lens. |
Papacy | n. | The Official Head Of The Roman Catholic Church. |
Papyrus | n. | The Writing-Paper Of The Ancient Egyptians, And Later Of The Romans. |
Parable | n. | A Brief Narrative Founded On Real Scenes Or Events Usually With A Moral. |
Paradox | n. | A Statement Or Doctrine Seemingly In Contradiction To The Received Belief. |
Paragon | n. | A Model Of Excellence. |
Parallel | v. | To Cause To Correspond Or Lie In The Same Direction And Equidistant In All Parts. |
Parallelism | n. | Essential Likeness. |
Paralysis | n. | Loss Of The Power Of Contractility In The Voluntary Or Involuntary Muscles. |
Paralyze | v. | To Deprive Of The Power To Act. |
Paramount | adv. | Supreme In Authority. |
Paramour | n. | One Who Is Unlawfully And Immorally A Lover Or A Mistress. |
Paraphernalia | n. | Miscellaneous Articles Of Equipment Or Adornment. |
Paraphrase | v. | Translate Freely. |
Pare | v. | To Cut, Shave, Or Remove (The Outside) From Anything. |
Parentage | n. | The Relation Of Parent To Child, Of The Producer To The Produced, Or Of Cause To Effect. |
Pariah | n. | A Member Of A Degraded Class; A Social Outcast. |
Parish | n. | The Ecclesiastical District In Charge Of A Pastor. |
Parisian | adv. | Of Or Pertaining To The City Of Paris. |
Parity | n. | Equality, As Of Condition Or Rank. |
Parlance | n. | Mode Of Speech. |
Parley | v. | To Converse In. |
Parliament | n. | A Legislative Body. |
Parlor | n. | A Room For Reception Of Callers Or Entertainment Of Guests. |
Parody | v. | To Render Ludicrous By Imitating The Language Of. |
Paronymous | adv. | Derived From The Same Root Or Primitive Word. |
Paroxysm | n. | A Sudden Outburst Of Any Kind Of Activity. |
Parricide | n. | The Murder Of A Parent. |
Parse | v. | To Describe, As A Sentence, By Separating It Into Its Elements And Describing Each Word. |
Parsimonious | adv. | Unduly Sparing In The Use Or Expenditure Of Money. |
Partible | adv. | Separable. |
Participant | n. | One Having A Share Or Part. |
Participate | v. | To Receive Or Have A Part Or Share Of. |
Partisan | adv. | Characterized By Or Exhibiting Undue Or Unreasoning Devotion To A Party. |
Partition | n. | That Which Separates Anything Into Distinct Parts. |
Passible | adv. | Capable Of Feeling Of Suffering. |
Passive | adv. | Unresponsive. |
Pastoral | adv. | Having The Spirit Or Sentiment Of Rural Life. |
Paternal | adv. | Fatherly. |
Paternity | n. | Fatherhood. |
Pathos | n. | The Quality In Any Form Of Representation That Rouses Emotion Or Sympathy. |
Patriarch | n. | The Chief Of A Tribe Or Race Who Rules By Paternal Right. |
Patrician | adv. | Of Senatorial Or Noble Rank. |
Patrimony | n. | An Inheritance From An Ancestor, Especially From One’S Father. |
Patriotism | n. | Love And Devotion To One’S Country. |
Patronize | v. | To Exercise An Arrogant Condescension Toward. |
Patronymic | adv. | Formed After One’S Father’S Name. |
Patter | v. | To Mumble Something Over And Over. |
Paucity | n. | Fewness. |
Pauper | n. | One Without Means Of Support. |
Pauperism | n. | Dependence On Charity. |
Pavilion | n. | An Open Structure For Temporary Shelter. |
Payee | n. | A Person To Whom Money Has Been Or Is To Be Paid. |
Peaceable | adv. | Tranquil. |
Peaceful | adv. | Tranquil. |
Peccable | adv. | Capable Of Sinning. |
Peccadillo | n. | A Small Breach Of Propriety Or Principle. |
Peccant | adv. | Guilty. |
Pectoral | adv. | Pertaining To The Breast Or Thorax. |
Pecuniary | adv. | Consisting Of Money. |
Pedagogics | n. | The Science And Art Of Teaching. |
Pedagogue | n. | A Schoolmaster. |
Pedagogy | n. | The Science And Art Of Teaching |
Pedal | n. | A Lever For The Foot Usually Applied Only To Musical Instruments, Cycles, And Other Machines. |
Pedant | n. | A Scholar Who Makes Needless And Inopportune Display Of His Learning. |
Peddle | v. | To Go About With A Small Stock Of Goods To Sell. |
Peddler | n. | One Who Travels From House To House With An Assortment Of Goods For Retail. |
Pedestal | n. | A Base Or Support As For A Column, Statue, Or Vase. |
Pedestrian | n. | One Who Journeys On Foot. |
Pediatrics | n. | The Department Of Medical Science That Relates To The Treatment Of Diseases Of Childhood. |
Pedigree | n. | One’S Line Of Ancestors. |
Peerage | n. | The Nobility. |
Peerless | adv. | Of Unequaled Excellence Or Worth. |
Peevish | adv. | Petulant. (Irritable) |
Pellucid | adv. | Translucent. |
Penalty | n. | The Consequences That Follow The Transgression Of Natural Or Divine Law. |
Penance | n. | Punishment To Which One Voluntarily Submits Or Subjects Himself As An Expression Of Penitence. |
Penchant | n. | A Bias In Favor Of Something. |
Pendant | n. | Anything That Hangs From Something Else, Either For Ornament Or For Use. |
Pendulous | adv. | Hanging, Especially So As To Swing By An Attached End Or Part. |
Pendulum | n. | A Weight Hung On A Rod, Serving By Its Oscillation To Regulate The Rate Of A Clock. |
Penetrable | adv. | That May Be Pierced By Physical, Moral, Or Intellectual Force. |
Penetrate | v. | To Enter Or Force A Way Into The Interior Parts Of. |
Penetration | n. | Discernment. |
Peninsular | adv. | Pertaining To A Piece Of Land Almost Surrounded By Water. |
Penitence | n. | Sorrow For Sin With Desire To Amend And To Atone. |
Penitential | adv. | Pertaining To Sorrow For Sin With Desire To Amend And To Atone. |
Pennant | n. | A Small Flag. |
Pension | n. | A Periodical Allowance To An Individual On Account Of Past Service Done By Him/Her. |
Pentad | n. | The Number Five. |
Pentagon | n. | A Figure, Especially, With Five Angles And Five Sides. |
Pentagram | n. | A Figure Having Five Points Or Lobes. |
Pentahedron | n. | A Solid Bounded By Five Plane Faces. |
Pentameter | n. | In Prosody, A Line Of Verse Containing Five Units Or Feet. |
Pentathlon | n. | The Contest Of Five Associated Exercises In The Great Games And The Same Contestants. |
Pentavalent | adv. | Quinqeuvalent. |
Penultimate | adv. | A Syllable Or Member Of A Series That Is Last But One. |
Penurious | adv. | Excessively Sparing In The Use Of Money. |
Penury | n. | Indigence. |
Perversion | n. | Diversion From The True Meaning Or Proper Purpose. |
Perversity | n. | Wickedness. |
Pervert | n. | One Who Has Forsaken A Doctrine Regarded As True For One Esteemed False. |
Pervious | adv. | Admitting The Entrance Or Passage Of Another Substance. |
Pestilence | n. | A Raging Epidemic. |
Pestilent | adv. | Having A Malign Influence Or Effect. |
Pestilential | adv. | Having The Nature Of Or Breeding Pestilence. |
Peter | v. | To Fail Or Lose Power, Efficiency, Or Value. |
Petrify | v. | To Convert Into A Substance Of Stony Hardness And Character. |
Petulance | n. | The Character Or Condition Of Being Impatient, Capricious Or Petulant. |
Petulant | adv. | Displaying Impatience. |
Pharmacopoeia | n. | A Book Containing The Formulas And Methods Of Preparation Of Medicines For The Use Of Druggists. |
Pharmacy | n. | The Art Or Business Of Compounding And Dispensing Medicines. |
Phenomenal | adv. | Extraordinary Or Marvelous. |
Phenomenon | n. | Any Unusual Occurrence. |
Philander | v. | To Play At Courtship With A Woman. |
Philanthropic | adv. | Benevolent. |
Philanthropist | n. | One Who Endeavors To Help His Fellow Me |
Philanthropy | n. | Active Humanitarianism. |
Philately | n. | The Study And Collection Of Stamps. |
Philharmonic | adv. | Fond Of Music. |
Philogynist | n. | One Who Is Fond Of Wome |
Philologist | n. | An Expert In Linguistics. |
Philology | n. | The Study Of Language In Connection With History And Literature. |
Philosophize | v. | To Seek Ultimate Causes And Principles. |
Philosophy | n. | The General Principles, Laws, Or Causes That Furnish The Rational Explanation Of Anything. |
Phlegmatic | adv. | Not Easily Roused To Feeling Or Actio |
Phonetic | adv. | Representing Articulate Sounds Or Speech. |
Phonic | adv. | Pertaining To The Nature Of Sound. |
Phonogram | n. | A Graphic Character Symbolizing An Articulate Sound. |
Phonology | n. | The Science Of Human Vocal Sounds. |
Phosphorescence | n. | The Property Of Emitting Light. |
Photoelectric | adv. | Pertaining To The Combined Action Of Light And Electricity. |
Photometer | n. | Any Instrument For Measuring The Intensity Of Light Or Comparing The Intensity Of Two Lights. |
Photometry | n. | The Art Of Measuring The Intensity Of Light. |
Physicist | n. | A Specialist In The Science That Treats Of The Phenomena Associated With Matter And Energy. |
Physics | n. | The Science That Treats Of The Phenomena Associated With Matter And Energy. |
Physiocracy | n. | The Doctrine That Land And Its Products Are The Only True Wealth. |
Physiognomy | n. | The External Appearance Merely. |
Physiography | n. | Description Of Nature. |
Physiology | n. | The Science Of Organic Functions. |
Physique | n. | The Physical Structure Or Organization Of A Perso |
Picayune | adv. | Of Small Value. |
Piccolo | n. | A Small Flute. |
Piece | n. | A Loose Or Separated Part, As Distinguished From The Whole Or The Mass. |
Piecemeal Ad | v. | Gradually. |
Pillage | n. | Open Robbery, As In War. |
Pillory | n. | A Wooden Framework In Which An Offender Is Fastened To Boards And Is Exposed To Public Scor |
Pincers | n. | An Instrument Having Two Lever-Handles And Two Jaws Working On A Pivot. |
Pinchers | n. | An Instrument Having Two Jaws Working On A Pivot. |
Pinnacle | n. | A High Or Topmost Point, As A Mountain-Peak. |
Pioneer | n. | One Among The First To Explore A Country. |
Pious | adv. | Religious. |
Pique | v. | To Excite A Slight Degree Of Anger In. |
Piteous | adv. | Compassionate. |
Pitiable | adv. | Contemptible. |
Pitiful | adv. | Wretched. |
Pitiless | adv. | Hard-Hearted. |
Pittance | n. | Any Small Portion Or Meager Allowance. |
Placate | v. | To Bring From A State Of Angry Or Hostile Feeling To One Of Patience Or Friendliness. |
Placid | adv. | Serene. |
Plagiarism | n. | The Stealing Of Passages From The Writings Of Another And Publishing Them As One’S Ow |
Planisphere | n. | A Polar Projection Of The Heavens On A Chart. |
Plasticity | n. | The Property Of Some Substances Through Which The Form Of The Mass Can Readily Be Changed. |
Platitude | n. | A Written Or Spoken Statement That Is Flat, Dull, Or Commonplace. |
Plaudit | n. | An Expression Of Applause. |
Plausible | adv. | Seeming Likely To Be True, Though Open To Doubt. |
Playful | adv. | Frolicsome. |
Playwright | n. | A Maker Of Plays For The Stage. |
Plea | n. | An Argument To Obtain Some Desired Actio |
Pleasant | adv. | Agreeable. |
Pleasurable | adv. | Affording Gratificatio |
Plebeian | adv. | Commo |
Pledgee | n. | The Person To Whom Anything Is Pledged. |
Pledgeor | n. | One Who Gives A Pledge. |
Plenary | adv. | Entire. |
Plenipotentiary | n. | A Person Fully Empowered To Transact Any Business. |
Plenitude | n. | Abundance. |
Plenteous | adv. | Abundant. |
Plumb | n. | A Weight Suspended By A Line To Test The Verticality Of Something. |
Plummet | n. | A Piece Of Lead For Making Soundings, Adjusting Walls To The Vertical. |
Pluperfect | adv. | Expressing Past Time Or Action Prior To Some Other Past Time Or Actio |
Plural | adv. | Containing Or Consisting Of More Than One. |
Plurality | n. | A Majority. |
Plutocracy | n. | A Wealthy Class In A Political Community Who Control The Government By Means Of Their Money. |
Pneumatic | adv. | Pertaining To Or Consisting Of Air Or Gas. |
Poesy | n. | Poetry. |
Poetaster | n. | An Inferior Poet. |
Poetic | adv. | Pertaining To Poetry. |
Poetics | n. | The Rules And Principles Of Poetry. |
Poignancy | n. | Severity Or Acuteness, Especially Of Pain Or Grief. |
Poignant | adv. | Severely Painful Or Acute To The Spirit. |
Poise | n. | Equilibrium. |
Polar | adv. | Pertaining To The Poles Of A Sphere, Especially Of The Earth. |
Polemics | n. | The Art Of Controversy Or Disputatio |
Pollen | n. | The Fine Dust-Like Grains Or Powder Formed Within The Anther Of A Flowering Plant. |
Pollute | v. | To Contaminate. |
Polyarchy | n. | Government By Several Or Many Persons Of What- Ever Class. |
Polycracy | n. | The Rule Of Many. |
Polygamy | n. | The Fact Or Condition Of Having More Than One Wife Or Husband At Once. |
Polyglot | adv. | Speaking Several Tongues. |
Polygon | n. | A Figure Having Many Angles. |
Polyhedron | n. | A Solid Bounded By Plane Faces, Especially By More Than Four. |
Polysyllable | adv. | Having Several Syllables, Especially More Than Three Syllables. |
Polytechnic | adv. | Pertaining To, Embracing, Or Practicing Many Arts. |
Polytheism | n. | The Doctrine Or Belief That There Are More Gods Than One. |
Pommel | v. | To Beat With Something Thick Or Bulky. |
Pomposity | n. | The Quality Of Being Marked By An Assumed Stateliness And Impressiveness Of Manner. |
Pompous | adv. | Marked By An Assumed Stateliness And Impressiveness Of Manner. |
Ponder | v. | To Meditate Or Reflect Upon. |
Ponderous | adv. | Unusually Weighty Or Forcible. |
Pontiff | n. | The Pope. |
Populace | n. | The Common People. |
Populous | adv. | Containing Many Inhabitants, Especially In Proportion To The Territory. |
Portend | v. | To Indicate As Being About To Happen, Especially By Previous Signs. |
Portent | n. | Anything That Indicates What Is To Happe |
Portfolio | n. | A Portable Case For Holding Writing-Materials, Drawings, Etc. |
Posit | v. | To Present In An Orderly Manner. Position N. The Manner In Which A Thing Is Placed. Positive Adj. Free From Doubt Or Hesitation. |
Posse | n. | A Force Of Me |
Possess | v. | To Own. |
Possession | n. | The Having, Holding, Or Detention Of Property In One’S Power Or Command. |
Possessive | adv. | Pertaining To The Having, Holding, Or Detention Of Property In One’S Power Or Command. |
Possessor | n. | One Who Owns, Enjoys, Or Controls Anything, As Property. |
Possible | adv. | Being Not Beyond The Reach Of Power Natural, Moral, Or Supernatural. |
Postdate | v. | To Make The Date Of Any Writing Later Than The Real Date. |
Posterior | n. | The Hinder Part. |
Postgraduate | adv. | Pertaining To Studies That Are Pursued After Receiving A Degree. |
Postscript | n. | Something Added To A Letter After The Writer’S Signature. |
Potency | n. | Power. |
Potent | adv. | Physically Powerful. |
Potentate | n. | One Possessed Of Great Power Or Sway. |
Potential | n. | Anything That May Be Possible. |
Potion | n. | A Dose Of Liquid Medicine. |
Powerless | adv. | Impotent. |
Practicable | adv. | Feasible. |
Prate | v. | To Talk About Vainly Or Foolishly. |
Prattle | v. | To Utter In Simple Or Childish Talk. |
Preamble | n. | A Statement Introductory To And Explanatory Of What Follows. |
Precarious | adv. | Perilous. |
Precaution | n. | A Provision Made In Advance For Some Possible Emergency Or Danger. |
Precede | v. | To Happen First. |
Precedence | n. | Priority In Place, Time, Or Rank. |
Precedent | n. | An Instance That May Serve As A Guide Or Basis For A Rule. |
Precedential | adv. | Of The Nature Of An Instance That May Serve As A Guide Or Basis For A Rule. |
Precession | n. | The Act Of Going Forward. |
Precipice | n. | A High And Very Steep Or Approximately Vertical Cliff. |
Precipitant | adv. | Moving Onward Quickly And Heedlessly. |
Precipitate | v. | To Force Forward Prematurely. |
Precise | adv. | Exact. |
Precision | n. | Accuracy Of Limitation, Definition, Or Adjustment. |
Preclude | v. | To Prevent. |
Precocious | adv. | Having The Mental Faculties Prematurely Developed. |
Precursor | n. | A Forerunner Or Herald. |
Predatory | adv. | Prone To Pillaging. |
Predecessor | n. | An Incumbent Of A Given Office Previous To Another. |
Predicament | n. | A Difficult, Trying Situation Or Plight. |
Predicate | v. | To State As Belonging To Something. |
Predict | v. | To Foretell. |
Prediction | n. | A Prophecy. |
Predominance | n. | Ascendancy Or Preponderance. |
Predominant | adv. | Superior In Power, Influence, Effectiveness, Number, Or Degree. |
Predominate | v. | To Be Chief In Importance, Quantity, Or Degree. |
Preeminence | n. | Special Eminence. |
Preempt | v. | To Secure The Right Of Preference In The Purchase Of Public Land. |
Preemption | n. | The Right Or Act Of Purchasing Before Others. |
Preengage | v. | To Preoccupy. |
Preestablish | v. | To Settle Or Arrange Beforehand. |
Preexist | v. | To Exist At A Period Or In A State Earlier Than Something Else. |
Preexistence | n. | Existence Antecedent To Something. |
Preface | n. | A Brief Explanation Or Address To The Reader, At The Beginning Of A Book. |
Prefatory | adv. | Pertaining To A Brief Explanation To The Reader At The Beginning Of A Book. |
Prefer | v. | To Hold In Higher Estimation. |
Preferable | adv. | More Desirable Than Others. |
Preference | n. | An Object Of Favor Or Choice. |
Preferential | adv. | Possessing, Giving, Or Constituting Preference Or Priority. |
Preferment | n. | Preference. |
Prefix | v. | To Attach At The Beginning. |
Prehensible | adv. | Capable Of Being Grasped. |
Prehensile | adv. | Adapted For Grasping Or Holding. |
Prehension | n. | The Act Of Laying Hold Of Or Grasping. |
Prejudice | n. | A Judgment Or Opinion Formed Without Due Examination Of The Facts. |
Prelacy | n. | A System Of Church Government. |
Prelate | n. | One Of A Higher Order Of Clergy Having Direct Authority Over Other Clergy. |
Prelude | n. | An Introductory Or Opening Performance. |
Premature | adv. | Coming Too Soo |
Premier | adv. | First In Rank Or Positio |
Premise | n. | A Judgment As A Conclusio |
Premonition | n. | Foreboding. |
Preoccupation | n. | The State Of Having The Mind, Attention, Or Inclination Preoccupied. |
Preoccupy | v. | To Fill The Mind Of A Person To The Exclusion Of Other Subjects. |
Preordain | v. | To Foreordain. |
Preparation | n. | An Act Or Proceeding Designed To Bring About Some Event. |
Preparatory | adv. | Having To Do With What Is Preliminary. |
Preponderant | adv. | Prevalent. |
Preponderate | v. | To Exceed In Influence Or Power. |
Prepossession | n. | A Preconceived Liking. |
Preposterous | adv. | Utterly Ridiculous Or Absurd. |
Prerogative | adv. | Having Superior Rank Or Precedence. |
Presage | v. | To Foretell. |
Prescience | n. | Knowledge Of Events Before They Take Place. |
Prescient | adv. | Foreknowing. |
Prescript | adv. | Prescribed As A Rule Or Model. |
Prescriptible | adv. | Derived From Authoritative Directio |
Prescription | n. | An Authoritative Directio |
Presentient | adv. | Perceiving Or Feeling Beforehand. |
Presentiment | n. | Foreboding. |
Presentment | n. | Semblance. |
Preservation | n. | Conservatio |
Presumption | n. | That Which May Be Logically Assumed To Be True Until Disproved. |
Presumptuous | adv. | Assuming Too Much. |
Pretension | n. | A Bold Or Presumptuous Assertio |
Pretentious | adv. | Marked By Pretense, Conceit, Or Display. |
Preternatural | adv. | Extraordinary. |
Pretext | n. | A Fictitious Reason Or Motive. |
Prevalence | n. | Frequency. |
Prevalent | adv. | Of Wide Extent Or Frequent Occurrence. |
Prevaricate | v. | To Use Ambiguous Or Evasive Language For The Purpose Of Deceiving Or Diverting Attention. |
Prevention | n. | Thwarting. |
Prickle | v. | To Puncture Slightly With Fine, Sharp Points. |
Priggish | adv. | Conceited. |
Prim | adv. | Stiffly Proper. |
Prima | adv. | First. |
Primer | n. | An Elementary Reading-Book For Childre |
Primeval | adv. | Belonging To The First Ages. |
Primitive | adv. | Pertaining To The Beginning Or Early Times. |
Principal | adv. | Most Important. |
Principality | n. | The Territory Of A Reigning Prince. |
Principle | n. | A General Truth Or Propositio |
Priory | n. | A Monastic House. |
Pristine | adv. | Primitive. |
Privateer | n. | A Vessel Owned And Officered By Private Persons, But Carrying On Maritime War. |
Privilege | n. | A Right Or Immunity Not Enjoyed By All, Or That May Be Enjoyed Only Under Special Conditions. |
Privity | n. | Knowledge Shared With Another Or Others Regarding A Private Matter. |
Privy | adv. | Participating With Another Or Others In The Knowledge Of A Secret Transactio |
Probate | adv. | Relating To Making Proof, As Of A Will. |
Probation | n. | Any Proceeding Designed To Ascertain Or Test Character, Qualification, Or The Like. |
Probe | v. | To Search Through And Through. |
Probity | n. | Virtue Or Integrity Tested And Confirmed. |
Procedure | n. | A Manner Or Method Of Acting. |
Proceed | v. | To Renew Motion Or Action, As After Rest Or Interruption. |
Proclamation | n. | Any Announcement Made In A Public Manner. |
Procrastinate | v. | To Put Off Till Tomorrow Or Till A Future Time. |
Procrastination | n. | Delay. |
Proctor | n. | An Agent Acting For Another. |
Prodigal | n. | One Wasteful Or Extravagant, Especially In The Use Of Money Or Property. |
Prodigious | adv. | Immense. |
Prodigy | n. | A Person Or Thing Of Very Remarkable Gifts Or Qualities. |
Productive | adv. | Yielding In Abundance. |
Profession | n. | Any Calling Or Occupation Involving Special Mental Or Other Special Disciplines. |
Professor | n. | A Public Teacher Of The Highest Grade In A University Or College. |
Proffer | v. | To Offer To Another For Acceptance. |
Proficiency | n. | An Advanced State Of Acquirement, As In Some Knowledge, Art, Or Science. |
Proficient | adv. | Possessing Ample And Ready Knowledge Or Of Skill In Any Art, Science, Or Industry. |
Profile | n. | An Outline Or Contour. |
Profiteer | n. | One Who Profits. |
Profligacy | n. | Shameless Viciousness. |
Profligate | adv. | Abandoned To Vice. |
Profuse | adv. | Produced Or Displayed In Overabundance. |
Progeny | n. | Offspring. |
Progression | n. | A Moving Forward Or Proceeding In Course. |
Prohibition | n. | A Decree Or An Order Forbidding Something. |
Prohibitionist | n. | One Who Favors The Prohibition By Law Of The Manufacture And Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages. |
Prohibitory | adv. | Involving Or Equivalent To Prohibition, Especially Of The Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages. |
Projection | n. | A Prominence. |
Proletarian | n. | A Person Of The Lowest Or Poorest Class. |
Prolific | adv. | Producing Offspring Or Fruit. |
Prolix | adv. | Verbose. |
Prologue | n. | A Prefatory Statement Or Explanation To A Poem, Discourse, Or Performance. |
Prolong | v. | To Extend In Time Or Duration. |
Promenade | v. | To Walk For Amusement Or Exercise. |
Prominence | n. | The Quality Of Being Noticeable Or Distinguished. |
Prominent | adv. | Conspicuous In Position, Character, Or Importance. |
Promiscuous | adv. | Brought Together Without Order, Distinction, Or Design (For Sex). |
Promissory | adv. | Expressing An Engagement To Pay. |
Promontory | n. | A High Point Of Land Extending Outward From The Coastline Into The Sea. |
Promoter | n. | A Furtherer, Forwarder, Or Encourager. |
Promulgate | v. | To Proclaim. |
Propaganda | n. | Any Institution Or Systematic Scheme For Propagating A Doctrine Or System. |
Propagate | v. | To Spread Abroad Or From Person To Person. |
Propel | v. | To Drive Or Urge Forward. |
Propellant | adv. | Propelling. |
Propeller | n. | One Who Or That Which Propels. |
Prophecy | n. | Any Prediction Or Foretelling. |
Prophesy | v. | To Predict Or Foretell, Especially Under Divine Inspiration And Guidance. |
Propitious | adv. | Kindly Disposed. |
Proportionate | adv. | Being In Proportio |
Propriety | n. | Accordance With Recognized Usage, Custom, Or Principles. |
Propulsion | n. | A Driving Onward Or Forward. |
Prosaic | adv. | Unimaginative. |
Proscenium | n. | That Part Of The Stage Between The Curtain And The Orchestra. |
Proscribe | v. | To Reject, As A Teaching Or A Practice, With Condemnation Or Denunciation. |
Proscription | n. | Any Act Of Condemnation And Rejection From Favor And Privilege. |
Proselyte | n. | One Who Has Been Won Over From One Religious Belief To Another. |
Prosody | n. | The Science Of Poetical Forms. |
Prospector | n. | One Who Makes Exploration, Search, Or Examination, Especially For Minerals. |
Prospectus | n. | A Paper Or Pamphlet Containing Information Of A Proposed Undertaking. |
Prostrate | adv. | Lying Prone, Or With The Head To The Ground. |
Protagonist | n. | A Leader In Any Enterprise Or Contest. |
Protection | n. | Preservation From Harm, Danger, Annoyance, Or Any Other Evil. |
Protective | adv. | Sheltering. |
Protector | n. | A Defender. |
Protege | n. | One Specially Cared For And Favored By Another Usually Older Perso |
Protestant | n. | A Christian Who Denies The Authority Of The Pope And Holds The Right Of Special Judgment. |
Protocol | n. | A Declaration Or Memorandum Of Agreement Less Solemn And Formal Than A Treaty. |
Protomartyr | n. | The Earliest Victim In Any Cause. |
Protoplasm | n. | The Substance That Forms The Principal Portion Of An Animal Or Vegetable Cell. |
Prototype | n. | A Work, Original In Character, Afterward Imitated In Form Or Spirit. |
Protract | v. | To Prolong. |
Protrude | v. | To Push Out Or Thrust Forth. |
Protrusion | n. | The Act Of Protruding. |
Protuberance | n. | Something That Swells Out From A Surrounding Surface. |
Protuberant | adv. | Bulging. |
Protuberate | v. | To Swell Or Bulge Beyond The Surrounding Surface. |
Proverb | n. | A Brief, Pithy Saying, Condensing In Witty Or Striking Form The Wisdom Of Experience. |
Provident | adv. | Anticipating And Making Ready For Future Wants Or Emergencies. |
Providential | adv. | Effected By Divine Guidance. |
Provincial | adv. | Uncultured In Thought And Manner. |
Proviso | n. | A Clause In A Contract, Will, Etc., By Which Its Operation Is Rendered Conditional. |
Provocation | n. | An Action Or Mode Of Conduct That Excites Resentment. |
Prowess | n. | Strength, Skill, And Intrepidity In Battle. |
Proximately Ad | v. | Immediately. |
Proxy | n. | A Person Who Is Empowered By Another To Represent Him Or Her In A Given Matter. |
Prudence | n. | Cautio |
Prudential | adv. | Proceeding Or Marked By Cautio |
Prudery | n. | An Undue Display Of Modesty Or Delicacy. |
Prurient | adv. | Inclined To Lascivious Thoughts And Desires. |
Pseudapostle | n. | A Pretended Or False Apostle. |
Pseudonym | n. | A Fictitious Name, Especially When Assumed By A Writer. |
Pseudonymity | n. | The State Or Character Of Using A Fictitious Name. |
Psychiatry | n. | The Branch Of Medicine That Relates To Mental Disease. |
Psychic | adv. | Pertaining To The Mind Or Soul. |
Psychopathic | adv. | Morally Irresponsible. |
Psychotherapy | n. | The Treatment Of Mental Disease. |
Pudgy | adv. | Small And Fat. |
Puerile | adv. | Childish. |
Pugnacious | adv. | Quarrelsome. |
Puissant | adv. | Possessing Strength. |
Pulmonary | adv. | Pertaining To The Lungs. |
Punctilious | adv. | Strictly Observant Of The Rules Or Forms Prescribed By Law Or Custom. |
Punctual | adv. | Observant And Exact In Points Of Time. |
Pungency | n. | The Quality Of Affecting The Sense Of Smell. |
Pungent | adv. | Affecting The Sense Of Smell. |
Punitive | adv. | Pertaining To Punishment. |
Pupilage | n. | The State Or Period Of Being A Student. |
Purgatory | n. | An Intermediate State Where Souls Are Made Fit For Paradise Or Heaven By Expiatory Suffering. |
Purl | v. | To Cause To Whirl, As In An Eddy. |
Purloin | v. | To Steal. |
Purport | n. | Intent. |
Purveyor | n. | One Who Supplies |
Pusillanimous | adv. | Without Spirit Or Bravery. |
Putrescent | adv. | Undergoing Decomposition Of Animal Or Vegetable Matter Accompanied By Fetid Odors. |
Pyre | n. | A Heap Of Combustibles Arranged For Burning A Dead Body. |
Pyromania | n. | An Insane Propensity To Set Things On Fire. |
Pyrotechnic | adv. | Pertaining To Fireworks Or Their Manufacture. |
Pyx | n. | A Vessel Or Casket, Usually Of Precious Metal, In Which The Host Is Preserved. |