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pentathlon
The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
prejudice
A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
palette
A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
pusillanimous
Without spirit or bravery.
pinchers
An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
protoplasm
The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
prodigy
A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
peninsular
Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
parallel
To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
polytheism
The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
plaudit
An expression of applause.
plural
Containing or consisting of more than one.
panic
A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
posterior
The hinder part.
Quixotic
Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
propaganda
Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
protrusion
The act of protruding.
peter
To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
pavilion
An open structure for temporary shelter.
preservation
Conservatio,
plagiarism
The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's ow,
parsimonious
Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
penance
Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
productive
Yielding in abundance.
peccadillo
A small breach of propriety or principle.
poise
Equilibrium.
perverse
Unreasonable.
prohibitionist
One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
plurality
A majority.
quay
A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
polycracy
The rule of many.
pitiable
Contemptible.
philharmonic
Fond of music.
pastoral
Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
propel
To drive or urge forward.
propagate
To spread abroad or from person to perso,
pyre
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
psychiatry
The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
plenitude
Abundance.
protrude
To push out or thrust forth.
populace
The common people.
physiography
Description of nature.
proportionate
Being in proportio,
prevention
Thwarting.
peremptory
Precluding question or appeal.
predominate
To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
pledgeor
One who gives a pledge.
peccant
Guilty.
pertinacious
Persistent or unyielding.
pollute
To contaminate.
permutation
Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
paternity
Fatherhood.
percipient
One who or that which perceives.
protege
One specially cared for and favored by another usually older perso,
prima
First.
qualification
A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
pneumatic
Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
pendulum
A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.
proverb
A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
pectoral
Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
pillage
Open robbery, as in war.
philogynist
One who is fond of wome,
paly
Lacking color or brilliancy.
quintet
Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
plummet
A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
preemption
The right or act of purchasing before others.
quackery
Charlatanry
prodigious
Immense.
pedal
A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
predominant
Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
pact
A covenant.
perceive
To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
proficient
Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
precipice
A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
physique
The physical structure or organization of a perso,
principle
A general truth or propositio,
quarterly
Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
proclamation
Any announcement made in a public manner.
quantity
Magnitude.
penitential
Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
pincers
An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
perspiration
Sweat.
prehensible
Capable of being grasped.
pantheism
The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
prehension
The act of laying hold of or grasping.
perceptible
Cognizable.
pernicious
Tending to kill or hurt.
pedestal
A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
patronize
To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
prefatory
Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
quite ad
Fully.
profiteer
One who profits.
parallelism
Essential likeness.
perforate
To make a hole or holes through.
persecution
Harsh or malignant oppressio,
precocious
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
positive
Free from doubt or hesitatio,
parity
Equality, as of condition or rank.
priory
A monastic house.
quarter
One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
privilege
A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
possess
To ow,
promiscuous
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
profuse
Produced or displayed in overabundance.
propulsion
A driving onward or forward.
pestilence
A raging epidemic.
posse
A force of me,
paralyze
To deprive of the power to act.
presentient
Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
petulant
Displaying impatience.
palinode
A retractio,
penetrate
To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
predict
To foretell.
peaceable
Tranquil.
procrastination
Delay.
perquisite
Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
precession
The act of going forward.
prophesy
To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
preamble
A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
philosophize
To seek ultimate causes and principles.
perfidy
Treachery.
possession
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
perhaps ad
Possibly.
psychic
Pertaining to the mind or soul.
pretext
A fictitious reason or motive.
picayune
Of small value.
profile
An outline or contour.
penultimate
A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
papyrus
The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
physicist
A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
philanthropist
One who endeavors to help his fellow me,
prescript
Prescribed as a rule or model.
paragon
A model of excellence.
persuadable
capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
physiognomy
The external appearance merely.
probity
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
preparatory
Having to do with what is preliminary.
Pariah
A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
quarantine
The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
precise
Exact.
preeminence
Special eminence.
perspective
The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
polygamy
the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
quartet
A composition for four voices or four instruments.
preference
An object of favor or choice.
preestablish
To settle or arrange beforehand.
potentate
One possessed of great power or sway.
poetic
Pertaining to poetry.
proxy
A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
qualm
A fit of nausea.
panacea
A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
placate
To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
pedagogy
The science and art of teaching
pseudapostle
A pretended or false apostle.
pompous
Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
plenteous
Abundant.
privateer
A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
pomposity
The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
pentad
The number five.
promontory
A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
pollen
The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
protagonist
A leader in any enterprise or contest.
philanthropic
Benevolent.
psychotherapy
The treatment of mental disease.
penurious
Excessively sparing in the use of money.
phenomenal
Extraordinary or marvelous.
principality
The territory of a reigning prince.
poignancy
Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
persistence
A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
perpetrator
The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
pellucid
Translucent.
potency
Power.
purloin
To steal.
paternal
Fatherly.
predominance
Ascendancy or preponderance.
perspicuous
Lucid.
propriety
Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
peerless
Of unequaled excellence or worth.
pseudonymity
The state or character of using a fictitious name.
pamphleteer
To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
pentagram
A figure having five points or lobes.
playful
Frolicsome.
permanent
Durable.
puissant
Possessing strength.
pathos
The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
periodicity
The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
promulgate
To proclaim.
piece
A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
pervasion
The state of spreading through every part.
physics
The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
protuberance
Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
prefer
To hold in higher estimatio,
position
The manner in which a thing is placed.
protuberant
Bulging.
prevaricate
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attentio,
participant
One having a share or part.
pacify
To bring into a peaceful state.
pendulous
Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
pediatrics
The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
persuade
To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflectio,
preternatural
Extraordinary.
platitude
A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
pentavalent
Quinqeuvalent.
prosody
The science of poetical forms.
paroxysm
A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
pretentious
Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
paramount
Supreme in authority.
preposterous
Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
phenomenon
Any unusual occurrence.
privy
Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transactio,
penitence
Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
prickle
To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
propellant
Propelling.
precedence
Priority in place, time, or rank.
pauper
One without means of support.
protector
A defender.
quarto
An eight-page newspaper of any size.
philanthropy
Active humanitarianism.
prediction
A prophecy.
predicate
To state as belonging to something.
partisan
Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
pseudonym
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
prohibition
A decree or an order forbidding something.
projection
A prominence.
phonogram
A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
persist
To continue steadfast against oppositio,
pyx
A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
pamphlet
A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
perfectible
Capable of being made perfect.
quibble
An utterly trivial distinction or objectio,
pandemonium
A fiendish or riotous uproar.
perspire
To excrete through the pores of the ski,
pervert
One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
phonology
The science of human vocal sounds.
perception
Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
proceed
To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruptio,
querulous
Habitually complaining.
prolific
Producing offspring or fruit.
preoccupy
To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
provident
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
preengage
To preoccupy.
pertinent
Relevant.
playwright
A maker of plays for the stage.
philander
To play at courtship with a woma,
putrescent
Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
plenipotentiary
A person fully empowered to transact any business.
pecuniary
Consisting of money.
panegyric
A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
proselyte
One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
peaceful
Tranquil.
palpable
perceptible by feeling or touch.
provocation
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
perpendicular
Straight up and dow,
peevish
Petulant. (irritable)
prattle
To utter in simple or childish talk.
predatory
Prone to pillaging.
peerage
The nobility.
presage
To foretell.
query
To make inquiry.
pharmacy
The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
payee
A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
partible
Separable.
powerless
Impotent.
proffer
To offer to another for acceptance.
perennial
Continuing though the year or through many years.
prescience
Knowledge of events before they take place.
pharmacopoeia
A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
prophecy
Any prediction or foretelling.
prominent
Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
quandary
A puzzling predicament.
polyglot
Speaking several tongues.
prurient
Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
phosphorescence
The property of emitting light.
provincial
Uncultured in thought and manner.
protract
To prolong.
phlegmatic
Not easily roused to feeling or actio,
prolix
Verbose.
protomartyr
The earliest victim in any cause.
percussion
The sharp striking of one body against another.
punctual
Observant and exact in points of time.
patriotism
Love and devotion to one's country.
preparation
An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
pendant
Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
passive
Unresponsive.
potent
Physically powerful.
pinnacle
A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
propitious
Kindly disposed.
pittance
Any small portion or meager allowance.
perambulate
To walk about.
personnel
The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
portend
To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
prudence
Cautio,
paronymous
Derived from the same root or primitive word.
plumb
A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
penetration
Discernment.
prehensile
Adapted for grasping or holding.
perfunctory
Half-hearted.
piecemeal ad
Gradually.
predecessor
An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
parlor
A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
preoccupation
The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
pantoscope
A very wide-angled photographic lens.
plea
An argument to obtain some desired actio,
precedential
Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
perspicacity
Acuteness or discernment.
prospectus
A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
postgraduate
Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
permanence
A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
precipitate
To force forward prematurely.
panoply
A full set of armor.
participate
To receive or have a part or share of.
quarrelsome
Irascible.
poignant
Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
profession
Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
pallid
Of a pale or wan appearance.
patriarch
The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
purveyor
one who supplies
plausible
Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
premonition
Foreboding.
populous
Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.
preferential
Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
psychopathic
Morally irresponsible.
pontiff
The Pope.
photoelectric
Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.
polar
Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
quiescence
Quiet.
proletarian
A person of the lowest or poorest class.
quietus
A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
polysyllable
Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
procrastinate
To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
presentment
Semblance.
penetrable
That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
pitiful
Wretched.
preponderant
Prevalent.
posit
To present in an orderly manner.
primitive
Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
palate
The roof of the mouth.
probate
Relating to making proof, as of a will.
perturbation
Mental excitement or confusio,
prevalence
Frequency.
preponderate
To exceed in influence or power.
personality
The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
promenade
To walk for amusement or exercise.
prescription
An authoritative directio,
Protestant
A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
purl
To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
pension
A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
propeller
One who or that which propels.
probation
Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
Parisian
Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
pedigree
One's line of ancestors.
phonic
Pertaining to the nature of sound.
profligate
Abandoned to vice.
panorama
A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
pervasive
Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
pulmonary
Pertaining to the lungs.
parley
To converse i,
preexist
To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
prerogative
Having superior rank or precedence.
polyhedron
A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.
perfumery
The preparation of perfumes.
promoter
A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
preexistence
Existence antecedent to something.
prelacy
A system of church government.
pageant
A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
procedure
A manner or method of acting.
premise
A judgment as a conclusio,
proctor
An agent acting for another.
possessive
Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
petrify
To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
pyromania
An insane propensity to set things on fire.
pupilage
The state or period of being a student.
passible
Capable of feeling of suffering.
pall
To make dull by satiety.
proficiency
An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
postdate
To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
predicament
A difficult, trying situation or plight.
portfolio
A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
pantomime
Sign-language.
possessor
One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
queue
A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
providential
Effected by divine guidance.
plenary
Entire.
practicable
Feasible.
parliament
A legislative body.
postscript
Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
pungent
Affecting the sense of smell.
plebeian
Commo,
pleasant
Agreeable.
palliate
To cause to appear less guilty.
pleasurable
Affording gratificatio,
prelude
An introductory or opening performance.
paraphernalia
Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
prolong
To extend in time or duratio,
poetics
The rules and principles of poetry.
placid
Serene.
parentage
The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
plutocracy
A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
pandemic
Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
quiescent
Being in a state of repose or inactio,
potential
Anything that may be possible.
permissible
That may be allowed.
prospector
One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
Pantheon
A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.
preferment
Preference.
patronymic
Formed after one's father's name.
petulance
The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
pique
To excite a slight degree of anger i,
pedagogics
The science and art of teaching.
prototype
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
packet
A bundle, as of letters.
poesy
Poetry.
philologist
An expert in linguistics.
pretension
A bold or presumptuous assertio,
quadrate
To divide into quarters.
pertinacity
Unyielding adherence.
protocol
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
peripatetic
Walking about.
prefix
To attach at the beginning.
pommel
To beat with something thick or bulky.
philology
The study of language in connection with history and literature.
polemics
The art of controversy or disputatio,
pagan
A worshiper of false gods.
parlance
Mode of speech.
prosaic
Unimaginative.
planisphere
A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
persiflage
Banter.
proscenium
That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
preclude
To prevent.
pauperism
Dependence on charity.
polyarchy
Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
polygon
A figure having many angles.
persevere
To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
pungency
The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
physiocracy
The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
presentiment
Foreboding.
prevalent
Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
presumptuous
Assuming too much.
prepossession
A preconceived liking.
paralysis
Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
prudential
Proceeding or marked by cautio,
philately
The study and collection of stamps.
peccable
Capable of sinning.
presumption
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
proscription
Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
precaution
A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
priggish
Conceited.
quiet
Making no noise.
paraphrase
Translate freely.
perturb
To disturb greatly.
partition
That which separates anything into distinct parts.
piteous
Compassionate.
prohibitory
Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
peddle
To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
paucity
Fewness.
patrimony
An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
privity
Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
pedant
A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
prominence
The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
pare
To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
pervade
To pass or spread through every part.
puerile
Childish.
palatial
Magnificent.
patrician
Of senatorial or noble rank.
perusal
The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
probe
To search through and through.
prim
Stiffly proper.
primer
An elementary reading-book for childre,
promissory
Expressing an engagement to pay.
personage
A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high statio,
perjure
To swear falsely to.
Pan-American
Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
progression
A moving forward or proceeding in course.
photometer
Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
prescriptible
Derived from authoritative directio,
perversion
Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
protective
Sheltering.
punctilious
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
perform
To accomplish.
progeny
Offspring.
paleontology
The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
pentameter
In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
pyrotechnic
Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
potion
A dose of liquid medicine.
pedestrian
One who journeys on foot.
paramour
One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
proximately ad
Immediately.
proviso
A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
proscribe
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciatio,
pillory
A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scor,
pervious
Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
pugnacious
Quarrelsome.
pedagogue
A schoolmaster.
premature
Coming too soo,
protuberate
To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
preempt
To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
poetaster
An inferior poet.
physiology
The science of organic functions.
prologue
A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
personal
Not general or public.
quintessence
The most essential part of anything.
parable
A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
precedent
An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
phonetic
Representing articulate sounds or speech.
pluperfect
Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or actio,
permeate
To pervade.
pestilent
Having a malign influence or effect.
pentagon
A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.
philosophy
The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
penchant
A bias in favor of something.
purgatory
An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
ponderous
Unusually weighty or forcible.
qualify
To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
pious
Religious.
precision
Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
preferable
More desirable than others.
prostrate
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
panel
A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
perversity
Wickedness.
prescient
Foreknowing.
pudgy
Small and fat.
protection
Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
portent
Anything that indicates what is to happe,
prudery
An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
ponder
To meditate or reflect upo,
percolate
To filter.
perpetuate
To preserve from extinction or oblivio,
pristine
Primitive.
patter
To mumble something over and over.
photometry
The art of measuring the intensity of light.
preface
A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
penalty
The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.
prelate
One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
punitive
Pertaining to punishment.
premier
First in rank or positio,
palsy
Paralysis.
perigee
The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
perseverance
A persistence in purpose and effort.
precarious
Perilous.
parse
To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
principal
Most important.
penury
Indigence.
professor
A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
parricide
The murder of a parent.
pennant
A small flag.
percipience
The act of perceiving.
prodigal
One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
parody
To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
peddler
One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
percolator
A filter.
pioneer
One among the first to explore a country.
precede
To happen first.
prowess
Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
plasticity
The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
profligacy
Shameless viciousness.
perjury
A solemn assertion of a falsity.
pestilential
having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
possible
Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
precipitant
Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
papacy
The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
primeval
Belonging to the first ages.
pitiless
Hard-hearted.
purport
Intent.
parish
The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
prate
To talk about vainly or foolishly.
pentahedron
A solid bounded by five plane faces.
precursor
A forerunner or herald.
pledgee
The person to whom anything is pledged.
paradox
A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.
quadruple
To multiply by four.
piccolo
A small flute.
preordain
To foreordai,
perspicacious
Astute.
polytechnic
Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.

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