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| purport |
to profess, suppose, claim: to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official; to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply. |
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| puritacnical |
adhearing to a rigid moral code |
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| purgation |
process of cleansing, purification, or purging |
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| pummel |
to pound, beat, to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists. |
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| punctilious |
careful in observing rules of bhaviour or ceremony: However earnest his aims and punctilious his language, Fowler had not found his genius in schoolteaching, and he did not find it in his essays. |
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| pugnacious |
quarrelsome, eager and ready to fight |
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| prurient |
lustful, exhibiting lewd desires, having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. |
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| prudent |
careful, cautious, wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober. Only prudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget |
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| prude |
one who is excessively proper or modest |
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| provocation |
cause, incitement to acto or respond; the act of provoking: The slightest provocation would elicit expressions of maternal anxiety. |
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| provincial |
rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope |
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| providential |
prudent, lucky: of, pertaining to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care; opportune, fortunate, or lucky: a providential event. |
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| provident |
prudent, frugal having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future. |
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| protract |
to prolong, draw out, extend |
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| protocol |
ceremony and manners observed by diplomats |
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| protestation |
declaration; formal expression or declaration of objection, dissent, or disapproval; protest. |
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| protean |
readily assuming different forms or characters: An amoeba is a protean animalcule. |
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| prostrate |
lying face downward, lying flat on the ground: He was prostrate from the extreme heat. |
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| proselytize |
to convert to a particular belief or religion: The cult members spent every weekend outside the mall proselytizing anyone who would listen in an attempt to get others to join their group |
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| proscribe |
to comdemn; to forbid, outlaw: The town council voted to proscribe the sale of alcohol on weekends. |
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| prevaricate |
to lie; evade the truth |
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| pretext |
excuse, pretended reason: The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war. |
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| pretentious |
showy, self-important |
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| presumptuous |
rede, improperly bold: The princess grew angry after the presumptuous noble tried to kiss her, even though he was far below her in social status. |
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| presentiment |
premonition, sense of foreboding: a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil. |
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| preposterous |
absurd, illogical: Through a preposterous and utterly hilarious series of events, this precipitates a plague. |
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| prepossessing |
attractive, engaging, apealing: His prepossessing appearance made it impossible for me to think of anything else. |
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| premonition |
forewarning; presentiment: a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event: He had a vague premonition of danger. |
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| preface |
introduction to a book; introductory remarks to a speech: The book included a brief preface by a leading expert in the field. |
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| preeminent |
celebrated, distinguished: He is preeminent in his profession. |
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| propitious |
favorable, advantageous: propitious whether, propitious gods: The dark storm clouds visible on the horizon suggested that the weather would not be propitious for sailing. |
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| propitiate |
to win over, appease, to make favorably inclined, conciliate |
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| propinquity |
nearness or similarity |
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| promontory |
piece of land or rock higher than its surrounding, could be a peninsula |
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| prologue |
introductory section of a leterary work or play; the act of introducing a play |
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| prolific |
productive, fertile: a prolific pear tree |
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| prognosticate |
to predict: Examining the tea leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead. |
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| profuse |
lavish, extravagant: She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins. |
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| profundity |
great depth, abyss; depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning; something profound or abstruse. |
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| profligate |
corrupt, degenerate: The profligate young heir embarked on a life of depravity and riotous spending that soon eroded both his health and his fortune |
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| profane |
impure; contrary to religion; sacrilegious: The movie depicted profane rites that involved drugs and human sacrifice. |
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| prodigious |
vast, enormous, extraordinary: a prodigious research grant. |
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| prodigal |
wasteful, extravagant, lavish: How can he be so prodigal with money on such tight budget? |
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| prucure |
to obtain: He managed to procure a pass. |
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| privation |
lack of usual necessities or comforts: His life of privation began to affect his life. |
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| primeval |
ancient, primitive: The first primates to walk on two legs, called Australopithecus, were the primeval descendants of modern man. |
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| prevaricate |
to lie, evade the truth: to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression |
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anahitb Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:48:11 GMT |
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| pretext |
excuse, pretended reason: The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint. |
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| pretentious |
showy, self-important1.Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2.Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. |
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| presumptuous |
rude, improperly bold |
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| presentiment |
premonition, sense of foreboding: a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding. |
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| preposterous |
absurd, illogical: Through a preposterous and utterly hilarious series of events, this precipitates a plague. |
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| prepossessing |
attractive, engaging, appealing; to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does. |
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| premonition |
forewarning; presentiment: a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger. |
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| preface |
introduction to a book; introductory remarks to a speech |
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| preeminent |
celebrated, distinguished, eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession. |
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| predicate |
to found or base on: He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.
to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude. |
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| predicadment |
an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. |
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| precocious |
unusually advanced at an early age or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child.
flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit. |
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| preclude |
to rule out:The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction. |
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| precipice |
edge; steep overhang; a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face: The mountain climber hung from a precipice before finding a handhold and pulling himself up; a situation of great peril: on the precipice of war. |
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| precept |
principle; law; maxim |
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| precarious |
uncertain: dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration. |
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| potable |
drinkable: During sea voyages it is essential that ships carry a supply of potable water because salty ocean water makes anyone who drinks it sick. |
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| posterity |
future generations; all of a person's descendants: 1.Future generations: "Everything he writes is consigned to posterity" (Joyce Carol Oates). |
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| posit |
to put in position: to assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
to suggest an idea: 2.To put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" (Anthony Burgess). |
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| portly |
stout, dignified: He was a portly gentleman, who wore a carnation in his lapel and carried a cane. |
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| pore |
to study closely or meditatively, to read or study carefully and attentively: pored over the classified ads in search of a new job. |
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| pontificate |
to speak in a pretentious manner; to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen? |
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| ponderous |
weighty, heavy, large: awkward or unwieldy: He carried a ponderous burden on his back. |
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| poignant |
emotionally moving; keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret. My teacher actually cried after reading to us the poignant final chapter of the novel. |
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| poach |
to steal game or fish; cook in boiling liquid; to trespass, esp. on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt. |
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| pneumatic |
relating to air; worked by compressed air |
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| ply |
to use diligently; to engage; to join together; to supply with or offer something pressingly to: to ply a person with drink. |
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| pluralistic |
including a variety of groups; of or relating to social or philosophical pluralism. 2.Having multiple aspects or parts: "the idea that intelligence is a pluralistic quality that ... varies in many dimensions among individuals" |
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| pluck |
to pull strings on musical instrument |
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| plenitude |
abundancre, plenty: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight. |
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anahitb Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:48:26 GMT |
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| plaudit |
applause |
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| platitude |
stale, overused expression, cliché, truism. |
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