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- precipitous, adj.
- very steep, by extension, hasty or rash
- precocious, adj.
- characterized by premature development
- predilection, n.
- a preconceived liking, a preference
- prig, n.
- a person who affects great propriety, a smug or pedantic person
- proclivity, n.
- a natural tendency to do something, an inclination, a leaning towards
something
- prodigality, n.
- reckless wastefulness
- profuse, adj.
- poured forth, given or produced freely and abundantly
- proliferate, v.
- to reproduce in quick succession
- prolix, adj.
- long and wordy
- propinquity, n.
- nearness in time, place or relationship, affinity of nature
- propitiatory, adj.
- having the power to make atonement
- prosaic, adj.
- dull, commonplace, tedious
- proscribe, v.
- to outlaw, banish, exile or prohibit
- proselytize, v.
- to make converts
- protuberance, n.
- the part of a thing that protrudes, a bulge
- pundit, n.
- a person of great learning
- quaff, v.
- to drink or swallow in large quantities
- quixotic, adj.
- extravagantly chivalrous or romantically idealistic, impractical
- raffish, adj.
- disreputable, tawdry
- rail, v.
- to speak bitterly or reproachfully, to complain violently
- ramify, v.
- to be divided or subdivided, to branch
- rampant, adj.
- flourishing, spreading unchecked, violent and uncontrollable in action
- rapacious, adj.
- given to plunder, voracious, greedy
- rarefaction, n.
- the making of something thinner or less dense, the making of something
purer or more refined
- ratiocination, n.
- the act or process of something
- raucous, adj.
- harsh, hoarse, rough-sounding
- recalcitrant, adj.
- obstinate, refusing to obey authority, noncompliant
- recidivism, n.
- a chronic relapse into antisocial behavior patterns
- recondite, adj.
- profound, abstruse, concealed
- recreancy, n.
- cowardice, a cowardly giving up
- redoubtable, adj.
- Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
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