provident | a. displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies |
prurient | a. having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something |
puerile | a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
pugilist | n. one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer |
pugnacity | n. combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness |
puissant | a. powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
pulchritude | n. great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
pulverize | v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
punctilious | a. marked by precise accordance with details |
pundit | n. authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
purloin | v. steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
purported | a. assumed to be such; supposed; rumored |
purveyor | n. one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer |
pusillanimous | a. cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
quadruped | n. four-footed or quadruped animal, especially, four-footed mammal |
quaff | v. drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily |
quantitative | a. expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity |
quay | n. dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded |
quiescent | a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
quietude | n. tranquility; state of peace and quiet |
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