preen:
v. make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction | preponderance:
n. superiority in numbers or amount |
prequel:
n. a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel | presage:
v. foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
preservative:
n. something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage | prestidigitation:
n. cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands |
presumable:
a. supposed to be true; reasonable as a supposition | presumption:
n. act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
pretence:
n. act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.. | pretension:
n. advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality |
preternatural:
a. being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural | prevalent:
a. widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
prevaricate:
v. lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action | primeval:
a. ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient |
primp:
v. become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to | privation:
n. hardship; state of extreme poverty |
proactive:
a. acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty | profane:
v. violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
proffer:
v. hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance | profiteer:
n. one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk |
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