5000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words - 5000 Vocabulary Words FREE | Part 4

by Sarah Cage

From 3,001 to 4,000 of the full 5,000 words, with brief definitions, are free for individual and classroom use. A small-print, PDF version (Free) is good for printing.

Alphabetical list shows definitions, differences (aggravate, aggregate) and similarities (bibliography, bibliophile) at-a-glance for easy review.

These words are targeted for SAT test prep, but other tests, such as the GRE and GMAT, use the same collegiate words. GRE words and GMAT vocabulary are just hard SAT words; SAT prep will help you on graduate school entrance tests. The SAT vocabulary and SAT math advice also applies to GRE vocabulary and GRE math, but the difficulty is different.

Credit to author Steve Baba, Ph.D. for the composition of this prep. You may want to check out how to study SAT vocabulary first.

Contents

Part 1 : from 1 to 1,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words
Part 2 : from 1,001 to 2,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words
Part 3 : from 2,001 to 3,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words
Part 4 : from 3,001 to 4,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words
Part 5 : from 4,001 to 5,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words

Many vocabulary words, such asdegrade, are repeated in definitions fordouble learning

Legend	Parts of Speech
n.	noun
v.	verb
adj.	adjective
adv.	adverb

Part 4 : From 3,001 to 4,000 FREE SAT Test Prep Words

Word	Type	Meaning
misogamy	n.	Hatred of marriage.
misogyny	n.	Hatred of women.
misplace	v.	To put into a wrong place.
misrepresent	v.	To give a wrong impression.
misrule	v.	To misgovern.
missal	n.	The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
missile	n.	Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.
missive	n.	A message in writing.
mistrust	v.	To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
misty	adj.	Lacking clearness
misunderstand	v.	To Take in a wrong sense.
misuse	v.	To maltreat.
mite	n.	A very small amount, portion, or particle.
miter	n.	The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
mitigate	v.	To make milder or more endurable.
mnemonics	n.	A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
moat	n.	A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
mobocracy	n.	Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
moccasin	n.	A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
mockery	n.	Ridicule.
moderation	n.	Temperance.
moderator	n.	The presiding officer of a meeting.
modernity	n.	The state or character of being modern.
modernize	v.	To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
modification	n.	A change.
modify	v.	To make somewhat different.
modish	adj.	Fashionable.
modulate	v.	To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
mollify	v.	To soothe.
molt	v.	To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
momentary	adj.	Lasting but a short time.
momentous	adj.	Very significant.
momentum	n.	An impetus.
monarchy	n.	Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
monastery	n.	A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
monetary	adj.	Financial.
mongrel	n.	The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
monition	n.	Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
monitory	n.	Admonition or warning.
monocracy	n.	Government by a single person.
monogamy	n.	The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
monogram	n.	A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
monograph	n.	A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
monolith	n.	Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
monologue	n.	A story or drama told or performed by one person.
monomania	n.	The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
monopoly	n.	The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
monosyllable	n.	A word of one syllable.
monotone	n.	The sameness or monotony of utterance.
monotonous	adj.	Unchanging and tedious.
monotony	n.	A lack of variety.
monsieur	n.	A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
monstrosity	n.	Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
moonbeam	n.	A ray of moonlight.
morale	n.	A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
moralist	n.	A writer on ethics.
morality	n.	Virtue.
moralize	v.	To render virtuous.
moratorium	n.	An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
morbid	adj.	Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
mordacious	adj.	Biting or giving to biting.
mordant	adj.	Biting.
moribund	adj.	On the point of dying.
morose	adj.	Gloomy.
morphology	n.	the science of organic forms.
motley	adj.	Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
motto	n.	An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
mountaineer	n.	One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
mountainous	adj.	Full of or abounding in mountains.
mouthful	n.	As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
muddle	v.	To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
muffle	v.	To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
mulatto	n.	The offspring of a white person and a black person.
muleteer	n.	A mule-driver.
multiform	adj.	Having many shapes, or appearances.
multiplicity	n.	the condition of being manifold or very various.
mundane	adj.	Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
municipal	adj.	Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
municipality	n.	A district enjoying municipal government.
munificence	n.	A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
munificent	adj.	Extraordinarily generous.
muster	n.	An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
mutation	n.	The act or process of change.
mutilate	v.	To disfigure.
mutiny	n.	Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
myriad	n.	A vast indefinite number.
mystic	n.	One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
mystification	n.	The act of artfully perplexing.
myth	n.	A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
mythology	n.	The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
nameless	adj.	Having no fame or reputation.
naphtha	n.	A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
Narcissus	n.	The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
narrate	v.	To tell a story.
narration	n.	The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
narrative	n.	An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
narrator	n.	One who narrates anything.
narrow-minded	adj.	Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
nasal	adj.	Pertaining to the nose.
natal	adj.	Pertaining to one's birth.
nationality	n.	A connection with a particular nation.
naturally	adv.	According to the usual order of things.
nausea	n.	An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
nauseate	v.	To cause to loathe.
nauseous	adj.	Loathsome.
nautical	adj.	Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
naval	adj.	Pertaining to ships.
navel	n.	The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
navigable	adj.	Capable of commercial navigation.
navigate	v.	To traverse by ship.
nebula	n.	A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
necessary	adj.	Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
necessitate	v.	To render indispensable.
necessity	n.	That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
necrology	n.	A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
necromancer	n.	One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
necropolis	n.	A city of the dead.
necrosis	n.	the death of part of the body.
nectar	n.	Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
nectarine	n.	A variety of the peach.
needlework	n.	Embroidery.
needy	adj.	Being in need, want, or poverty.
nefarious	adj.	Wicked in the extreme.
negate	v.	To deny.
negation	n.	The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
neglectful	adj.	Exhibiting or indicating omission.
negligee	n.	A loose gown worn by women.
negligence	n.	Omission of that which ought to be done.
negligent	adj.	Apt to omit what ought to be done.
negligible	adj.	Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
negotiable	v.	To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
Nemesis	n.	A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
neocracy	n.	Government administered by new or untried persons.
neo-Darwinsim	n.	Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
neo-Latin	n.	Modernized Latin.
neopaganism	n.	A new or revived paganism.
Neolithic	adj.	Pertaining to the later stone age.
neology	n.	The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
neophyte	adj.	Having the character of a beginner.
nestle	v.	To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
nestling	adj.	Recently hatched.
nettle	v.	To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
network	n.	Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
neural	adj.	Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
neurology	n.	The science of the nervous system.
neuter	adj.	Neither masculine nor feminine.
neutral	adj.	Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding.
Newtonian	adj.	Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
niggardly	adj.	Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
nihilist	n.	An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
nil	n.	Nothing
nimble	adj.	Light and quick in motion or action.
nit	n.	The egg of a louse or some other insect.
nocturnal	adj.	Of or pertaining to the night.
noiseless	adj.	Silent.
noisome	adj.	Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
noisy	adj.	Clamorous.
nomad	adj.	Having no fixed abode.
nomic	adj.	Usual or customary.
nominal	adj.	Trivial.
nominate	v.	To designate as a candidate for any office.
nomination	n.	The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
nominee	n.	One who receives a nomination.
non-existent	n.	That which does not exist.
non-resident	adj.	Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
nonchalance	n.	A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
non-combatant	n.	One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
nondescript	adj.	Indescribable.
nonentity	n.	A person or thing of little or no account.
nonpareil	n.	One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
norm	n.	A model.
normalcy	n.	The state of being normal.
Norman	adj.	Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
nostrum	n.	Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
noticeable	adj.	Perceptible.
notorious	adj.	Unfavorably known to the general public.
novellette	n.	A short novel.
novice	n.	A beginner in any business or occupation.
nowadays	adv.	In the present time or age.
nowhere	adv.	In no place or state.
noxious	adj.	Hurtful.
nuance	n.	A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
nucleus	n.	A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
nude	adj.	Naked.
nugatory	adj.	Having no power or force.
nuisance	n.	That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
numeration	n.	The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
numerical	adj.	Of or pertaining to number.
nunnery	n.	A convent for nuns.
nuptial	adj.	Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
nurture	n.	The process of fostering or promoting growth.
nutriment	n.	That which nourishes.
nutritive	adj.	Having nutritious properties.
oaken	adj.	Made of or from oak.
oakum	n.	Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.
obdurate	adj.	Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
obelisk	n.	A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.
obese	adj.	Exceedingly fat.
obesity	n.	Excessive fatness.
obituary	adj.	A published notice of a death.
objective	adj.	Grasping and representing facts as they are.
objector	n.	One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
obligate	v.	To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
obligatory	adj.	Binding in law or conscience.
oblique	adj.	Slanting; said of lines.
obliterate	v.	To cause to disappear.
oblivion	n.	The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
oblong	adj.	Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
obnoxious	adj.	Detestable.
obsequies	n.	Funeral rites.
obsequious	adj.	Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
observance	n.	A traditional form or customary act.
observant	adj.	Quick to notice.
observatory	n.	A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.
obsolescence	n.	The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
obsolescent	adj.	Passing out of use, as a word.
obsolete	adj.	No longer practiced or accepted.
obstetrician	n.	A practitioner of midwifery.
obstetrics	n.	The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
obstinacy	n.	Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.
obstreperous	adj.	Boisterous.
obstruct	v.	To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
obstruction	n.	Hindrance.
obtrude	v.	To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
obtrusive	adj.	Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
obvert	v.	To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
obviate	v.	To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
occasion	n.	An important event or celebration.
Occident	n.	The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
occlude	v.	To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
occult	adj.	Existing but not immediately perceptible.
occupant	n.	A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
occurrence	n.	A happening.
octagon	n.	A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
octave	n.	A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.
octavo	n.	A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.
octogenarian	adj.	A person of between eighty and ninety years.
ocular	adj.	Of or pertaining to the eye.
oculist	n.	One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
oddity	n.	An eccentricity.
ode	n.	The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
odious	adj.	Hateful.
odium	n.	A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
odoriferous	adj.	Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
odorous	adj.	Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
off	adj.	Farther or more distant.
offhand	adv.	Without preparation.
officiate	v.	To act as an officer or leader.
officious	adj.	Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.
offshoot	n.	Something that branches off from the parent stock.
ogre	n.	A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.
ointment	n.	A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.
olfactory	adj.	of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
olive-branch	n.	A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.
ominous	adj.	Portentous.
omission	n.	Exclusion.
omnipotence	n.	Unlimited and universal power.
Omnipotent	adj.	Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
omniscience	n.	Unlimited or infinite knowledge.
omniscient	adj.	Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
omnivorous	adj.	Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.
onerous	adj.	Burdensome or oppressive.
onrush	n.	Onset.
onset	n.	An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.
onslaught	n.	A violent onset.
onus	n.	A burden or responsibility.
opalescence	n.	The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.
opaque	adj.	Impervious to light.
operate	v.	To put in action and supervise the working of.
operative	adj.	Active.
operator	n.	One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.
operetta	n.	A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.
opinion	n.	A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.
opponent	n.	One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.
opportune	adj.	Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.
opportunist	n.	One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.
opportunity	n.	Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
opposite	adj.	Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
opprobrium	n.	The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
optic	n.	Pertaining to the eye or vision.
optician	n.	One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.
optics	n.	The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
optimism	n.	The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
option	n.	The right, power, or liberty of choosing.
optometry	n.	Measurement of the powers of vision.
opulence	n.	Affluence.
opulent	adj.	Wealthy.
oral	adj.	Uttered through the mouth.
orate	v.	To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
oration	n.	An elaborate or formal public speech.
orator	n.	One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
oratorio	n.	A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.
oratory	n.	The art of public speaking.
ordeal	n.	Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
ordinal	n.	That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
ordination	n.	A consecration to the ministry.
ordnance	n.	A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.
orgies	n.	Wild or wanton revelry.
origin	n.	The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be.
original	adj.	Not copied nor produced by imitation.
originate	v.	To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
ornate	adj.	Ornamented to a marked degree.
orthodox	adj.	Holding the commonly accepted faith.
orthodoxy	n.	Acceptance of the common faith.
orthogonal	adj.	Having or determined by right angles.
orthopedic	adj.	Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
orthopedist	n.	One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
oscillate	v.	To swing back and forth.
osculate	v.	To kiss.
ossify	v.	to convert into bone.
ostentation	n.	A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.
ostracism	n.	Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.
ostracize	v.	To exclude from public or private favor.
ought	v.	To be under moral obligation to be or do.
oust	v.	To eject.
out-and-out	adv.	Genuinely.
outbreak	n.	A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained.
outburst	n.	A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.
outcast	n.	One rejected and despised, especially socially.
outcry	n.	A vehement or loud cry or clamor.
outdo	v.	To surpass.
outlandish	adj.	Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action.
outlast	v.	To last longer than.
outlaw	n.	A habitual lawbreaker.
outlive	v.	To continue to exist after.
out-of-the-way	adj.	Remotely situated.
outpost	n.	A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.
outrage	n.	A gross infringement of morality or decency.
outrageous	adj.	Shocking in conduct.
outreach	v.	To reach or go beyond.
outride	v.	To ride faster than.
outrigger	n.	A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support.
outright	adv.	Entirely.
outskirt	n.	A border region.
outstretch	v.	To extend.
outstrip	v.	To go beyond.
outweigh	v.	To surpass in importance or excellence.
overdo	v.	To overtax the strength of.
overdose	n.	An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.
overeat	v.	To eat to excess.
overhang	n.	A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.
overleap	v.	To leap beyond.
overlord	n.	One who holds supremacy over another.
overpass	v.	To pass across or over, as a river.
overpay	v.	To pay or reward in excess.
overpower	v.	To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.
overproduction	n.	Excessive production.
overreach	v.	To stretch out too far.
overrun	v.	To infest or ravage.
oversee	v.	To superintend.
overseer	n.	A supervisor.
overshadow	v.	To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.
overstride	v.	To step beyond.
overthrow	v.	To vanquish an established ruler or government.
overtone	n.	A harmonic.
overture	n.	An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.
overweight	n.	Preponderance.
pacify	v.	To bring into a peaceful state.
packet	n.	A bundle, as of letters.
pact	n.	A covenant.
pagan	n.	A worshiper of false gods.
pageant	n.	A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
palate	n.	The roof of the mouth.
palatial	adj.	Magnificent.
paleontology	n.	The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
palette	n.	A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
palinode	n.	A retraction.
pall	v.	To make dull by satiety.
palliate	v.	To cause to appear less guilty.
pallid	adj.	Of a pale or wan appearance.
palpable	n.	perceptible by feeling or touch.
palsy	n.	Paralysis.
paly	adj.	Lacking color or brilliancy.
pamphlet	n.	A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
pamphleteer	v.	To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
panacea	n.	A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
Pan-American	adj.	Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
pandemic	adj.	Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
pandemonium	n.	A fiendish or riotous uproar.
panegyric	n.	A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
panel	n.	A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.
panic	n.	A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
panoply	n.	A full set of armor.
panorama	n.	A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
pantheism	n.	The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
Pantheon	n.	A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.
pantomime	n.	Sign-language.
pantoscope	n.	A very wide-angled photographic lens.
papacy	n.	The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papyrus	n.	The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
parable	n.	A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.
paradox	n.	A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.
paragon	n.	A model of excellence.
parallel	v.	To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
parallelism	n.	Essential likeness.
paralysis	n.	Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.
paralyze	v.	To deprive of the power to act.
paramount	adj.	Supreme in authority.
paramour	n.	One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.
paraphernalia	n.	Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.
paraphrase	v.	Translate freely.
pare	v.	To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.
parentage	n.	The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
Pariah	n.	A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
parish	n.	The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.
Parisian	adj.	Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
parity	n.	Equality, as of condition or rank.
parlance	n.	Mode of speech.
parley	v.	To converse in.
parliament	n.	A legislative body.
parlor	n.	A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
parody	v.	To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
paronymous	adj.	Derived from the same root or primitive word.
paroxysm	n.	A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
parricide	n.	The murder of a parent.
parse	v.	To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
parsimonious	adj.	Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
partible	adj.	Separable.
participant	n.	One having a share or part.
participate	v.	To receive or have a part or share of.
partition	n.	That which separates anything into distinct parts.
partisan	adj.	Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
passible	adj.	Capable of feeling of suffering.
passive	adj.	Unresponsive.
pastoral	adj.	Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
paternal	adj.	Fatherly.
paternity	n.	Fatherhood.
pathos	n.	The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
patriarch	n.	The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.
patrician	adj.	Of senatorial or noble rank.
patrimony	n.	An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
patriotism	n.	Love and devotion to one's country.
patronize	v.	To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
patronymic	adj.	Formed after one's father's name.
patter	v.	To mumble something over and over.
paucity	n.	Fewness.
pauper	n.	One without means of support.
pauperism	n.	Dependence on charity.
pavilion	n.	An open structure for temporary shelter.
payee	n.	A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.
peaceable	adj.	Tranquil.
peaceful	adj.	Tranquil.
peccable	adj.	Capable of sinning.
peccadillo	n.	A small breach of propriety or principle.
peccant	adj.	Guilty.
pectoral	adj.	Pertaining to the breast or thorax.
pecuniary	adj.	Consisting of money.
pedagogics	n.	The science and art of teaching.
pedagogue	n.	A schoolmaster.
pedagogy	n.	The science and art of teaching
pedal	n.	A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
pedant	n.	A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
peddle	v.	To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
pedestal	n.	A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
pedestrian	n.	One who journeys on foot.
pediatrics	n.	The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
pedigree	n.	One's line of ancestors.
peddler	n.	One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
peerage	n.	The nobility.
peerless	adj.	Of unequaled excellence or worth.
peevish	adj.	Petulant. (irritable)
pellucid	adj.	Translucent.
penalty	n.	The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.
penance	n.	Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.
penchant	n.	A bias in favor of something.
pendant	n.	Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
pendulous	adj.	Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
pendulum	n.	A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.
penetrable	adj.	That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
penetrate	v.	To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
penetration	n.	Discernment.
peninsular	adj.	Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
penitence	n.	Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
penitential	adj.	Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
pennant	n.	A small flag.
pension	n.	A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
pentagram	n.	A figure having five points or lobes.
pentavalent	adj.	Quinqeuvalent.
pentad	n.	The number five.
pentagon	n.	A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.
pentahedron	n.	A solid bounded by five plane faces.
pentameter	n.	In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
pentathlon	n.	The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
penultimate	adj.	A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.
penurious	adj.	Excessively sparing in the use of money.
penury	n.	Indigence.
perambulate	v.	To walk about.
perceive	v.	To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
perceptible	adj.	Cognizable.
perception	n.	Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
percipience	n.	The act of perceiving.
percipient	n.	One who or that which perceives.
percolate	v.	To filter.
percolator	n.	A filter.
percussion	n.	The sharp striking of one body against another.
peremptory	adj.	Precluding question or appeal.
perennial	adj.	Continuing though the year or through many years.
perfectible	adj.	Capable of being made perfect.
perfidy	n.	Treachery.
perforate	v.	To make a hole or holes through.
perform	v.	To accomplish.
perfumery	n.	The preparation of perfumes.
perfunctory	adj.	Half-hearted.
perhaps	adv.	Possibly.
perigee	n.	The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
periodicity	n.	The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
peripatetic	adj.	Walking about.
perjure	v.	To swear falsely to.
perjury	n.	A solemn assertion of a falsity.
permanence	n.	A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
permanent	adj.	Durable.
permeate	v.	To pervade.
permissible	adj.	That may be allowed.
permutation	n.	Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
pernicious	adj.	Tending to kill or hurt.
perpendicular	adj.	Straight up and down.
perpetrator	n.	The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
perpetuate	v.	To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
perquisite	n.	Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
persecution	n.	Harsh or malignant oppression.
perseverance	n.	A persistence in purpose and effort.
persevere	v.	To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
persiflage	n.	Banter.
persist	v.	To continue steadfast against opposition.
persistence	n.	A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
personage	n.	A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
personal	adj.	Not general or public.
personality	n.	The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
personnel	n.	The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
perspective	n.	The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
perspicacious	adj.	Astute.
perspicacity	n.	Acuteness or discernment.
perspicuous	adj.	Lucid.
perspiration	n.	Sweat.
perspire	v.	To excrete through the pores of the skin.
persuade	v.	To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
persuadable	adj.	capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
pertinacious	adj.	Persistent or unyielding.
pertinacity	n.	Unyielding adherence.
pertinent	adj.	Relevant.
perturb	v.	To disturb greatly.
perturbation	n.	Mental excitement or confusion.
perusal	n.	The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
pervade	v.	To pass or spread through every part.
pervasion	n.	The state of spreading through every part.
pervasive	adj.	Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
perverse	adj.	Unreasonable.
perversion	n.	Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
perversity	n.	Wickedness.
pervert	n.	One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
pervious	adj.	Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
pestilence	n.	A raging epidemic.
pestilent	adj.	Having a malign influence or effect.
pestilential	adj.	having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
peter	v.	To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
petrify	v.	To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
petulance	n.	The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
petulant	adj.	Displaying impatience.
pharmacopoeia	n.	A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
pharmacy	n.	The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
phenomenal	adj.	Extraordinary or marvelous.
phenomenon	n.	Any unusual occurrence.
philander	v.	To play at courtship with a woman.
philanthropic	adj.	Benevolent.
philanthropist	n.	One who endeavors to help his fellow men.
philanthropy	n.	Active humanitarianism.
philately	n.	The study and collection of stamps.
philharmonic	adj.	Fond of music.
philogynist	n.	One who is fond of women.
philologist	n.	An expert in linguistics.
philology	n.	The study of language in connection with history and literature.
philosophize	v.	To seek ultimate causes and principles.
philosophy	n.	The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
phlegmatic	adj.	Not easily roused to feeling or action.
phonetic	adj.	Representing articulate sounds or speech.
phonic	adj.	Pertaining to the nature of sound.
phonogram	n.	A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
phonology	n.	The science of human vocal sounds.
phosphorescence	n.	The property of emitting light.
photoelectric	adj.	Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.
photometer	n.	Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
photometry	n.	The art of measuring the intensity of light.
physicist	n.	A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
physics	n.	The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
physiocracy	n.	The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
physiognomy	n.	The external appearance merely.
physiography	n.	Description of nature.
physiology	n.	The science of organic functions.
physique	n.	The physical structure or organization of a person.
picayune	adj.	Of small value.
piccolo	n.	A small flute.
piece	n.	A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
piecemeal	adv.	Gradually.
pillage	n.	Open robbery, as in war.
pillory	n.	A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
pincers	n.	An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
pinchers	n.	An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
pinnacle	n.	A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
pioneer	n.	One among the first to explore a country.
pious	adj.	Religious.
pique	v.	To excite a slight degree of anger in.
piteous	adj.	Compassionate.
pitiable	adj.	Contemptible.
pitiful	adj.	Wretched.
pitiless	adj.	Hard-hearted.
pittance	n.	Any small portion or meager allowance.
placate	v.	To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
placid	adj.	Serene.
plagiarism	n.	The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.
planisphere	n.	A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
plasticity	n.	The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
platitude	n.	A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
plaudit	n.	An expression of applause.
plausible	adj.	Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
playful	adj.	Frolicsome.
playwright	n.	A maker of plays for the stage.
plea	n.	An argument to obtain some desired action.
pleasant	adj.	Agreeable.
pleasurable	adj.	Affording gratification.
plebeian	adj.	Common.
pledgee	n.	The person to whom anything is pledged.
pledgeor	n.	One who gives a pledge.
plenary	adj.	Entire.
plenipotentiary	n.	A person fully empowered to transact any business.
plenitude	n.	Abundance.
plenteous	adj.	Abundant.
plumb	n.	A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
plummet	n.	A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
pluperfect	adj.	Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
plural	adj.	Containing or consisting of more than one.
plurality	n.	A majority.
plutocracy	n.	A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
pneumatic	adj.	Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
poesy	n.	Poetry.
poetaster	n.	An inferior poet.
poetic	adj.	Pertaining to poetry.
poetics	n.	The rules and principles of poetry.
poignancy	n.	Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
poignant	adj.	Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
poise	n.	Equilibrium.
polar	adj.	Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
polemics	n.	The art of controversy or disputation.
pollen	n.	The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
pollute	v.	To contaminate.
polyarchy	n.	Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
polycracy	n.	The rule of many.
polygamy	n.	the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
polyglot	adj.	Speaking several tongues.
polygon	n.	A figure having many angles.
polyhedron	n.	A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.
polysyllable	adj.	Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
polytechnic	adj.	Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
polytheism	n.	The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
pommel	v.	To beat with something thick or bulky.
pomposity	n.	The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
pompous	adj.	Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
ponder	v.	To meditate or reflect upon.
ponderous	adj.	Unusually weighty or forcible.
pontiff	n.	The Pope.
populace	n.	The common people.
populous	adj.	Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.
portend	v.	To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
portent	n.	Anything that indicates what is to happen.
portfolio	n.	A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
posit	v.	To present in an orderly manner.
position	n.	The manner in which a thing is placed.
positive	adj.	Free from doubt or hesitation.
posse	n.	A force of men.
possess	v.	To own.
possession	n.	The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
possessive	adj.	Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
possessor	n.	One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
possible	adj.	Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
postdate	v.	To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
posterior	n.	The hinder part.
postgraduate	adj.	Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
postscript	n.	Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
potency	n.	Power.
potent	adj.	Physically powerful.
potentate	n.	One possessed of great power or sway.
potential	n.	Anything that may be possible.
potion	n.	A dose of liquid medicine.
powerless	adj.	Impotent.
practicable	adj.	Feasible.
prate	v.	To talk about vainly or foolishly.
prattle	v.	To utter in simple or childish talk.
preamble	n.	A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
precarious	adj.	Perilous.
precaution	n.	A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
precede	v.	To happen first.
precedence	n.	Priority in place, time, or rank.
precedent	n.	An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
precedential	adj.	Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
precession	n.	The act of going forward.
precipice	n.	A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
precipitant	adj.	Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
precipitate	v.	To force forward prematurely.
precise	adj.	Exact.
precision	n.	Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
preclude	v.	To prevent.
precocious	adj.	Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
precursor	n.	A forerunner or herald.
predatory	adj.	Prone to pillaging.
predecessor	n.	An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
predicament	n.	A difficult, trying situation or plight.
predicate	v.	To state as belonging to something.
predict	v.	To foretell.
prediction	n.	A prophecy.
predominance	n.	Ascendancy or preponderance.
predominant	adj.	Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
predominate	v.	To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
preeminence	n.	Special eminence.
preempt	v.	To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
preemption	n.	The right or act of purchasing before others.
preengage	v.	To preoccupy.
preestablish	v.	To settle or arrange beforehand.
preexist	v.	To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
preexistence	n.	Existence antecedent to something.
preface	n.	A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
prefatory	adj.	Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
prefer	v.	To hold in higher estimation.
preferable	adj.	More desirable than others.
preference	n.	An object of favor or choice.
preferential	adj.	Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
preferment	n.	Preference.
prefix	v.	To attach at the beginning.
prehensible	adj.	Capable of being grasped.
prehensile	adj.	Adapted for grasping or holding.
prehension	n.	The act of laying hold of or grasping.
prejudice	n.	A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
prelacy	n.	A system of church government.
prelate	n.	One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
prelude	n.	An introductory or opening performance.
premature	adj.	Coming too soon.
premier	adj.	First in rank or position.
premise	n.	A judgment as a conclusion.
premonition	n.	Foreboding.
preoccupation	n.	The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
preoccupy	v.	To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
preordain	v.	To foreordain.
preparation	n.	An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
preparatory	adj.	Having to do with what is preliminary.
preponderant	adj.	Prevalent.
preponderate	v.	To exceed in influence or power.
prepossession	n.	A preconceived liking.
preposterous	adj.	Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
prerogative	adj.	Having superior rank or precedence.
presage	v.	To foretell.
prescience	n.	Knowledge of events before they take place.
prescient	adj.	Foreknowing.
prescript	adj.	Prescribed as a rule or model.
prescriptible	adj.	Derived from authoritative direction.
prescription	n.	An authoritative direction.
presentient	adj.	Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
presentiment	n.	Foreboding.
presentment	n.	Semblance.
preservation	n.	Conservation.
presumption	n.	That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
presumptuous	adj.	Assuming too much.
pretension	n.	A bold or presumptuous assertion.
pretentious	adj.	Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
preternatural	adj.	Extraordinary.
pretext	n.	A fictitious reason or motive.
prevalence	n.	Frequency.
prevalent	adj.	Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
prevaricate	v.	To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
prevention	n.	Thwarting.
prickle	v.	To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
priggish	adj.	Conceited.
prim	adj.	Stiffly proper.
prima	adj.	First.
primer	n.	An elementary reading-book for children.
primeval	adj.	Belonging to the first ages.
primitive	adj.	Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
principal	adj.	Most important.
principality	n.	The territory of a reigning prince.
principle	n.	A general truth or proposition.
priory	n.	A monastic house.
pristine	adj.	Primitive.
privateer	n.	A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
privilege	n.	A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
privity	n.	Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
privy	adj.	Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
probate	adj.	Relating to making proof, as of a will.
probation	n.	Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
probe	v.	To search through and through.
probity	n.	Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
procedure	n.	A manner or method of acting.
proceed	v.	To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
proclamation	n.	Any announcement made in a public manner.
procrastinate	v.	To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
procrastination	n.	Delay.
proctor	n.	An agent acting for another.
prodigal	n.	One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
prodigious	adj.	Immense.
prodigy	n.	A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
productive	adj.	Yielding in abundance.
profession	n.	Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
professor	n.	A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
proffer	v.	To offer to another for acceptance.
proficiency	n.	An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
proficient	adj.	Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
profile	n.	An outline or contour.
profiteer	n.	One who profits.
profligacy	n.	Shameless viciousness.
profligate	adj.	Abandoned to vice.
profuse	adj.	Produced or displayed in overabundance.
progeny	n.	Offspring.
progression	n.	A moving forward or proceeding in course.
prohibition	n.	A decree or an order forbidding something.
prohibitionist	n.	One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
prohibitory	adj.	Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
projection	n.	A prominence.
proletarian	n.	A person of the lowest or poorest class.
prolific	adj.	Producing offspring or fruit.
prolix	adj.	Verbose.
prologue	n.	A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
prolong	v.	To extend in time or duration.
promenade	v.	To walk for amusement or exercise.
prominence	n.	The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
prominent	adj.	Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
promiscuous	adj.	Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
promissory	adj.	Expressing an engagement to pay.
promontory	n.	A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
promoter	n.	A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
promulgate	v.	To proclaim.
propaganda	n.	Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
propagate	v.	To spread abroad or from person to person.
propel	v.	To drive or urge forward.
propellant	adj.	Propelling.
propeller	n.	One who or that which propels.
prophecy	n.	Any prediction or foretelling.
prophesy	v.	To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
propitious	adj.	Kindly disposed.
proportionate	adj.	Being in proportion.
propriety	n.	Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
propulsion	n.	A driving onward or forward.
prosaic	adj.	Unimaginative.
proscenium	n.	That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
proscribe	v.	To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
proscription	n.	Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
proselyte	n.	One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
prosody	n.	The science of poetical forms.
prospector	n.	One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
prospectus	n.	A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
prostrate	adj.	Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
protagonist	n.	A leader in any enterprise or contest.
protection	n.	Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
protective	adj.	Sheltering.
protector	n.	A defender.
protege	n.	One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.
Protestant	n.	A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
protomartyr	n.	The earliest victim in any cause.
protocol	n.	A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
protoplasm	n.	The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
prototype	n.	A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
protract	v.	To prolong.
protrude	v.	To push out or thrust forth.
protrusion	n.	The act of protruding.
protuberance	n.	Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
protuberant	adj.	Bulging.
protuberate	v.	To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
proverb	n.	A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
provident	adj.	Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
providential	adj.	Effected by divine guidance.
provincial	adj.	Uncultured in thought and manner.
proviso	n.	A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
provocation	n.	An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
prowess	n.	Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
proximately	adv.	Immediately.
proxy	n.	A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
prudence	n.	Caution.
prudential	adj.	Proceeding or marked by caution.
prudery	n.	An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
prurient	adj.	Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
pseudapostle	n.	A pretended or false apostle.
pseudonym	n.	A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
pseudonymity	n.	The state or character of using a fictitious name.
psychiatry	n.	The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
psychic	adj.	Pertaining to the mind or soul.
psychopathic	adj.	Morally irresponsible.
psychotherapy	n.	The treatment of mental disease.
pudgy	adj.	Small and fat.
puerile	adj.	Childish.
pugnacious	adj.	Quarrelsome.
puissant	adj.	Possessing strength.
pulmonary	adj.	Pertaining to the lungs.
punctilious	adj.	Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
punctual	adj.	Observant and exact in points of time.
pungent	adj.	Affecting the sense of smell.
pungency	n.	The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
punitive	adj.	Pertaining to punishment.
pupilage	n.	The state or period of being a student.
purgatory	n.	An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
purl	v.	To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
purloin	v.	To steal.
purport	n.	Intent.
purveyor	n.	one who supplies
pusillanimous	adj.	Without spirit or bravery.
putrescent	adj.	Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
pyre	n.	A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
pyromania	n.	An insane propensity to set things on fire.
pyrotechnic	adj.	Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
pyx	n.	A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
quackery	n.	Charlatanry
quadrate	v.	To divide into quarters.
quadruple	v.	To multiply by four.
qualification	n.	A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
qualify	v.	To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
qualm	n.	A fit of nausea.
quandary	n.	A puzzling predicament.
quantity	n.	Magnitude.
quarantine	n.	The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
quarrelsome	adj.	Irascible.
quarter	n.	One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
quarterly	adj.	Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
quartet	n.	A composition for four voices or four instruments.
quarto	n.	An eight-page newspaper of any size.
quay	n.	A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
querulous	adj.	Habitually complaining.
query	v.	To make inquiry.
queue	n.	A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
quibble	n.	An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
quiescence	n.	Quiet.
quiescent	adj.	Being in a state of repose or inaction.
quiet	adj.	Making no noise.
quietus	n.	A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
quintessence	n.	The most essential part of anything.
quintet	n.	Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
quite	adv.	Fully.
Quixotic	adj.	Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
rabid	adj.	Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
racy	adj.	Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
radiance	n.	Brilliant or sparkling luster.
radiate	v.	To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
radical	n.	One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
radix	n.	That from or on which something is developed.
raillery	n.	Good-humored satire.
ramify	v.	To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
ramose	adj.	Branch-like.
rampant	adj.	Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
rampart	n.	A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
rancor	n.	Malice.
rankle	v.	To produce irritation or festering.
rapacious	adj.	Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
rapid	adj.	Having great speed.
rapine	n.	The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
rapt	adj.	Enraptured.
raptorial	adj.	Seizing and devouring living prey.
ration	v.	To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.
rationalism	n.	The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
raucous	adj.	Harsh.
ravage	v.	To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.
ravenous	adj.	Furiously voracious or hungry.
ravine	n.	A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.
reaction	n.	Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.
reactionary	adj.	Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.
readily	adv.	Without objection or reluctance.
readjust	v.	To put in order after disarrangement.
ready	adj.	In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.
realism	n.	The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.
rearrange	v.	To arrange again or in a different order.
reassure	v.	To give new confidence.
rebellious	adj.	Insubordinate.
rebuff	n.	A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
rebuild	v.	To build again or anew.
rebut	v.	To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
recant	v.	To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
recapitulate	v.	To repeat again the principal points of.
recapture	v.	To capture again.
recede	v.	To move back or away.
receivable	adj.	Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.
receptive	adj.	Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.
recessive	adj.	Having a tendency to go back.
recidivist	n.	A confirmed criminal.
reciprocal	adj.	Mutually interchangeable or convertible.
reciprocate	v.	To give and take mutually.
reciprocity	n.	Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
recitation	n.	The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory.
reck	v.	To have a care or thought for.
reckless	adj.	Foolishly headless of danger.
reclaim	v.	To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
recline	v.	To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
recluse	n.	One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
reclusory	n.	A hermitage.
recognizance	n.	An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
recognize	v.	To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
recoil	v.	To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
recollect	v.	To recall the knowledge of.
reconcilable	adj.	Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
reconnoiter	v.	To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
reconsider	v.	To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
reconstruct	v.	To rebuild.
recourse	n.	Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
recover	v.	To regain.
recreant	n.	A cowardly or faithless person.
recreate	v.	To refresh after labor.
recrudescence	n.	The state of becoming raw or sore again.
recrudescent	adj.	Becoming raw or sore again.

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