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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plaintive | mournful and expressing sorrow |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| ponderous | very heavy, unwieldy from weight |
| portal | a doorway (especially a large one) |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| posterity | future generations, all descendants of a person |
| potent | powerful, having a strong effect |
| potentate | a monarch, very powerful ruler, sovereign |
| prattle | meaningless sounds, babble |
| precipice | a very steep cliff or mass of rock, the brink of something dangerous |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| predilection | preference |
| primeval | ancient, relating to the earliest ages |
| prolific | abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity |
| propensity | preference, natural inclination |
| propinquity | nearness; kindship |
| propriety | correect conduct |
| quaint | unusual in character or appearance |
| regimen | the regular process, procedure, or system of doing something |
| remonstrate | to protest, to make objections |
| replete | filled to capacity, abundantly supplied |
| requite | to make repayment or to return |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| rotund | very plump, round |
| sagacious | wise, shrewd, very discerning |
| scintillating | sparkling, shining, or flashing |
| sedulously | very diligent, accomplishing with painstaking care |
| sentinel | one who keeps guard as a sentry |
| solace | to comfort or to cheer |
| stalwart | one who supports a cause with firm partisanship |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
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