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Provident adjective preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal Provincial adjective limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow Provisional adjective conditional; temporary; tentative Proximity noun nearness Prudent adjective careful; having foresight Purported adjective rumored; claimed Putative adjective commonly accepted; supposed; reputed Qualify verb to modify or restrict Qualitative adjective having to do with the quality or qualities of something (as opposed to the quantity) Querulous adjective complaining; grumbling; whining Quixotic adjective romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree Ramification noun a consequence; a branching out Rancor noun bitter; long-lasting ill will or resentment Rapacious adjective greedy; plundering; avaricious Rebuke verb to criticize sharply Rebut verb to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false Recalcitrant adjective stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient Recant verb to publicly take back and deny something previously said or believed; to openly confess error Reciprocal adjective mutual; shared; interchangeable Reclusive adjective hermitlike; withdrawn from society Recondite adjective hard to understand; over one's head savoir faire social know-how tout de suite immediately vis-a-vis in relation to ad hoc with respect to the particular case at hand ad infinitum to infinity taste : bland color : pale maxim : proverbial riddle : enigmatic downhill : foot downriver : mouth football : gridiron baseball : diamond