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  1. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  2. prowl
    move about in or as if in a predatory manner
  3. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  4. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  5. prune
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  6. pry
    be nosey
  7. pseudonym
    a fake name used to engage in some activity
  8. psychology
    the science of mental life
  9. puck
    a vulcanized rubber disk used in ice hockey
  10. pucker
    gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  11. puckish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  12. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  13. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  14. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  15. pulverize
    make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  16. pun
    a humorous play on words
  17. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  18. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  19. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  20. puny
    of inferior size
  21. purity
    being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
  22. purlieu
    an outer adjacent area of any place
  23. purloin
    make off with belongings of others
  24. purvey
    supply with provisions
  25. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  26. quack
    the sound made by a duck
  27. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  28. quail
    a small game bird
  29. qualify
    prove capable or fit; meet requirements
  30. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  31. quarantine
    isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
  32. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  33. quash
    declare invalid
  34. quaver
    give off unsteady sounds
  35. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  36. quench
    satisfy, as thirst
  37. querulous
    habitually complaining
  38. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  39. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  40. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  41. quota
    a prescribed number
  42. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  43. rabble
    a disorderly crowd of people
  44. rabid
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  45. racy
    marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  46. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  47. raffle
    a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
  48. rage
    a feeling of intense anger
  49. ragged
    being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
  50. rail
    a horizontal bar, usually of wood or metal
  51. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  52. ramble
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
  53. rambunctious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  54. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  55. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  56. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
  57. rankle
    make resentful or angry
  58. rant
    talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner
  59. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  60. rapport
    a relationship of mutual understanding between people
  61. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  62. rapscallion
    one who is playfully mischievous
  63. rapt
    feeling great delight and interest
  64. rash
    imprudently incurring risk
  65. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  66. raspy
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  67. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  68. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  69. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
  70. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  71. rave
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  72. ravel
    disentangle or separate out
  73. ravish
    hold spellbound
  74. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  75. react
    show a response to something
  76. reactionary
    extremely conservative or resistant to change
  77. ream
    a quantity of paper
  78. reap
    get or derive
  79. reassure
    cause to feel confident
  80. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  81. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  82. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  83. recessive
    of or pertaining to a recession
  84. recidivate
    go back to bad behavior
  85. reciprocate
    act, feel, or give mutually or in return
  86. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  87. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  88. recoil
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  89. reconcile
    come to terms
  90. recondite
    difficult to understand
  91. reconnoiter
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  92. reconstitute
    construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
  93. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  94. recumbent
    lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  95. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  96. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  97. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  98. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  99. reel
    a winder around which flexible materials can be wound
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