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  1. palisade
    a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
  2. parasite
    an animal or plant that lives in or on a host
  3. parricide
    the murder of your own father or mother
  4. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  5. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  6. portly
    fairly large
  7. poultry
    the flesh of domesticated birds raised for food
  8. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  9. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. parity
    functional equality
  11. parry
    impede the movement of
  12. party
    an occasion on which people gather to socialize and have fun
  13. perfect
    being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
  14. prefect
    a chief officer or chief magistrate
  15. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  16. prerequisite
    something that is needed or obligatory in advance
  17. phenom
    a person of remarkable talent or ability
  18. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  19. phone
    electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
  20. phoneme
    a distinct speech sound in a particular language
  21. porpoise
    any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
  22. tortoise
    a land turtle with clawed limbs
  23. turtle
    any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
  24. Prague
    the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
  25. plague
    any large-scale calamity
  26. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  27. prelude
    something that introduces what follows
  28. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  29. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  30. ramble
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
  31. rumble
    utter or emit low, dull, resonant sounds
  32. ramp
    an inclined surface connecting two levels
  33. romp
    play boisterously
  34. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
  35. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  36. rapine
    the act of despoiling a country in warfare
  37. ravine
    a deep narrow steep-sided valley
  38. regimen
    a systematic plan for therapy
  39. regiment
    army unit smaller than a division
  40. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  41. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  42. repellent
    serving or tending to cause aversion
  43. repentant
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  44. resort
    have recourse to
  45. retort
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  46. rife
    excessively abundant
  47. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  48. rile
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  49. rind
    the natural outer covering of food
Created on Sat Sep 20 08:52:04 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jan 13 01:12:42 EST 2026)

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