| 1 | pain | n. | a hurt or suffering somewhere in the body |
| 2 | paint | v. | to cover with a liquid color; to make a picture with liquid colors; n. a colored liquid used to cover or protect a surface |
| 3 | paper | n. | a thin, flat material made from plants or cloth often used for writing |
| 4 | parachute | n. | a device that permits a person or thing to fall slowly from an airplane or helicopter to the ground |
| 5 | parade | n. | a group of people and vehicles moving together to celebrate a special event or anniversary |
| 6 | pardon | v. | to forgive for a crime and release from punishment |
| 7 | parent | n. | a father or mother |
| 8 | parliament | n. | a government lawmaking group |
| 9 | part | n. | something less than the whole; not all of something |
| 10 | partner | n. | a person who takes part in some activity in common with another or others. (“The two men were business partners.”) |
| 11 | party | n. | a group of people working together for a political purpose; a group of people or friends gathered together for enjoyment |
| 12 | pass | v. | to go by or move around something; to move along; to cause or permit to go |
| 13 | passenger | n. | a person travelling by airplane, train, boat or car who is not the pilot or driver |
| 14 | passport | n. | a document permitting a person to travel to another country |
| 15 | past | n. | the time gone by; the time before; ad. recent; immediately before; former |
| 16 | path | n. | a narrow way for walking; a way along which something moves |
| 17 | patient | n. | a person being treated by a doctor for a health problem |
| 18 | pay | v. | to give money for work done or for something bought |
| 19 | peace | n. | the condition of freedom from war, fighting or noise; rest; quiet |
| 20 | people | n. | any group of persons; all the persons of a group, race, religion or nation ("the American people") |
| 21 | percent | n. | a part of every hundred ("Ten is ten percent of one hundred.") |
| 22 | perfect | ad. | complete or correct in every way; completely right or good; without mistakes |
| 23 | perform | v. | to speak, dance or sing in front of others |
| 24 | period | n. | an amount of time within events, restrictions or conditions |
| 25 | permanent | ad. | never changing; lasting for a very long time or for all time |
| 26 | permit | v. | to let; to make possible |
| 27 | person | n. | a man, woman or child |
| 28 | persuade | v. | to cause someone to do something by explaining or urging. (“The police persuaded the criminal to surrender his weapon.”) |
| 29 | physical | ad. | of the body |
| 30 | physics | n. | the study of motion, matter and energy |
| 31 | picture | n. | something that shows what another thing looks like; an idea or representation of something as seen by the eye; a painting; what is made with a camera |
| 32 | piece | n. | a part of something larger |
| 33 | pig | n. | a farm animal used for its meat |
| 34 | pilot | n. | one who guides or flies an airplane or helicopter |
| 35 | pipe | n. | a long, round piece of material used to move liquid or gas |
| 36 | place | v. | to put something somewhere; n. an area or a part of an area; space where a person or thing is; any room, building, town or country |
| 37 | plan | v. | to organize or develop an idea or method of acting or doing something ">("They plan to have a party."); n. an organized or developed idea or method ("The plan will not work.") |
| 38 | planet | n. | a large object in space that orbits the sun ("Earth is a planet.") |
| 39 | plant | v. | to put into the ground to grow; n. a living growth from the ground which gets its food from air, water and earth |
| 40 | plastic | n. | a material made from chemicals that can be formed and made into things |
| 41 | play | v. | to have fun; to not work; to take part in a sport; to make music on an instrument; n. a story acted in a theater |
| 42 | please | v. | to make one happy; to give enjoyment |
| 43 | plenty | n. | all that is needed; a large enough amount |
| 44 | plot | v. | to make secret plans; n. a secret plan to do something wrong or illegal |
| 45 | poem | n. | words and their sounds organized in a special way to express emotions |
| 46 | point | v. | to aim one's finger toward; to aim; n. the sharp end of something |
| 47 | poison | n. | a substance that can destroy life or damage health |
| 48 | police | n. | a government agency responsible for guarding the public, keeping order, and making sure people obey the law; members of that agency |
| 49 | policy | n. | an established set of plans or goals used to develop and make decisions in politics, economics or business |
| 50 | politics | n. | the activities of government and of those who are in public office |
| 51 | pollute | v. | to release dangerous or unpleasant substances into the air, soil or water |
| 52 | poor | n. | people with little or no money; ad. lacking money or goods; of bad quality |
| 53 | popular | ad. | liked by many people; generally approved by the public |
| 54 | population | n. | all the people in a place, city or country |
| 55 | port | n. | a city where ships load or unload goods; a place on a coast where ships can be safe from a storm |
| 56 | position | n. | a place; the way of holding the body; the way a thing is set or placed; a job (or level of a job) in an organization |
| 57 | possess | v. | to have; to own; to control or be controlled by |
| 58 | possible | ad. | able to be done; can happen or is expected to happen |
| 59 | postpone | v. | to delay action until a later time |
| 60 | pour | v. | to flow; to cause to flow |
| 61 | poverty | n. | the condition of being poor |
| 62 | power | n. | the ability to control or direct others; control; strength; ruling force; force or energy used to do work ("Water power turns the wheel.") |
| 63 | praise | v. | to say good things about; to approve |
| 64 | pray | v. | to make a request to a god or spirit; to praise a god or spirit |
| 65 | predict | v. | to say what one believes will happen in the future. (“The weather scientist predicted a cold winter.”) |
| 66 | pregnant | ad. | carrying a child within the body before it is born; expecting to give birth to a baby |
| 67 | present | v. | to offer for consideration ("We will present our idea to the committee."); n. a gift ("I gave them a present for their anniversary."); now ("The present time is a good time."); ad. to be at a place ("I was present at school yesterday.") |
| 68 | president | n. | the chief official of a country that is a republic; the leader of an organization |
| 69 | press | v. | to urge strongly; n. newspapers, magazines and other publications |
| 70 | pressure | n. | the force produced when something is pushed down or against something else |
| 71 | prevent | v. | to keep or stop from going or happening |
| 72 | price | n. | the amount of money for which anything is bought, sold or offered for sale |
| 73 | prison | n. | a place where a person is kept as punishment for a crime |
| 74 | private | ad. | of or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public |
| 75 | prize | n. | something offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard for to get |
| 76 | probably | ad. | a good chance of taking place; a little more than possible |
| 77 | problem | n. | a difficult question or situation with an unknown or unclear answer |
| 78 | process | n. | an operation or series of changes leading to a desired result |
| 79 | produce | v. | to make; to create; to cause something to be; to manufacture |
| 80 | profession | n. | a job that requires special training |
| 81 | professor | n. | a teacher at a |
| 82 | college or university
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| 83 | profit | n. | money gained from a business activity after paying all costs of that activity |
| 84 | program | n. | a plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show |
| 85 | progress | n. | movement forward or toward improvement or a goal |
| 86 | project | n. | a planned effort to do something |
| 87 | promise | v. | to say one will do something; n. a spoken or written agreement to do something |
| 88 | propaganda | n. | ideas or information used to influence opinions |
| 89 | property | n. | anything owned by someone such as land, buildings or goods |
| 90 | propose | v. | to present or offer for consideration |
| 91 | protect | v. | to guard; to defend; to prevent from being harmed or damaged |
| 92 | protest | v. | to speak against; to object |
| 93 | prove | v. | to show to be true |
| 94 | provide | v. | to give something needed or wanted |
| 95 | public | ad. | of or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private |
| 96 | publication | n. | something that is published such as a book, newspaper or magazine |
| 97 | publish | v. | to make public something that is written; to include something in a book, newspaper or magazine |
| 98 | pull | v. | to use force to move something toward the person or thing using the force; opposite push |
| 99 | pump | v. | to force a gas or liquid up, into or through |
| 100 | punish | v. | to cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal |
| 101 | purchase | v. | to buy with money or with something of equal value; n. that which is bought |
| 102 | pure | ad. | free from anything that is different or that reduces value; clean |
| 103 | purpose | n. | the reason or desired effect for doing something; goal |
| 104 | push | v. | to use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite pull |
| 105 | put | v. | to place; to set in position |