premature
Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
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Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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psychiatrist
A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
persona
A social role.
plaque
Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
Plymouth
An automobile of the make Plymouth.
poetic
Relating to poetry.
preaching
The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.
purity
The state or degree of being pure.
pandemic
Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
perimeter
The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
preacher
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.
procurement
The purchasing department of a company.
protector
Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
panties
Underpants for women and girls.
parcel
A package wrapped, as for shipment or transport.
partition
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
peculiar
Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
proprietary
Of or relating to property or ownership.
prostate
The prostate gland.
protagonist
The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
punching
gerund of punch — An incident in which someone is punched.
peripheral
On the periphery or boundary.
pinned
Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
pint
A unit of volume, equivalent to: — one eighth of a gallon, specifically: — 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
poop
To defecate.
pornography
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.
prevalence
The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
proceeding
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
pronounce
To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
proportions
A person's figure.
provisional
Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
panda
A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
posture
The way a person holds and positions their body.
preseason
The period before the start of a sporting season, during which players undergo training and venues are prepared
pedal
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
pest
Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
pillar
A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
plausible
Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
pledged
Under the obligation of a promise made.
poly
A polytechnic.
polymer
A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
precipitation
Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
pub-crawl
to visit and drink at several pubs in one night
pup
A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
paradox
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
peacefully
In a peaceful manner.
periodic
Relative to a period or periods.
plead
To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
podium
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
portray
To paint or draw the likeness of.
practitioner
A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
Pradesh
A state (administrative division) of the Republic of India.
puck
The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
paperback
A book with flexible binding.
paved
Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
pavilion
An ornate tent.
peasant
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
pointer
Anything that points or is used for pointing. — One who points.
policing
Monitoring or regulation.
predicting
A prediction.