passionate
Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
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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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pale
Light in color.
pastor
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people. — A minister or priest in a church.
penalties
A penalty shootout.
permanently
In a permanent manner; lastingly.
pie-in-the-sky
An unrealistic or overly optimistic idea
poison
something harmful or destructive
predict
To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
pressing
Needing urgent attention.
provincial
Of or pertaining to a province.
petty
Having little or no importance.
packing
The action of the verb. — The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
password
A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
pocket-sized
small enough to be carried in a pocket
politically
In a political manner.
presumably
Able to be sensibly presumed.
pretending
The act of imagining; make-believe.
priorities
An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight.
pronounced
Uttered, articulated.
prosecution
The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
pulse
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
purchasing
An act or process of making a purchase.
passport
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
penis
The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
proceeds
Revenue; gross revenue.
pipeline
A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
placement
The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
pricing
The act of setting a price.
paragraph
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
passive
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
peninsula
A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Phillips
A Phillips screwdriver.
Portuguese
Of or pertaining to Portugal.
profitable
Producing a profit.
provinces
The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
pending
Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
platinum
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
possess
To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
probability
The state of being probable.
Pakistani
A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.
precision
The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
preservation
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
privately
In a private manner.
pledge
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
portal
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
prescription
A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
proving
Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.
publicity
Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
punished
That has been the object of punishment.
perfection
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
PIGS
Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.
practicing
Actively engaged in a profession.
praying
An act of saying a prayer.
probe
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
prohibited
Forbidden; banned; unallowed.
projected
displayed
propose
To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
pity
A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
porter
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
prey
That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.