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Question 1

paw

Answer 1

n the foot of an animal that had claws

Question 2

pebble

Answer 2

n a small stone

Question 3

peril

Answer 3

n great danger of being harmed or killed

Question 4

perilous

Answer 4

adj dangerous, risky, hazardous

Question 5

perish

Answer 5

v die, be destroyed untimely, spoil,

deteriorate

Question 6

peruse

Answer 6

v to examine by reading, to scrutinize

Question 7

pew

Answer 7

n one of long seats in a church

Question 8

pickpocket

Answer 8

n someone who steals things from

people’s pockets

Question 9

pierce

Answer 9

v to make a hole, to perforate

Question 10

pinch

Answer 10

v to squeeze between the thumb and

forefingers

Question 11

plaudits

Answer 11

n expression of approval

Question 12

plead

Answer 12

v to ask for something you want very

much emotionally

Question 13

pleat

Answer 13

v to make a lot of flat narrow folds in a

piece of cloth

Question 14

pledge

Answer 14

n firm promise / agreement made

publicly or officially

Question 15

plough

Answer 15

n tool for breaking up, turning over,

cutting soil

Question 16

plump

Answer 16

adj chubby, fat

Question 17

point out

Answer 17

v to indicate

Question 18

pond

Answer 18

n a small body of water

Question 19

ponder

Answer 19

n to consider carefully

Question 20

pose

Answer 20

v raise a question, as for a portrait /

picture

Question 21

potable

Answer 21

adj not poisonous

Question 22

potent

Answer 22

adj powerful, having authority or influence

Question 23

pour

Answer 23

v to rain heavily without stopping

Question 24

precedent

Answer 24

adj going before time, antecedent, that

precedes

Question 25

precipitate

Answer 25

precipitate v cause to happen quickly or abruptly, to | accelerate

Question 26

presumption

Answer 26

n pomposity, pretension

Question 27

prevalent

Answer 27

adj widely accepted, widespread

Question 28

prick

Answer 28

n punch, puncture, perforate

Question 29

profess

Answer 29

v to lay claim to, pretend to, affirm, | declare openly

Question 30

promote

Answer 30

v raise to a higher position