Set P Flashcards
pasture (noun)
meadow:
The cows grazed in the green pasture.
peculiar (adjective)
strange
perceive (verb)
to see, notice
peril (noun)
danger
perish (verb)
to die
permit (noun)
a document allowing someone to do something:
Mrs. Evans has a parking permit for the station carpark.
permit (verb)
to allow
pioneer (noun)
an explorer, someone who is the first to explore or settle in a new country or area
pledge (noun)
a promise
plume (noun)
a feather or featherlike shape:
A plume of smoke rose from the burning building.
plunge (verb)
to dive
poultry (noun)
chickens
pretence (noun)
deceit, a false display that something is not what it really is:
She put on the pretence that she was enjoying the chocolate brownie though she really wanted to spit it out.
proclaim (verb)
to announce:
“I proclaim you Lord Mayor of London,” announced the Queen.
procure (verb)
to obtain, to get with effort:
It took the soldiers a long time to procure food for the starving children.
