profound (pro-found') reaching too the bottom of a matter; deep. profuse (pre-fus'), pouring forth bountifully; lavish. progenitor (pro-jen'i-ter), ancestor; forefather. projecting (pro-jekt'ing), planning; throwing forward. promontory (prom'un-to-ri), high point of land projecting into the sea. promulgate (pro-mul'gat), make known, proclaim. prone (pron), prostrate, flat; inclined, disposed. proportionate (pro-por'shun-at), at the same rate. proscribe (pro-skrib'), doom to destruction; denounce. prostrate (pros'trat), lying at length with the body extended on the ground. provoke (pre-vok'), call forth, irritate. prudence (proo'dens), wisdom in the way of caution and provision. puke (puk), vomit. Punic (pu'nik), pertaining to the Carthaginians, whom the Romans considered unworthy of trust, hence, faithless. purling (pur'ling), eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound as water does in running over an obstruction. purport (pur'port), meaning. pursue (pur-su'), follow with a view to overtake; chase. Pyrrhic (pir'ik), Pyrrhic dance, a Greek martial dance. Pyrrhic phalanx, a phalanx such as was used by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. quaff (kwaf), drink. Queen of Lebanon (Leba-nen), Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of William Pitt. She established herself in the Lebanon hills near Jerusalem, awaiting the second coming of Christ. quell (kwel), subdue; repress. querulous (kwer'oo-lus), apt to find fault. quick (kwik), vital part. quietus (kwi-e'tus), that which silences claim; death. rack (rak), danger. radical (rad'i-kal), proceeding directly from the root. railer (ral'er), one who scoffs. raiment (ra'ment), clothing. rampart (ram'part), defense. rampire (ram'pir), same as rampart. Rance (rans), a river in France. random (ran'dum), want of direction: chance. rapine (rap'Tn), a plundering, rapture (rap'tur), pleasure, delight. Ratisbon (rat'is-bon), town in Bavaria, Germany, called Regensburg by the Germans. ravage (rav'aj), desolation by violence. ravenous (rav''n-us), devouring with great eagerness. raze (raz), lay level with the ground. rebuff (re-buf), sudden check. rebuke (re-buk'), check or silence with reproof; chide. recall (re-kol'), call back; remember. recede (re-sed'), retreat; move back. recess (re-ses'), part of a room formed by the receding of a wall. recessional (re-sesh'un-al), a hymn sung while the choir and clergy are leaving the church at the close of a service. reciprocate (re-sip'ro-kat), a mutual giving and returning. reck (rek), heed. recoil (re-koil'), drawing back. recollection (rek'o-lek'shun), something called to mind. reconcile (rek'on-sil), pacify, settle. reconnoiter (rek'o-noi'ter) examine with the eye, survey. recreation (rek're-a'shun), amusement. recruit (re-kroot'), repair by fresh supplies; reinforcement. rectitude (rek'ti-tud), honesty. recurrence (re-kur'ens), the act of returning from time to time. redress (re-dres'), set right a wrong.