PRESENT, _a._ not past; not future; ready at hand; not absent; being face to face; being now in view PRESE'NT, _v.a._ offer; exhibit PRESE'RVE, _v.a._ save; keep; defend from destruction or any evil PRESU'MPTION, _s._ arrogance; blind confidence PREVE'NT, _v.a._ hinder; obviate; obstruct PRINCIPAL, _a._ chief; capital; essential; important; considerable PRINCIPLE, _s._ constituent part; original cause PRO'BABLE, _a._ likely PRO'BABLY, _a._ very likely PROBA'TION, _s._ proof; trial; noviciate PROCEE'D, _v.n._ pass from one thing or place to another; go forward; issue; arise; carry on; act; transact PRO'CESS, _s._ course of law; course PROCE'SSION, _s._ a train marching in ceremonious solemnity PRODI'GIOUS, _a._ enormous; amazing; monstrous PRO'DUCE, _s._ amount; profit; that which anything yields or brings PRODU'CE, _v.a._ offer to the view or notice; bear; cause; effect PRODU'CTION, _s._ the act of producing; fruit; product; composition PROFESSION, _s._ vocation; known employment PROFU'SE, _a._ lavish; too liberal PROFUSION, _s._ extravagance; abundance PRO'GRESS, _s._ course; advancement; motion forward PROHI'BIT, _v.a._ forbid; debar; hinder PROJE'CT, _v.a._ throw out; scheme; contrive; form in the mind PRO'PAGATE, _v.a._ extend; widen; promote PRO'PER, _a._ fit; exact; peculiar PRO'PHECY, _s._ a declaration of something to come PROPHE'TIC, _a._ foreseeing or foretelling future events PROPORTION, _s._ symmetry; form; size; ratio PROPOSITION, _s._ one of the three parts of a regular argument, in which anything is affirmed or denied; proposal PROPRIETOR, _s._ possessor in his own right PROPRI'ETY, _s._ accuracy; justness PROSA'IC, _a._ belonging to or resembling prose PROTE'CTOR, _s._ defender; supporter; guardian PROTRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust forward PROVI'DE, _v.a._ procure; furnish; supply; stipulate PROVIDE'NTIAL, _a._ effected by Providence; referrible to Providence PRO'VINCE, _s._ a conquered country; a region PROVINCIAL, _a._ that which relates to provinces PROVISION, _s._ the act of providing beforehand; measures taken beforehand; stock collected; victuals PROVOCATION, _s._ an act or cause by which anger is raised; an appeal to a judge PROXI'MITY, _s._ nearness PTA'RMIGAN, _s._ (pronounced _tár-mi-gan_) a bird of the grouse species PU'BLIC, _s._ the people; general view; open view PU'LLEY, _s._ a small wheel turning on a pivot, with a furrow on its outside, in which a rope runs PU'NISH, _v.a._ to chastise; to afflict with penalties or death for some crime PU'NISHED, _a._ chastised PU'PIL, _s._ a scholar; one under the care of a tutor PU'RCHASE, _v.a._ acquire; buy for a price PU'RITY, _s._ clearness; freedom from foulness or dirt; freedom from guilt; innocence PU'RPOSE, _v.t._ intention; design; instance PU'TRIFY, _v.n._ to rot PU'ZZLE, _v.a._ perplex; confound; tease; entangle