| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| pace | a step or the length of a step, as when you say something is six paces away, speed |
| pacify | to console, embalm, appease, give peace to |
| pack | to put things into a container. You pack clothes into a trunk or suitcase when you go away. The same word also means a bundle |
| package | a parcel or bundle |
| packet | a small parcel or package |
| pad | a lot of sheets of paper glued or sewn together at the top. The same word also means a piece of thick, soft material, usually to protect a part of your body from harm |
| paddle | to walk around in water up to our ankles. The same word also means a pole with a broad part at the end, which you use to move a canoe through the water |
| padestrain | someone who is walking |
| page | one side of sheet of paper in a book. Newspaper, magazine or notebook. The same word also means a young boy who attends a bride at her wedding, or who runs errands in a hotel |
| pageant | a who in costume, usually about things that happened long ago |
| pail | another word for bucket |
| pain | the feeling when something hurts you |
| paint | to colour something with a brush and coloured liquid is called paint |
| painting | a coloured picture painted on paper or canvas |
| pair | two things which are meant to be used together, like a pair of shoes |
| palace | the house where a king or queen lives |
| palatable | savoury, tasteful, tasty |
| pale | not having too much colour or brightness; looking washed out |
| paling | one of the pieces of wood in a special kind of fence |
| palm | the inside of your hand between your fingers and your wrist. The same word also means a tall tree with large fan-shaped leaves at the top. It grows in hot countries |
| palmistry | the art of foretelling one’s fortune by seeing his hand |
| pan | a metal container with a handle, used for cooking |
| pancake | a thin round cake eaten hot. You cook it in a frying pan |
| panda | a large black and white wild animal, something like a bear. Some pandas are much smaller and look rather like a large cat with a bushy tail and a pointed nose |
| panic | sudden fear or terror that keeps people from thinking reasonably |
| pansy | a small garden plant with velvety, brightly coloured flowers |
| pant | to gasp for breath |
| panther | a kind of leopard |
| pantomime | a musical play for children, usually a fairy tale. The same word also means a play in which the actors do not speak |
| pantry | a small room or cupboard where food is kept |
| pants | trousers |
| paper | the material used to write on or wrap parcels in |
| parable | a fable or story that is meant to show you how to behave towards others |
| parachute | a large piece of strong cloth which is fastened to a man who is going to jump from an aeroplane. It opens like an umbrella, and brings him safely and slowly to the ground |
| parade | a lot of people walking or marching together, sometimes in costume |
| paraffin | a kind of oil that is burned in stoves and lamps |
| parallel | going in the same direction the same distance apart and never meeting, like a pair of railway lines |
| parallelism | comparison, resemblance, state of being parallel |
| paralysis | a numb and lifeless state of body for making any action, no sensation |
| parcel | a bundle of things, usually tied up in paper |
| parchment | the skin of a goat, sheep or other animal, cleaned and dried. In olden days, before paper was invented, it was used to write on |
| pardon | to forgive |
| parent | a mother or a father |
| parish | a part of a county with its won church |
| park | an open space with grass and trees and playgrounds for children. The same word also means to stop a car and leave it at the side of the street or in a parking space |
| parliament | a group of men and women who are chosen to make the laws for the people in a country |
| parlour | another word for living-room |
| parrot | a brightly-coloured bird often kept as a pet in a cage. Some parrots can imitate talking |
| parsnip | a vegetable with a thick whitish root shaped rather like a carrot |
| part | a piece of something. The same word also means to have someone |
Defining relative clause
When a clause defines the noun it qualifies it is known as a defining relative clause.