| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| pretence | pretext, simulation, feint |
| pretend | to make believe |
| pretty | lovely; beautiful |
| prevail | to gain the superiority or victory, to gain over by presuasion, to have upperhand |
| prevent | to stop something from happening |
| previous | happening or occurring before some other event |
| prey | a bird or animal that is hunted for food by another bird of animal |
| price | how much money you have to pay for something |
| prick | to make a tiny hole with something sharp. You must be careful not to prick your finger with a needle when you are sewing |
| prickle | a sharp point growing on the stem of a plant or on an animal. The thorns on a rosebush are prickles, and so are the stiff hairs on a hedgehog |
| pride | a high opinion of how clever you are and how nice you look. Sometimes it means a feeling of pleasure about something you have done well |
| priest | a man in charge of a church who leads the prayers there |
| primary | first of all |
| primrose | a small pale yellow wildflower that is one of the earliest to bloom in spring |
| prince | the son of a king or queen |
| princess | the daughter of a king or queen |
| to press words and pictures on paper with a heavy machine | |
| prison | a place where people who do things against the law have to stay for a period of time |
| prisoner | someone who has been captured in war or who is locked up in a prison because he has done something wrong |
| privacy | seclusion, secrecy, state of being private |
| private | belonging to one person or group of people. The same word also means a soldier in the army |
| prize | a reward for doing something well |
| probable | likely to happen |
| problem | a question that is difficult to answer or decide |
| proceed | to go ahead; to go on |
| procession | a large number of people or vehicles moving along in a line |
| prod | to poke |
| produce | to make; to cause; to bring into being |
| producer | someone who produces something especially a film or play |
| profession | a kind of work that needs special study and training, such as the nursing profession or the teaching profession |
| profit | gain; the money left over after you have paid all your expenses |
| programme | a printed paper giving information about a performance |
| progress | movement forward or onward; improvement |
| prohibit | to forbid or prevent |
| promise | to say that you will or will not do something, without fail |
| prompt | quick; at once; with no delay |
| prong | one of the sharp spikes on a fork |
| pronounce | to speak or sound out words |
| pronunciation | utterance, mode of pronouncing, uttering |
| proof | a way of showing that what is said is true |
| prop | a long piece of wood or metal that is put under something to keep it from falling down |
| propel | to drive forward |
| propeller | the part of a ship or aeroplane that drives it forward |
| proper | right; as it should be |
| properly | in the right way |
| property | something that belongs to someone |
| prophecy | what someone says will happen in the future |
| prophesy | to say what will happen in the future |
| propose | to suggest something, such as a plan of action or way or going about things |
| prosecute | to speak against someone in a court of law because he is supposed to have done something wrong |
Defining relative clause
When a clause defines the noun it qualifies it is known as a defining relative clause.