Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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prosperous | flourishing, fortunate, thriving, successful |
protect | to guard or defend |
protest | to object to something; to disagree |
proud | having a feeling of pride; pleased that you are good at something |
prove | to show that what is said is true |
provide | to supply; to give what is needed |
prowl | to move about silently and secretly |
pry | to peer into or try to find out about things that do not concern you |
pub | a place where beer and other drinks are sold. The word is short for public house |
public | open to or belonging to everyone; the opposite of private |
pudding | any soft, sweet food eaten at the end of a meal. Some puddings are made with meat, and eaten as the main part of a meal |
puddle | a small pool of water, usually left in the road after it has been raining |
puff | to blow air or smoke out of the mouth. The same word also means a soft piece of material used to put powder on the skin |
puffin | a sea bird with a short thick beak |
pull | to get hold of something and bring it towards you |
pulley | a wheel with a hollow rim. You put a rope around the rim and pull on it to lift heavy things |
pullover | a knitted garment with sleeves |
pump | a machine used to get water from a well. The same word also means the machine you use to put air into tyres |
pumpkin | a large yellow-or orange-coloured fruit that grows on a vine on the ground |
punch | to hit hard, usually with your fists |
punctual | on time; not late |
punctuate | to divide writing into phrases or sentences by using special marks, such as a full-stop (.), question mark (?) or comma (,) |
puncture | to make a hole in something |
punish | to make someone suffer or pay for doing something wrong |
pupil | a person who is taught by a teacher. The same word also means the round dark circle in the middle of your eye through which you see |
puppet | a doll which can be moved by pulling strings or putting your hand inside it |
puppy | a young dog |
purchase | to buy something |
pure | clean; without fault |
purl | a knitting stitch, the opposite to plain stitch |
purnishment | something that makes a person suffer or pay for wrong-doing |
purple | a colour made by mixing red and blue |
purpose | something you plan to do |
purr | the sound a cat makes when it is happy |
purse | a small bag to keep money in |
pursue | to go after, to follow |
push | to move something away from you without lifting it |
pushchair | a small chair on wheels, for a young child to ride in |
put | to place something |
puzzle | a kind of game or question. You have to think very hard to get the answer |
pygmy | one of a tribe of very small people who live in the jungles of some hot countries. The word can also be spelled pigmy |
pyjamas | a sleeping suit |
pylon | a metal tower or mast that holds up electric cables |
pyramid | a solid shape with flat triangular sides, usually on a square base |
python | a large dangerous snake that can kill people by squeezing them in its coils |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.