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prominent.adjective
immediately noticeable; something that is prominent
is very noticeable or is an important part of something else; conspicuous;
widely known; eminent;
noticeable at once; sticking out
prominently.adverb
prominence.noun,.plural.prominences
if someone or something is in a position of prominence,
they are well-known; the quality or condition of being prominent;
something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings
Astronomy:.a
tongue like cloud of flaming gas rising from the Sun's surface, visible
as part of the corona
during a total solar eclipse
providence.noun
providence is God, which is believed to arrange
the things (Revelation 10:6)
that happen to us (the woman regarded her life as one of divine
providence, that is, that God was with her even when she didn't think so:.Hebrews
13:5 "...I will never leave you, nor forsake
you."); providence is a providing; care or preparation in advance;
foresight; providence is often capitalized as in Divine Providence, Divine
Guidance; providence or care; the Creator, the power sustaining and guiding
human destiny; the quality or state of being provident
provident.adjective
providing for future needs or events; making provision
for the future; prudent;
frugal,
saving
providently.adverb
providential.adjective
of or resulting from divine.providence;
happening as if through divine intervention; opportune; happy
providentially.adverb
proximal.adjective
nearest; situated
close to; proximate
proximally.adverb
proximity.noun
the quality
or state
of being proximate; closeness
proximate.adjective
closely related in space, time or order; very
near; approximate
proximately.adverb
proximateness.noun
pulpit.noun,.plural.pulpits
an elevated platform or high reading desk used
in preaching or conducting a worship service;
the preaching profession; a preaching position
pagan.noun,.plural.pagans
in scripture;
generally refers to the ancient.polytheistic
peoples because of their satanically
motivated worship of
images
made with men's hands out of wood, stone, metal, etc. and such as the
ridiculous.idol.baphomet
that represented selfish evil desires
held in mind,
thus,
being their idols, to
whom
they often sacrificed people, especially children and this has carried
on till today; a
pagan is also referred to as one lacking any high consciousness spiritualness
and/or decent.religion;
a hedonist; a heathen; one who
is an agnostic
pagan.adjective
not Christian, Moslem or of Judah;
professing no
religion; heathen
paganism.noun,.plural.paganisms
pagandom.noun,.plural.pagandoms
paganish.adjective
paganish customs
that people adhere to because they
are uncaring about what the good, true and only God of creation wants for
all:.John
10:10
perspective.noun,.plural.perspectives
the relationship of aspects
of a subject to each other and to a whole (a perspective of history; a
need to view the problem in the proper perspective); subjective
evaluation of relative.significance;
the ability to perceive things
in their actual interrelationships
or comparative importance (tried to keep my perspective when issues came
along that had to be dealt with);
a view or vista; a mental view or outlook; the appearance of objects in
depth as perceived by normal binocular
vision; a point of view (the perspective of the displaced homemaker)
perspective.adjective
of, relating to, seen or represented in perspective
perspectival.adjective
perspectively.adverb
perpetrate,
perpetrated,
perpetrating,
perpetrates.transitive
verbs
to bring
about.something.usually
of negativity;
if someone perpetrates something, they do it; to do something evil, offensive
or criminal; to be responsible
for; commit (perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical
joke)
perpetrator.noun,.plural.perpetrators
an individual who perpetrates
perpetration.noun,.plural.perpetrations
propensity.noun,.plural.propensities
natural tendency
or inclination; a predilection;
a propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural
tendency to behave in a particular
way (she has a propensity to put off decisions at the last minute and oftentimes
to just forget about them); date 1500-1600
A.D.
from 'propense' meaning 'inclined', from the Latin
'propensus', past participle
of 'propendere' meaning 'to be inclined'
purport,
purported,
purporting,
purports.transitive
verbs
to claim
to be, to know or do something.even
if if it wasn't true
(they purported the
fossil to be thousands of years older than it actually was); if you
say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular
thing, you mean
that they claim to do or be that thing, although
you may not beiieve
that claim; to give the appearance
of, especially.falsely,
of being
or intending;
assumed
to be such; supposed;
to profess.or
claim as its meaning
(selfish behavior
that purports to be altruistic);
to have the intention
of doing; purpose
purport.noun.plural.purports
presented, intended,
implied
or inferred;
intention; purpose
purported.adjective
assumed
to be such; supposed-(the
purported author of the story)
purportedly.adverb
peculate,
peculated,
peculating,
peculates.transitive.and
intransitive
verbs
to steal or misuse; embezzle
peculation.noun,.plural.peculations
the act of peculating; embezzlement
peculator.noun,.plural.peculators
one who peculates; embezzler
philosophy.noun,.plural.philosophies
word means 'love of knowledge' (from 'phil' meaning
'love', 'affinity'
and 'sophia' meaning 'knowledge'); inquiry
into the nature of things based on logical
reasoning rather than empirical methods (learn
from others, how now is it they look at life and what may have changed
that they think differently than before?); a particular.system
of principles
for the conduct
of life; a system of motivating.concepts
or principles (the philosophy of a culture;
the sales pitches or tricks of the dark side);
a basic.theory; a viewpoint (an original philosophy
of advertising); the system of values
by which one lives (the two sides
of life available for choice)
philosophical also
philosophic.adjectives
of,
relating.to.or.based
on a system
of philosophy;
characteristic
of a philosopher, as in equanimity,
enlightenment
and wisdom
philosophically.adverb
philosopher.noun,.plural.philosophers
a student of or specialist in philosophy
photogenically.adverb
in a photogenic manner
photogenic.adjective
artistically suitable for being photographed (from
all angles the pictures of her showed exquisite
beauty)
plunder,
plundered,
plundering,
plunders.verbs
transitive use-to
take property by fraud or force-(many
countries consistently experience the result of governments at most levels
within their land stripping them of wealth, property and rights, by
means of.deceitful.methods.initiated
mostly to obviate
control by We the People
whose particular nation and its wealth belongs solely
to them, thus putting the country into the hands of those using such
methods to grab and keep all they can for their gang,
which gang appears to be mostly controlled from beyond national borders;
plunder is done mostly today through tweaked
and elaborately.contrived.fifth
column movements, where countries are being beguiled
of their sovereignty;
American
Indians were plundered by the U.S. Army, not the good and honest army
people, but the cabal controlled
ones); plunder is to seize wrongfully or by force of the cabal who believes
taht "we are the government
often elected by you but, you have no say"); plunder is to steal;
rapine;
to rob of goods by force and/or by master plans and policies of subjugation
intransitive use-to
take booty;
rob
plunder.noun
property stolen by fraud
or force; booty; the act
or practice
of plundering
plunderable, plunderous.adjectives
plunderer.noun,.plural.plunderers
precedent.noun,.plural.precedents
an act or instance that may be used as an example
in dealing with subsequent.similar.instances,
for example, Common Law is
based on unalienable.rights
from God and come with the creation of a baby when birthed by its mother
to planet Earth and based on precedent, that is, the decisions as recorded
throughout history made by Common Law court gatherings; priority
(those applications arriving first will receive precedence
precedent.adjective
preceding
precedencealso
precedency.noun
superiority;
preceding
in time order or importance;
the fact, state or right of preceding; dealt
with first
take precedence over
take priority
over; outweigh, prevail
over, come before; more important than another consideration at this time
precipitate,
precipitated,
precipitating,
precipitates.transitive
verbs
if something precipitates an event or situation,
it causes it to happen suddenly or sooner than would normally be expected;
to make something serious happen suddenly or more quickly; hasten;
bring on; to cause to happen; hasten; hurl downward;
rash
precipitately.adverb
precipitative.adjective
precipitateness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
precipitator.noun,.plural.precipitators
precipitation.noun,.plural.precipitations
a headlong fall or rush; abrupt
or impulsive.haste;
hastening or an acceleration,
especially one that is sudden or unexpected (he is responsible for the
precipitation of his future)
Meteorology:.any
form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet or hail, that falls to the Earth's
surface; the quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a
specific period
Chemistry:.the
process of separating a substance from a solution as a solid
pretentious.adjective
showy; ostentatious;
pompous;
claiming or demanding a position of distinction
or merit, especially when unjustified; making or marked by an extravagant
outward show; if you say that someone or something is pretentious, you
mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think
that they are; if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem
more important, intelligent or high class than they really are in order
to be impressive
pretentiously.adverb
pretentiousness.noun,.plural.pretentiousnesses
pretence/pretense.noun,.plural.pretences/pretenses
the act of pretending; a false appearance or action
intended
to deceive; an affectation
(a pretense of nonchalance;
a professed
but feigned.reason
or excuse;
a
pretext (under false pretenses);
something imagined or pretended; mere
show without
reality; outward appearance;
a right asserted with or without
foundation; a claim; the quality
or state
of being.pretentious;
ostentation
pretension.noun,.plural.pretensions
a specious.allegation;
a pretense; a pretext;
a claim to something, such as a privilege or right; ostentatious
display; pretentiousness
pretend,
pretended,
pretending,
pretends.verbs
transitive verb use.to
give an appearance of, either for
positive
or negative.reasons;
to fake; feign
(they have to pretend caring for others in order to surreptitiously
steal from them); to claim or allege
insincerely or falsely; profess (doesn't
pretend to be an expert, she is one); to represent fictitiously
in play; make believe (pretended they were on a cruise)
intransitive verb use.to
feign an action or a character, as in play; to make pretensions.(pretends
to gourmet tastes
pretend.adjective
imitation; make
believe (pretend money; pretend pearls)
pretender.noun,.plural.pretenders
one who simulates,
pretends or alleges.falsely;
a hypocrite or dissembler
primary.adjective
first in time or order, rank, quality or importance;
chief; primary is used to describe something that occurs first (primary
colors; primary education involves learning grammar, reading, writing
and arithmetic, when a child first attends to schooling, be it home or
public); a primary or a primary election is an election in an American
state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate
for a political office
primal.adjective
being first in time; original; primeval; of first
importance
primality.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
primeval.adjective
belonging to the first or earliest age or ages;
original or ancient (a primeval
forest)
primevally.adverb
primarily.adverb
at first; in the first instance; in the first
place; principally
preliminary.adjective
prior to or preparing for the main matter, action
or business; introductory or prefatory.(constituting
a preface)
preliminary.noun,.plural.preliminaries
something that precedes,
prepares for or introduces the main matter, action or business; an academic
test or examination that is preparatory to one that is longer, more complex
or more important
preliminarily.adverb
synonyms-preliminary,
introductory, prefatory, preparatory
the central meaning shared by these adjectives
is "going before and preparing the way for something else" (a preliminary
investigation; introductory remarks; an author's prefatory notes; preparatory
steps)
petition.noun
a formal
written document requesting a right or benefit from a person or group in
authority; a solemn.supplicationor
request to a superior authority; an entreaty
Law:.a
formal written application requesting a court for a specific judicial action
(a petition for appeal); the judicial action asked for in any such request
something requested or entreated
petition, petitioned,
petitioning,
petitions.verbs
transitive use-to
address a petition to; to ask for by petition; request formally
intransitive use-to
make a request, especially formally (petitioned for retrial)
petitionary.adjective
petitioner.noun,.plural.petitioners
preface.noun,.plural.prefaces
a preliminary.statement
or essay
introducing a book that explains its scope,
intention
or background and is usually written by the author; an introductory section,
as
of a speech; something.introductory;
a preliminary
(an informal brunch served as a preface to the three day conference)
preface, prefaced,
prefacing,
prefaces.transitive
verbs
to introduce by or provide with a preliminary
statement or essay; to serve as an
introduction to
prefacer.noun,.plural.prefacers
prefatory.adjective
of, relating to or constituting a preface;
introductory; preliminary
prefatorily.adverb
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