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primitive.adjective
not derived from something else; primary or basic;
of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval
primitive.noun
an unsophisticated person; one that is at a low
or early stage of development; one belonging to an early stage in the development
of an artistic trend
primitively.adverb
primitiveness or
primitivity.noun
Patmos.noun
an island of southeast Greece in the Dodecanese
Islands of the Aegean Sea. Saint John was exiled to the island c.
A.D. 95 and according to tradition wrote the Book of Revelation here
passive.adjective
receiving or subjected to an action without responding
or initiating an action in return; accepting or submitting without objection
or resistance;
compliant;
not participating, acting, or operating; inert;
inactive; of, relating to, or being certain bonds or shares that do not
bear financial interest; relating to or characteristic of an inactive or
submissive role in a relationship
passive,
passiveness.nouns
one that is submissive or inactive
passively.adverb
peon.noun
one bound in servitude;
a menial worker; a drudge;
a foot soldier
peonage.noun
the condition of being a peon under a system by
which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until debts made
by or ascribed to them are paid
(government not creating their own zero interest money but putting the
people in debt to a compounding interest system which produces perpetual
debt)
permutation.noun
a complete change; a transformation;
the act of altering a given set of objects in a group
permutational.adjective
permute, permuted,
permuting,
permutes.transitive
verbs
to change the order of; to subject to permutation
permutability.noun
permutable.adjective
permutably.adverb
precious.adjective
of high cost or worth; valuable; highly esteemed;
cherished; costly; dear; beloved
precious, preciousness.nouns
one who is dear or beloved; a darling
precious, preciously.adverbs
used as an intensive-'he
had precious little concern for others' - in other words, so little as
to be almost none
proselytize,
proselytized,
proselytizing,
proselytizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another
intransitive
verb use.to induce
someone to convert
to one's own religious faith; to induce someone to join one's own political
party or to espouse
one's doctrine
proselytization,
proselytizer.nouns
proselyte.noun
a new convert to a doctrine or religion
proselyte, proselyted,
proselyting,
proselytes.verbs
transitive verb use-to
proselytize (a person)
intransitive verb use-to
engage in proselytization
proselyter.noun
pledge.noun
a solemn
binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something (signed a
pledge never to reveal the secret); a pledge of money to a charity' something
given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment
of an obligation
pledge, pledged,
pledging,
pledges.verbs
transitive verb use-to
offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise (pledge loyalty to a nation;
pledged their cooperation); devote; promise; to bind or secure by or as
if by a pledge (pledged themselves to the cause); to deposit as security;
pawn
intransitive verb use-to
make a solemn binding promise; swear
palpable.adjective
capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible;
easily perceived; obvious; perceptible
palpability.noun
palpably.adverb
pineal gland.noun
a small, cone shaped organ in the brain of most
vertebrates that secretes the hormone melatonin, also called epiphysis,
pineal body, pineal organ
perennial.adjective
lasting or active through the year or through
many years; lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring; appearing again
and again; recurrent; continual
perennial.noun
something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly
or continual basis
perennially.adverb
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