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preferment
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noun |
Preference.
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uitmuntendheid |
| 🔊 2 |
prefix
|
verb |
To attach at the beginning.
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voorvoegsel |
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prehensible
|
adjective |
Capable of being grasped.
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prehensible |
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prehensile
|
adjective |
Adapted for grasping or holding.
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gryp |
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prehension
|
noun |
The act of laying hold of or grasping.
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prehension |
| 🔊 6 |
prejudice
|
noun |
A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
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vooroordeel |
| 🔊 7 |
prelate
|
noun |
One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
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prelaat |
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prelude
|
noun |
An introductory or opening performance.
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voorspel |
| 🔊 9 |
premature
|
adjective |
Coming too soon.
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voortydige |
| 🔊 10 |
premier
|
adjective |
First in rank or position.
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premier |
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premise
|
noun |
A judgment as a conclusion.
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uitgangspunt |
| 🔊 12 |
premonition
|
noun |
Foreboding.
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voorgevoel |
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preoccupation
|
noun |
The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
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beheptheid |
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preoccupy
|
verb |
To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
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heeltemal in beslag neem |
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preordain
|
verb |
To foreordain.
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vooraf bepaal |
| 🔊 16 |
preparation
|
noun |
An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
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voorbereiding |
| 🔊 17 |
preparatory
|
adjective |
Having to do with what is preliminary.
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voorbereidende |
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preponderant
|
adjective |
Prevalent.
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oorwegend |
| 🔊 19 |
preponderate
|
verb |
To exceed in influence or power.
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oor tref |
| 🔊 20 |
prepossession
|
noun |
A preconceived liking.
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vooringenomen |
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preposterous
|
adjective |
Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
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belaglik |
| 🔊 22 |
prerogative
|
adjective |
Having superior rank or precedence.
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prerogatief |
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presage
|
verb |
To foretell.
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vir gevoel |
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prescience
|
noun |
Knowledge of events before they take place.
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voorkennis |
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prescient
|
adjective |
Foreknowing.
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Prescient |
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prescript
|
adjective |
Prescribed as a rule or model.
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voorskrif |
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prescriptible
|
adjective |
Derived from authoritative direction.
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prescriptible |
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prescription
|
noun |
An authoritative direction.
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voorskrif |
| 🔊 29 |
presentient
|
adjective |
Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
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presentient |
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presentiment
|
noun |
Foreboding.
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voorgevoel |
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presentment
|
noun |
Semblance.
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Present |
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preservation
|
noun |
Conservation.
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bewaring |
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presumption
|
noun |
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
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vermoede |
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presumptuous
|
adjective |
Assuming too much.
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moedswillige |
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pretension
|
noun |
A bold or presumptuous assertion.
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pretensie |
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pretentious
|
adjective |
Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.
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pretensieus |
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preternatural
|
adjective |
Extraordinary.
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onnatuurlijk |
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pretext
|
noun |
A fictitious reason or motive.
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voorwendsel |
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prevalence
|
noun |
Frequency.
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voorkoms |
| 🔊 40 |
prevalent
|
adjective |
Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
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algemeen |
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prevaricate
|
verb |
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
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lieg |
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prevention
|
noun |
Thwarting.
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voorkoming |
| 🔊 43 |
prickle
|
verb |
To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
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angel |
| 🔊 44 |
priggish
|
adjective |
Conceited.
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pedant |
| 🔊 45 |
prim
|
adjective |
Stiffly proper.
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prim |
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prima
|
adjective |
First.
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prima |
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primer
|
noun |
An elementary reading-book for children.
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primer |
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primeval
|
adjective |
Belonging to the first ages.
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oer |
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primitive
|
adjective |
Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
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primitief |
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principal
|
adjective |
Most important.
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skoolhoof |
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principality
|
noun |
The territory of a reigning prince.
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owerheid |
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principle
|
noun |
A general truth or proposition.
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beginsel |
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priory
|
noun |
A monastic house.
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Priory |
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pristine
|
adjective |
Primitive.
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ongerepte |
| 🔊 55 |
privateer
|
noun |
A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
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private |
| 🔊 56 |
privilege
|
noun |
A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.
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voorreg |
| 🔊 57 |
privity
|
noun |
Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
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privity |
| 🔊 58 |
privy
|
adjective |
Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
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betrokke was |
| 🔊 59 |
probate
|
adjective |
Relating to making proof, as of a will.
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memories |
| 🔊 60 |
probation
|
noun |
Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
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proef |
| 🔊 61 |
probe
|
verb |
To search through and through.
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ondersoek |
| 🔊 62 |
probity
|
noun |
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
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eerlikheid |
| 🔊 63 |
procedure
|
noun |
A manner or method of acting.
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prosedure |
| 🔊 64 |
proceed
|
verb |
To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
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voortgaan |
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proclamation
|
noun |
Any announcement made in a public manner.
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proklamasie |
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procrastinate
|
verb |
To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
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uitstel |
| 🔊 67 |
procrastination
|
noun |
Delay.
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Uitstel |
| 🔊 68 |
proctor
|
noun |
An agent acting for another.
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Proctor |
| 🔊 69 |
prodigal
|
noun |
One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
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verlore |
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prodigious
|
adjective |
Immense.
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ontsaglike |
| 🔊 71 |
prodigy
|
noun |
A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
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wonderkind |
| 🔊 72 |
productive
|
adjective |
Yielding in abundance.
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produktiewe |
| 🔊 73 |
profession
|
noun |
Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
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beroep |
| 🔊 74 |
professor
|
noun |
A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.
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professor |
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proffer
|
verb |
To offer to another for acceptance.
|
proffer |
| 🔊 76 |
proficiency
|
noun |
An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
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vaardigheid |
| 🔊 77 |
proficient
|
adjective |
Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.
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vaardig |
| 🔊 78 |
profile
|
noun |
An outline or contour.
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profiel |
| 🔊 79 |
profiteer
|
noun |
One who profits.
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profiteur |
| 🔊 80 |
profligacy
|
noun |
Shameless viciousness.
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losbandigheid |
| 🔊 81 |
profligate
|
adjective |
Abandoned to vice.
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verkwistende |
| 🔊 82 |
profuse
|
adjective |
Produced or displayed in overabundance.
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oorvloedige |
| 🔊 83 |
progeny
|
noun |
Offspring.
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nageslag |
| 🔊 84 |
progression
|
noun |
A moving forward or proceeding in course.
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vordering |
| 🔊 85 |
prohibition
|
noun |
A decree or an order forbidding something.
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verbod |
| 🔊 86 |
prohibitionist
|
noun |
One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
|
verbod |
| 🔊 87 |
prohibitory
|
adjective |
Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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belemmerend |
| 🔊 88 |
projection
|
noun |
A prominence.
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projeksie |
| 🔊 89 |
proletarian
|
noun |
A person of the lowest or poorest class.
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proletariese |
| 🔊 90 |
prolific
|
adjective |
Producing offspring or fruit.
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produktiewe |
| 🔊 91 |
prolix
|
adjective |
Verbose.
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breedsprakig |
| 🔊 92 |
prologue
|
noun |
A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.
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proloog |
| 🔊 93 |
prolong
|
verb |
To extend in time or duration.
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verleng |
| 🔊 94 |
promenade
|
verb |
To walk for amusement or exercise.
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promenade |
| 🔊 95 |
prominence
|
noun |
The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
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prominensie |
| 🔊 96 |
prominent
|
adjective |
Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.
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prominente |
| 🔊 97 |
promiscuous
|
adjective |
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
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promisku |
| 🔊 98 |
promissory
|
adjective |
Expressing an engagement to pay.
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promesses |
| 🔊 99 |
promontory
|
noun |
A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
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Promontory |
| 🔊 100 |
promoter
|
noun |
A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
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promotor |
| 🔊 101 |
promulgate
|
verb |
To proclaim.
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promulgeer |
| 🔊 102 |
propaganda
|
noun |
Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
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propaganda |
| 🔊 103 |
propagate
|
verb |
To spread abroad or from person to person.
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propageer |
| 🔊 104 |
propel
|
verb |
To drive or urge forward.
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aandryf |
| 🔊 105 |
propellant
|
adjective |
Propelling.
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dryfmiddel |
| 🔊 106 |
propeller
|
noun |
One who or that which propels.
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skroef |
| 🔊 107 |
prophecy
|
noun |
Any prediction or foretelling.
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profesie |
| 🔊 108 |
prophesy
|
verb |
To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.
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profeteer |
| 🔊 109 |
propitious
|
adjective |
Kindly disposed.
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genadig |
| 🔊 110 |
proportionate
|
adjective |
Being in proportion.
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proporsionele |
| 🔊 111 |
propriety
|
noun |
Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
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fatsoen |
| 🔊 112 |
propulsion
|
noun |
A driving onward or forward.
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aandrywing |
| 🔊 113 |
prosaic
|
adjective |
Unimaginative.
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prozaïsche |
| 🔊 114 |
proscribe
|
verb |
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
|
verbied |
| 🔊 115 |
proscription
|
noun |
Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
|
verbod |
| 🔊 116 |
proselyte
|
noun |
One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
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bekeerling |
| 🔊 117 |
prospector
|
noun |
One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
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prospekteerder |
| 🔊 118 |
prospectus
|
noun |
A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.
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prospektus |
| 🔊 119 |
prostrate
|
adjective |
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
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uitgestrek |
| 🔊 120 |
protagonist
|
noun |
A leader in any enterprise or contest.
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protagonis |
| 🔊 121 |
protection
|
noun |
Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
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beskerming |
| 🔊 122 |
protective
|
adjective |
Sheltering.
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beskermende |
| 🔊 123 |
protector
|
noun |
A defender.
|
beskermer |
| 🔊 124 |
Protestant
|
noun |
A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
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Protestantse |
| 🔊 125 |
protocol
|
noun |
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
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protokol |
| 🔊 126 |
protoplasm
|
noun |
The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
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protoplasma |
| 🔊 127 |
prototype
|
noun |
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
|
prototipe |
| 🔊 128 |
protract
|
verb |
To prolong.
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rekken |
| 🔊 129 |
protrude
|
verb |
To push out or thrust forth.
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uitsteek |
| 🔊 130 |
protrusion
|
noun |
The act of protruding.
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uitsteeksel |
| 🔊 131 |
protuberance
|
noun |
Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.
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uitsteeksel |
| 🔊 132 |
protuberant
|
adjective |
Bulging.
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uitpuilend |
| 🔇 |
protuberate
|
verb |
To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.
|
protuberate |
| 🔊 134 |
proverb
|
noun |
A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.
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spreekwoord |
| 🔊 135 |
provident
|
adjective |
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
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voorsorg- |
| 🔊 136 |
providential
|
adjective |
Effected by divine guidance.
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voorsienige |
| 🔊 137 |
provincial
|
adjective |
Uncultured in thought and manner.
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provinsiale |
| 🔊 138 |
proviso
|
noun |
A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
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voorbehoudsbepaling |
| 🔊 139 |
provocation
|
noun |
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.
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provokasie |
| 🔊 140 |
prowess
|
noun |
Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
|
bekwaamheid |
| 🔊 141 |
proximately
|
adverb |
Immediately.
|
benaderd |
| 🔊 142 |
proxy
|
noun |
A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.
|
proxy |
| 🔊 143 |
prudence
|
noun |
Caution.
|
omsigtigheid |
| 🔊 144 |
prudential
|
adjective |
Proceeding or marked by caution.
|
omsigtige |
| 🔊 145 |
prudery
|
noun |
An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
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preutsheid |
| 🔊 146 |
prurient
|
adjective |
Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
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wellustig |
| 🔊 147 |
pseudonym
|
noun |
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
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skuilnaam |
| 🔊 148 |
pseudonymity
|
noun |
The state or character of using a fictitious name.
|
pseudonymity |
| 🔊 149 |
psychiatry
|
noun |
The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.
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psigiatrie |
| 🔊 150 |
psychic
|
adjective |
Pertaining to the mind or soul.
|
psigiese |
| 🔊 151 |
psychopathic
|
adjective |
Morally irresponsible.
|
psigopatiese |
| 🔊 152 |
psychotherapy
|
noun |
The treatment of mental disease.
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psigoterapie |
| 🔊 153 |
pudgy
|
adjective |
Small and fat.
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kort en dik |
| 🔊 154 |
puerile
|
adjective |
Childish.
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kinderachtig |
| 🔊 155 |
pugnacious
|
adjective |
Quarrelsome.
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veglustige |
| 🔊 156 |
pulmonary
|
adjective |
Pertaining to the lungs.
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pulmonale |
| 🔊 157 |
punctilious
|
adjective |
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
|
punctilious |
| 🔊 158 |
punctual
|
adjective |
Observant and exact in points of time.
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stiptelike |
| 🔊 159 |
pungency
|
noun |
The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
|
skerp van |
| 🔊 160 |
pungent
|
adjective |
Affecting the sense of smell.
|
skerp |
| 🔊 161 |
punitive
|
adjective |
Pertaining to punishment.
|
bestraffende |
| 🔊 162 |
pupilage
|
noun |
The state or period of being a student.
|
pupilskap |
| 🔊 163 |
purgatory
|
noun |
An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
|
vagevuur |
| 🔊 164 |
purl
|
verb |
To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
|
tuimeling |
| 🔊 165 |
purloin
|
verb |
To steal.
|
gappen |
| 🔊 166 |
purport
|
noun |
Intent.
|
voorgee |
| 🔊 167 |
purveyor
|
noun |
one who supplies
|
verskaffer |
| 🔊 168 |
pusillanimous
|
adjective |
Without spirit or bravery.
|
lafhartig |
| 🔊 169 |
putrescent
|
adjective |
Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
|
rottings |
| 🔊 170 |
pyre
|
noun |
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
|
brandstapel |
| 🔊 171 |
pyromania
|
noun |
An insane propensity to set things on fire.
|
Pyromanie |
| 🔊 172 |
pyrotechnic
|
adjective |
Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
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vuurwerk |
| 🔊 173 |
pyx
|
noun |
A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
|
pyxis |
| 🔊 174 |
quackery
|
noun |
Charlatanry
|
kwaksalwery |
| 🔊 175 |
quadrate
|
verb |
To divide into quarters.
|
kwadraat |
| 🔊 176 |
quadruple
|
verb |
To multiply by four.
|
quadruple |
| 🔊 177 |
qualification
|
noun |
A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.
|
kwalifikasie |
| 🔊 178 |
qualify
|
verb |
To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
|
kwalifiseer |
| 🔊 179 |
qualm
|
noun |
A fit of nausea.
|
walging |
| 🔊 180 |
quandary
|
noun |
A puzzling predicament.
|
verknorsing |
| 🔊 181 |
quantity
|
noun |
Magnitude.
|
hoeveelheid |
| 🔊 182 |
quarantine
|
noun |
The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
|
kwarantyn |
| 🔊 183 |
quarrelsome
|
adjective |
Irascible.
|
bakleierig |
| 🔊 184 |
quarter
|
noun |
One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.
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kwartaal |
| 🔊 185 |
quarterly
|
adjective |
Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
|
kwartaallikse |
| 🔊 186 |
quartet
|
noun |
A composition for four voices or four instruments.
|
kwartet |
| 🔊 187 |
quarto
|
noun |
An eight-page newspaper of any size.
|
kamer |
| 🔊 188 |
quay
|
noun |
A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
|
kaai |
| 🔊 189 |
querulous
|
adjective |
Habitually complaining.
|
klaende |
| 🔊 190 |
query
|
verb |
To make inquiry.
|
navraag |
| 🔊 191 |
queue
|
noun |
A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
|
tou |
| 🔊 192 |
quibble
|
noun |
An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
|
verskoning |
| 🔊 193 |
quiescence
|
noun |
Quiet.
|
stilte |
| 🔊 194 |
quiescent
|
adjective |
Being in a state of repose or inaction.
|
statiese |
| 🔊 195 |
quiet
|
adjective |
Making no noise.
|
stil |
| 🔊 196 |
quietus
|
noun |
A silencing, suppressing, or ending.
|
Quietus |
| 🔊 197 |
quintessence
|
noun |
The most essential part of anything.
|
wese |
| 🔊 198 |
quintet
|
noun |
Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
|
kwintet |
| 🔊 199 |
quite
|
adverb |
Fully.
|
baie |
| 🔊 200 |
Quixotic
|
adjective |
Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
|
donquichotachtig |