Words starting with the letter P
Contranyms
Hard to pronounce words
Nouns
Collocations
100

A Buddhist temple

Pagoda

100

1) To give advice.

2) To get advice.

Consult

100

A person from another country

Foreigner

/FOR·ruh·ner/

the 'g' is silent 

100

Someone with a great deal of expertise in a specific area or subject.

Specialist

100

Very slow.  Sluggish.  Taking many minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.

Time-consuming


200

The illegal hunting or killing of animals.

Poaching

200

(n) Powder.

(v) 1) To sprinkle with powder.

2) To clean up/remove powdery dirt.


Dust

200

An iconic landmark in Paris.

The Eiffel Tower

/AY fell/

200

A 'catchphrase' often used by companies to communicate an idea or market their brand, e.g. 'Just do it.' or 'Think different.'

Slogan

200

Brought up/Having grown up in the same town or area where your mom gave birth to you.

Born and raised

300

The measure of how crowded a place is based on the number of people per m2 or km2.

Population density


300

1) A piece of paper money used to pay for things.

2) An invoice that tells how much money we have to pay. 

Bill

300

A kind of ancient weapon with a long metal blade.

Sword

/sord/ 

The 'w' is silent

300

Positive energy.  The energy of motion.

Momentum

300

The fatigue we often feel following a long plane ride, particularly one that crosses many time zones.

Jet lag

400

Influence.  The art of convincing others to see or do things the way we want.

Persuasion

400

1) A guarantee (for goods or services)

2) A doubt.  A hesitancy.

Reservation

400

Very strange.  Odd.  Unusual.

Peculiar

/puh KILL your/

400
A willingness to question ideas, including your own ideas.

Critical thinking


400

The difficulty we have communicating in a country where the people do not speak our mother tongue.

Language barrier

500

Willing to take initiative.  Not needing to be told what to do.

Proactive

500

1) Clear and obvious.  Easy to see.

2) Very difficult to see.  See through.  Invisible.

Transparent

500

A very special and delicious food.

Delicacy

/DELL uh kuh see/

500

The use of different words to better explain what we mean or to try to explain what we think someone else means.

Paraphrase

500

The difficulty adapting to the customs in a foreign country.

Culture shock