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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Index Guide

pretentious inflated 482 specious 846 affected 855 vain 880 ostentatious 882 boasting 884 undue 925 preterience 111 preterit 122 preterition 122 preterlapsed 122 pretermit 460 preternatural 83 pretext untruth 546 plea 617 pretty much 31 imperfectly 651 beautiful 845 – fellow 501 – good 651 – kettle of fish, pass, &c. disorder 59 difficulty 704 – quarrel 720 – well much 31 little 32 trifling 643 preux chevalier 939 prevail exist 1 superior 33 general 78 influence 175 habit 613 succeed 731 – upon 615 prevailing 78 – taste 852 prevalence [see prevail] prevaricate falsehood 544 (equivocate 520) prévenance 894 prevene 116 prevenient precedent 62 early 132 prevent 706 prevention prejudice 481 hindrance 706 – of waste 817 preventive 55 previous – in time 116 (- in order 62) move the – question 624 not within – experience 137 prevision 510 prewarn 668 prey food 298 quarry 620 booty 793 victim 828 fall a – to be defeated 732 subjection 749 – on the mind excite 824 regret 833 fear 860 – on the spirits 837 – to grief 828 – to melancholy 837 price consideration 147 value 648 money 812 at any – 604a beyond – 814 cheap at the – 815 have one’s – 812 of great – good 648 dear 814 reward 973 price current 812 priceless valuable 648 dear 814 prick sharp 253 hole 260 sting 378 sensation of touch 380 incite 615 mental suffering 830 kick against the -s useless 645 resistance 719 – up one’s ears hear 418 curiosity 455 attention 457 expect 507 prickle sharp 253 sensation of touch 380 prickly 253 pride ornament 847 loftiness 878 take a – in 878 prie-dieu 215 priest 904, 996 priestcraft 995 priestess 996 priesthood 995, 996 priest-ridden false piety 988 churchdom 995 prig steal 791 puppy 854 affected 855 blusterer 887 priggish affected 855 vain 880 prim taste 850 affected 855 proud 878 prima donna actress 599 important 642 proficient 700 primacy superiority 33 celebrity 873 church 995 prima facie sight 441 appearance 448 probable 472meaning 516 manifest 525 primal 66 primary initial 66 cause 153 important 642 – color 428 – education 537 primate 996 primates 875 prime initial 66 primeval 124 early 132 teach 537 important 642 excellent 648 prepare 673 in one’s – 131 – and load 673 – cost price 812 cheap 815 – minister 694 – mover 153, 164 – number 84 – of life youth 127 adolescence 131 – of the morning 125 primed skilled 698 tipsy 959 primer automobile 272 schoolbook 542 primeval 124 primices 154 primigenous 124 priming 556 primitive old 124 cause 153 – color 428 primogenial beginning 66 primogeniture old 124 age 128 posterity 167 heritage 777 primordial original 20 old 124 cause 153 primordiate 124 primordium 153 primrose-colored 436 prince perfection 650 master 745 nobility 875 – of darkness 978 Prince Albert coat 225 princely authoritative 737 liberal 816 famous 873 noble 875 generous 942 princess 745, 875 principal important 642 director 694 – part great 31 whole 50 principality region 181 property 780 principally 33 principia 66, 496 principle intrinsic 5 rule 80 cause 153 element 316 reasoning 476 tenet 484 maxim 496 motive 615 probity 939 on – 615 want of – 945 prink adorn 847 show off 882 print news 532 mark 550 engraving 558 letterpress 591 out of – 552 printer 591 printing 591 – press 591 prior – in order 62in time 116 clergy 996 priority 116, 234 priory 1000 prism angularity 244 optical instrument 445 see through a – 443 prismatic color 428 variegated 440 prison 752 cast into – 751 in – 751, 754 prisoner restraint 751 captive 754 accused 938 take – restrain 751 seize 789 pristine 122 prithee 765 prittle-prattle 588 privacy conceal 528 seclude 893 private special 79 hidden 528 secluded 893 in – 528 keep – 881 – road 627 – soldier 726 talk to in – 586, 588 to gain some – ends 943 privateer combatant 726 robber 792 privateering 791 privately 881 privation loss 776 poverty 804 privative 789 privilege freedom 748 permission 760 exemption 777a due 924 privity relation 9 knowledge 490 privy hidden 528 latrines 653 – to 490 Privy Council tribunal 966 prize good 618 masterpiece 650 palm 733 gain 775 booty 793 love 897 approve 931 – open 173 win the – 731