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Learning English Online for 10th August :

  1. Pedal (n) : relating to the foot


  2. Pedal (v) : work with the foot


  3. Pedant (n) : a scholastic pretender


  4. Peddle (v) : to hawk goods


  5. Pedestal (n) : the base of a pillar or statue


  6. Pedestrian (n) : foot-traveller


  7. Pedigree (n) : particulars of lineage


  8. Pedlar (n) : a hawker, a wandering trader in small articles


  9. Peddler (n) : a hawker, a wandering trader in small articles


  10. Peel (v) : take the skin off, plunder


  11. Peel (n) : rind, bark, barker’s wooden shovel


  12. Peep (n) : a sly look


  13. Peep (v) : to have a sly look, to look through a narrow opening


  14. Peer (n) : an equal, a member of the House of Lords , a noble


  15. Peer (v) : look closely, peep


  16. Peevish (adj.) : irritable, ill tempered, complaining


  17. Peevish (adv.) : peevishly


  18. Peevish (n) : peevishness


  19. Peewit (n): the lapwing


  20. Peg (n) : a pin, an excuse or pretext, a drink of brandy and soda


  21. Pelf (n) : ill-gotten money or riches


  22. Pelican (n) : a large water-bird having a strong bill


  23. Pellet (n) : a small ball or shot


  24. Pell-mell (adj.) : disarranged


  25. Pell-mell (adv) : in a hurrying, disorderly manner


  26. Pellucid (adj.) : clear, transparent


  27. Pelt (n) : a raw skin


  28. Pelt (v) : assail, throw, at


  29. Pelvis (n) : the bony cavity below the abdomen


  30. Pemmican (n) : dried meat


  31. Pemmican (n) : dried meat


  32. Pen (n) : a writing instrument with a split pointed end, an enclosure for cattle, fowls etc., a fold


  33. Pen (v) : write, put in a pen


  34. Penalize (n) : penalization


  35. Penalize (v) : declare to be punishable by law


  36. Penalty (n): punishment, retribution, fine


  37. Penance (n) : repentance, self-imposed punishment for wrong doing


  38. Pence (n) : plural of PENNY


  39. Pencil (n) : an instrument made of graphite or coloured chalk used for drawing


  40. Pendant (n) : anything hanging as an ornament


  41. Pendent (n) : anything hanging as an ornament


  42. Pending (adj.) : undecided


  43. Pending (prep) : during until


  44. Pendulum (n) : swinging weight


  45. Penetrate (v) : to pierce into, to enter


  46. Penetrating (adj.) : keen


  47. Penetration (n): ability to grasp ideas, the act of piercing through


  48. Penguin (n) : a sea-bird which cannot fly


  49. Penicillin (n) : a medicine


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