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540 Guide to Obscure English Words

Prude—one who is much concerned with being (or appearing to be) proper,
modest, or righteous

Pseudo-latitudinarianism—presumably Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté’s
prefixing pseudo to the word latitudinarianism (q.v.) is meant to emphasize
the falsity and hypocrisy inherent in such an attempt
Psilanthropism—the doctrine that Jesus Christ was merely a human being
Puerility—childishness
Punctilious—conscientious, attentive to details

Putative—supposed
Queazy—uneasy
Quell—to quieten or suppress
Raison d’être—reason for existence
Raj—imperial British rule of India
Raucously—in a rough voice
Razzmatazz—an extravagant showiness devoid of substantial meaning

Recondite—difficult to understand due to its high scholarly level
Rectitude—straight, righteous, correct
Redacted—edited, revised, converted to written form
Redolent—suggestive
Remonstrate—to protest

Rent—torn
Reparation—something done toward repairing damage
Repast—meal
Rile—to become angry
Rote—concerning a method of learning by repeated utterance but which usually
does not inculcate an understanding of the subject matter
Rout—to completely defeat
Salacious—lustful
Saliferous—containing salt
Sally—(verb) to set out boldly

Sans—without
Sardonically—sarcastically