| A | B |
| posterity | refers to people who are not born yet; they come after others |
| postpone | to delay something or do it after you planned |
| postseason | events that happen after the season has ended |
| predict | saying something will happen before it actually happens |
| prejudice | a negative judgment or opinion formed before knowing or examining facts |
| premature | something that happens or is done before it is ready |
| preteen | a person between the ages of 9 and 12 before that person becomes a teenager |
| preview | a showing of something before a regular showing |
| precaution | an action taken to guard against danger, error, or accident |
| preface | a part of a book that comes before the main part and introduces it |
| Patriots | colonists who supported independence |
| Loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the king |
| neutral | not taking a side |
| negotiate | to try to reach an agreement among different people |
| ordinance | a set of laws |
| abolish | to end something |