ice, n. custom, usage, habit; exercise, application, drill,
rehearsal.

practice, v. exercise, apply, do, train, drill, rehearse.

praise, n. commendation, laudation, approbation, encomium, panegyric,
eulogy, applause, laud, acclaim, eclat, plaudit, compliment, acclamation,
puff, flattery; worship, homage, glorification; paean. Antonyms:
condemnation, dispraise, disapprobation, disparagement, denunciation,
animadversion, stricture.

praise, v. laud, extol, commend, eulogize, panegyrize, applaud;
magnify, glorify. Antonyms: condemn, denounce, disparage, deprecate,
criticize.

praiser, n. eulogist, panegyrist, extoller, encomiast, lauder.

praiseworthy, a. laudable, commendable. Antonyms: illaudable,
unpraiseworthy, indign.

prance, v. cavort.

prank, n. trick, antic, frolic, caper.

prankish, a. playful, frolicsome, sportive, mischievous, gamesome.

prate, v. babble, gabble, clatter, chatter, prattle. See talk.

prate, n. chatter, gabble, babble, twaddle.

pray, v. invoke, supplicate, entreat, implore, beg, petition,
intercede.

pray against. deprecate.

prayer, n. invocation, orison, collect, suffrage, supplication,
obsecration; litany, rogation, rosary, euchologion, secreta; entreaty,
intercession.

preach, v. exhort.

preacher, n. homilist, exhorter, predicant, pulpiteer; missionary,
evangelist, revivalist.

preaching, n. sermon, homily, exhortation. Associated Words:
homiletics, homiletic.

precarious, a. uncertain, insecure, unassured, doubtful

preceding, a. foregoing.

precept, n. commandment, maxim, rule, adage, behest, injunction.

precious, a. costly, expensive; valuable; dear, beloved, adored,
idolized.

precious stone. jewel, gem. See stone.

precise, a. exact; formal, punctilious, particular, prim, prudish.

precision, n. exactness, accuracy; formalness, prudery.

predatory, a. predaceous, plundering.

predestination, n. foreordination, foreordainment.

predict, v. prophesy, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, portend,
augur, presage, vaticinate.

prediction, n. prophecy, soothsaying, divination, augury,
prognostication.

predominant, a. dominant, overruling, ascendant, supreme.

preface, n. prologue, prelude. See introduction.

prejudice, n. prejudgment, bias; harm, mischief, detriment.

preposterous, a. absurd, ridiculous, irrational, inconsistent,
foolish.

presage, n. omen, augury, auspice, portent; foreknowledge,
premonition.

present, n. gift, donation, lar