There once was a very rich man who wanted to take his wealth with him when he died. He prayed and prayed until the Lord gave in, but on one condition – he could only take one suitcase of his wealth.
The rich man began to worry, "What kind of currency should I take – the dollar, the pound, the euro, the yen?" He finally decided to turn everything into gold bullion.
The day came when God called him home. St. Peter told him that he couldn’t bring in his suitcase with him. The man explained that he had an agreement with God.
"That’s unusual," St. Peter said. "Mind if I take a look?"
The man opened his suitcase to reveal the shining gold bullion.
"Why in heaven would you bring pavement?" St. Peter exclaimed
n. Material comprising the living part of a cell, consisting of a nucleus in membrane-enclosed cytoplasm. protoplasmic adj. [greek: related to *proto-, *plasma]
PROTRACTOR
n. Instrument for measuring angles, usu. In the form of a graduated semicircle.
PROVENANCE
n. Origin or place of origin; history. [french provenir from latin]
PROVERBIAL
adj. - (esp. Of a characteristic) well known; notorious (his proverbial honesty).
- of or referred to in a proverb (proverbial ill wind). proverbially adv. [latin: related to *proverb]
PROVIDENCE
n. - protective care of god or nature.
- (providence) god in this aspect.
- foresight; thrift. [latin: related to *provide]
PROVINCIAL
—adj. - of a province or provinces.
- unsophisticated or uncultured. —n. - inhabitant of a province or the provinces.
- unsophisticated or uncultured person. provincialism n.
PRUDENTIAL
adj. Of or showing prudence. prudentially adv.
PSEPHOLOGY
n. The statistical study of voting etc. psephologist n. [greek psephos pebble, vote]
PSYCHIATRY
n. The study and treatment of mental disease. psychiatric adj. Psychiatrist n. [from *psycho-, greek iatros physician]
PSYCHOLOGY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 the study of the human mind.
- treatise on or theory of this.
- a mental characteristics etc. Of a person or group. B mental aspects of an activity, situation, etc. (psychology of crime). psychologist n.
