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family, kith and kin; ancestors, forebears: His people left
Russia in 1917. 3 masses, (general) public, hoi polloi,
consumers, multitude, populace, common people, common man,
commoners, subjects, citizenry, plebeians, grass roots,
proletariat, rank and file, the crowd, commonalty or
commonality, mobile vulgus, bourgeoisie; man or woman in the
street, Everyman, Everywoman, Mr or Mrs Average, Brit A. N.
Other, Joe Bloggs, man or woman on the Clapham omnibus, US John
Doe, Mary Doe, Richard Roe, John Q. Public; Colloq and often
derogatory proles, the rabble, ragtag and bobtail, silent
majority, common herd, Brit plebs, admass: Politicians unable
to communicate with the people are seldom elected.
--n.sing. 4 race, community, clan, tribe, folk, nation,
population, society: On the subject of religion, they were a
people divided. The anthropologists were studying the peoples
south of the Sahara.
--v. 5 populate, colonize, settle, occupy: The area was once
peopled with Berber tribesmen.
pep n. 1 vigour, vim (and vigour), spirit, animation, vivacity,
energy, verve, zest, fire, sprightliness, life, effervescence,
sparkle, ebullience, dash, enthusiasm, brio, ‚lan, Colloq zip,
zing: He certainly has a lot of pep for an octogenarian.
--v. 2 pep up. stimulate, invigorate, animate, enliven,
vitalize, vivify, energize, exhilarate, quicken, arouse, breathe
(some) life into, inspire, activate, actuate, fire, cheer up,
Colloq buck up, spark, work or fire up, US wind up: After those
defeats, the team needed to be pepped up.
pepper v. sprinkle, scatter, dot, speckle, fleck, spot, spray,
bespeckle, speckle, spatter, stipple, mottle: The letter was
peppered with ink-spots. Their speech was peppered with
swear-words.
perceive v. 1 see, make out, discern, catch sight of, glimpse, spot,
espy, apprehend, take in, notice, note, discover, descry,
observe, mark, remark, identify, distinguish, detect: I
perceived his hesitation when a solo flight was suggested. She
perceived a strange odour emanating from the cupboard. 2
appreciate, grasp, feel, sense, apprehend, understand, gather,