751-800 Flashcards
Presumptuous
[Adj] Going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
Prevaricate
[Verb] To avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think
Pristine
[Adj] Immaculately clean and unused
Probity
[Noun] Complete and confirmed integrity
Proclamation
[Noun] A formal public statement
Proclivity
[Noun] A natural inclination; propensity
Prodigal
[Adj] Recklessly wasteful
Prodigality
[Noun] The trait of spending extravagantly
Prodigious
[Adj] Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength
Prodigy
[Noun] An unusually gifted or intelligent person
Profligate
[Adj] Spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise; behaving in a way that is bad or morally wrong
Profound
[Adj] Situated at or extending to great depth
Profuse
[Adj] Produced or growing in extreme abundance
Prolong
[Verb] Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Prompt
[Adj] According to schedule or without delay
Prone
[Adj] Having a tendency
Propensity
[Noun] A natural inclination; proclivity
Propitiate
[Verb] Make peace with
Proposition
[Noun] A suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
Propriety
[Noun] Correct behavior
Prosaic
[Adj] Without interest, wit, imagination, and excitement
Protracted
[Adj] Relatively long in duration
Provocation
[Noun] A means of arousing or stirring to action
Provocative
[Adj] Serving or tending to excite or stimulate
Prudent
[Adj] Marked by sound judgment
Pugnacious
[Adj] Ready and able to resort to force or violence
Pundit
[Noun] An expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
Pungent
[Adj] Strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
Pusillanimous
[Adj] Lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
Putrefy
[Verb] Decay with an offensive smell
Qualm
[Noun] An uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing
Quash
[Verb] Declare invalid
Quenching
[Noun] The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
Quibble
[Verb] Evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
Quiescence
[Noun] A state of possibly temporary inaction or dormancy
Quintessential
[Adj] Representing the perfect example of a class or quality
Quiver
[Verb] Shake with fast, tremulous movements
Quotidian
[Adj] Found in the ordinary course of events; mundane
Ramification
[Noun] A consequence, especially one that causes complications
Rampant
[Adj] Occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
Rarefy
[Verb] Lessen the density or solidity of
Rash
[Adj] Imprudently incurring risk
Rationale
[Noun] An explanation of the fundamental reasons