Day1.a

Question 1

proletariat

Answer 1

the industrial working class

Question 2

profligate

Answer 2

extravagantly wasteful, usually wildly immoral

Question 3

profess

Answer 3

to declare, to declare falsely or pretend

Question 4

prodigious

Answer 4

extraordinary, enormous

Question 5

pristine

Answer 5

original, unspoiled, pure

Question 6

prevail

Answer 6

to triumph, to overcome rivals, to persuade

Question 7

prerogative

Answer 7

a right or privilege connected exclusively w/ a position, person, class, nation, or some other group or classification

Question 8

prepossess

Answer 8

to preoccupy, to influence beforehand or prejudice, to make a good impression on beforehand

Question 9

premise

Answer 9

an assumption, the basis for a conclusion

Question 10

preempt

Answer 10

to seize something by prior right

Question 11

preeminent

Answer 11

better than anyone else, outstanding, supreme

Question 12

predilection

Answer 12

a natural preference for something

Question 13

preclude

Answer 13

to prevent something from ever happening

Question 14

precipitate

Answer 14

to cause to happen abruptly

Question 15

precept

Answer 15

a rule tolive by, a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior, a maxim

Question 16

pragmatic

Answer 16

practical, down to earth, based on experience rather than theory

Question 17

postulate

Answer 17

something accepted as true w/o proof

Question 18

ponderous

Answer 18

so large as to be clumsy, massive, dull

Question 19

polemic

Answer 19

a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue

Question 20

polarize

Answer 20

to break up into opposing fractions or groupings

Question 21

prolific

Answer 21

abundantly productive, fruitful or fertile