Essential Words XIV Flashcards
Prodigal
Wasteful, extravagant; giving abundantly, lavish
Prodigious
Extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.
Profligate
Completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely wasteful
Profound
Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive, intense, “down to the very bottom”; at the very bottom
Profuse
Abundant, extravagant, giving or given freely
Prohibitive
Tending to forbid something, or serving to prevent something
Proliferate
Increase or spread rapidly or excessively
Prologue
Introductory part to a book, play, etc.
Pronounced
Distinct, strong, clearly indicated
Propriety
Conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior; justness
Prosaic
Dull, ordinary
Proscribe
Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish
Prospective
Potential, in the future
Prudent
Wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future
Pugnacious
Inclined to fight, combative
Qualified
Modified, limited, conditional on something else
Quandary
Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma
Quibble
Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important
Quotidian
Daily; everyday, ordinary
Ranks
Personnel; a group of people considered all together
Reap
Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one’s effort
Recluse
Person who lives in seclusion
Refute
Prove to be false
Relegate
Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task) to someone else
Remedial
Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill
Render
Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become
Replete
Supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (used with with)
Reproach
Blame, disgrace; criticize, express disappointment in
Repudiate
Reject, cast off, deny that something has authority
Requite
Reciprocate, repay, or revenge
Rescind
Annul, repeal, make void
Resolution
The quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by a vote
Resolve
Find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote; firmness of purpose
Respectively
In the order given
Restive
Restless; impatient or uneasy under the control of another
Reticent
Not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved
Retrospective
Looking to the past of backward; applying to the past, retroactive; an art exhibit of an artist’s work over a long period of time
Reverent
Feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe
Rhetoric
The art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little
Rife
Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported
Rudimentary
Elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitve
Rustic
Relating to country life, unsophisticated; primitive; made of rough wood; a rural or uncultured person
Sacrosanct
Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism
Sagacious
Wise; showing good judgement and foresight
Salubrious
Healthful, promoting health
Sanction
Permission or approval, something that gives support or authority to something else; to allow, confirm, ratify; a legal action by one or more countries agains another country to get it to comply; to place sanctions or penalties on.
Sanguine
Cheerful optimistic, hopeful; reddish, ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicting health or vitality)
Sap
The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid; energy, vitality; a person taken advantage of; undermine, weaken, tire out
Satiate or sate
To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfy to the point of excess
Saturate
Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
