GRE words begin with P (2/2)

Question 1

picayune

Answer 1

(a.) having little value or importance

Question 2

pillory

Answer 2

(v.; n.) to punish in public; a device for public punishment

Question 3

placate

Answer 3

(v.) to make somebody less angry

Question 4

plaintive

Answer 4

(a.) expressive of sorrow or woe

Question 5

platitude

Answer 5

(n.) a trite statement

Question 6

plenary

Answer 6

(a.) attended by all members; complete in all aspects

Question 7

plumb

Answer 7

(v.) to measure the depth of something

Question 8

polarize

Answer 8

(v.) to cause a division of opinion between groups

Question 9

potentate

Answer 9

(n.) a powerful ruler; an important person

Question 10

presage

Answer 10

(v.) to foretell something

Question 11

prevaricate

Answer 11

(v.) to be intentionally ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead

Question 12

proclivity

Answer 12

(n.) a natural inclination

Question 13

prodigal

Answer 13

(a.) extravagantly wasteful

Question 14

prodigious

Answer 14

(a.) enormous; exceptional

Question 15

profligate

Answer 15

(a.) recklessly wasteful; having low morals

Question 16

progenitor

Answer 16

(n.) an ancestor in the direct line

Question 17

progeny

Answer 17

(n.) descendants, offspring; followers

Question 18

proletariat

Answer 18

(n.) the working class

Question 19

promiscuity

Answer 19

(n.) the practice of indulging in casual sexual relations

Question 20

promulgate

Answer 20

(v.) to proclaim or issue officially

Question 21

propinquity

Answer 21

(n.) the property of being close together

Question 22

propitiate

Answer 22

(v.) to win somebody’s favor

Question 23

proscribe

Answer 23

(v.) to outlaw

Question 24

proselytize

Answer 24

(v.) to try to convert somebody

Question 25

prurient

Answer 25

(a.) characterized by lust

Question 26

pusillanimous

Answer 26

(a.) contemptibly cowardly