List 14 Flashcards
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Preempt
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To head off, forestall by acting first. Preempt any attempts to.
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Predilection
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Partiality, preference
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Prelate
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Church dignitary
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Premise
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Assumption, postulate
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Premonition
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Forewarning, premonition of disaster
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Precept
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Practical rule guiding conduct
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Précis
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Concise summing up if main points
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Preclude
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To make impossible, eliminate
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Precocious
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Advanced in development
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Ribald
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Wanton, profane, a ribald song
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Rife
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Abundant; current
In the face of many rumors of the scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent
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Rigid
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Stiff and unyielding, strict, hard and unbending
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Rile
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Exasperate, irritate, vex
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Roil
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To make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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Rostrum
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Platform for speech making, pulpit
Speaker approaching the rostrum
