List 14 Flashcards
Preempt
To head off, forestall by acting first. Preempt any attempts to.
Predilection
Partiality, preference
Prelate
Church dignitary
Premise
Assumption, postulate
Premonition
Forewarning, premonition of disaster
Precept
Practical rule guiding conduct
Précis
Concise summing up if main points
Preclude
To make impossible, eliminate
Precocious
Advanced in development
Ribald
Wanton, profane, a ribald song
Rife
Abundant; current
In the face of many rumors of the scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent
Rigid
Stiff and unyielding, strict, hard and unbending
Rile
Exasperate, irritate, vex
Roil
To make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
Rostrum
Platform for speech making, pulpit
Speaker approaching the rostrum
Rote
Repetition
Recited the passage by rote
Rousing
Lively and stirring
Rout
To stampede, drive out
Mufasa was routed by the horde of migrating antelopes below the valley.
Ruddy
Reddish, healthy looking
Santa has ruddy cheeks
Ruminate
To chew over and over (mentally or physically), to mull over, ponder
Ruse
A trick, stratagem
You will not fool anyone with such an obvious ruse