List 2H Flashcards
prescient
Foreknowing.
prescription
An authoritative direction.
presentient
Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
presentiment
Foreboding.
presentment
Semblance.
presumption
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
prevalence
Frequency.
prevaricate
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceivin.
prickle
To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
priggish
Conceited.
prim
Stiffly proper.
primeval
Belonging to the first ages.
primitive
Pertaining to the beginning or early times.
principal
Most important.
principality
The territory of a reigning prince.
privy
Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
probity
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
proclamation
Any announcement made in a public manner.
procrastinate
To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
procrastination
Delay.
prodigal
One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
revelation
Making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
reverent
Humble.
reversion
A return to or toward some former state or condition.
revocation
Repeal.
rhapsody
Rapt or rapturous utterance.
rhetoric
The art of discourse.
ribald
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
ridicule
Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
ridiculous
Laughable and contemptible.
rife
Abundant.
righteousness
Rectitude.
rigmarole
Nonsense.
rigor
Inflexibility.
rigorous
Uncompromising.
risible
capable of exciting laughter.
robust
Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.
rote
Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them.
rotund
Round from fullness or plumpness.
rue
To regret extremely.
ruminate
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
rupture
To separate the parts of by violence.
rustic
Characteristic of dwelling in the country.
sacrificial
Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.
sacrilege
The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.
sacrilegious
Impious.
salacious
Having strong sexual desires.
salient
Standing out prominently.
salutary
Beneficial.
salvage
Any act of saving property.