NSF regionals vocabulary f27 Flashcards by Awesome Cool

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Posthaste

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With great speed or promptness

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Postmodern

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Extremely modern, architecture in the late 20

century

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Postscript

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A paragraph added to the end of a letter (p.s)

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Posturing

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A position of a persons body when sitting or

standing

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Potable

A

Suitable for drinking

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Potpourri

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A mixture of dried flowers and spices kept in a

jar for fragrance

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Preamble

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A introductory statement

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Precarious

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Dependent on chance

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Precipitate

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To rain water on earth’s atmosphere

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Preclude

A

To prevent from happening to make

impossible

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Precocious

A

Unusually advanced in development or

maturing

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Predatory

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Preying upon other organisms for food

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Prelude

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An action or event serving to something more important

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Premonition

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A feeling of anticipation over a future event

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Preposterous

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Utterly ubsurd, stupid

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Prepotent

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Greater than others in power

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Prequel

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A literary work that represents a later work

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Prescient

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Having or showing knowledge of events

before they occur

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Prevision

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To foresee

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Prioritize

A

To determine the order of dealing with

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Pro tem

A

For the time being

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Procrastinate

A

To delay an action

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Proctor

A

A person kept to watch students during an

exam

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Prodigious

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Extraordinary in size or amount

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Profane

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Characterized by irreverence for god

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Proficiency

A

High degree of skill

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Profligacy

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Reckless, extravagance

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Prognosis

A

The likely course of disease

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Promiscuous

A

regular, casual

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Promissory note

A

A signed document to pay a stated sum to a

specified person at a date