Vocab 10 Flashcards
Prognosticate
Verb
-for tell or prophecize (an event in the future)
Proletariat
Noun -workers or working class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)
-the lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome
Promontory
Noun
-a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland
-a prominence or protuberance in an organ or other structure in the body
Promulgate
Verb
-promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)
-put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation
Protuberant
Adjective
-protruding; bulging
Prudent
Adjective
-acting with or showing care and thought for the future
Quandary
Noun
-a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
-a difficult situation; a practical dilemma
Quash
Verb
-reject or void, especially by legal procedure
-put an end to; suppress
Quixotic
Adjective
-exceedingly idealistic;unrealistic and impractical
Raconteur
Noun
-a person who tell anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way
Rancor
Noun
-bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing
Raze
Verb
-completely destroy (a building, town, or other site)
Recapitulate
Verb
-summarize and state again the main points of
-repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth
Recluse
Noun
-a person who lives a solidarity life and tends to avoid other people
Adjective
-favoring a solitary life
Recumbent
Adjective
-(especially of a person or human figure) lying down
- (of a bicycle) designed to be ridden lying almost flat in one’s back or sitting up with the legs stretched out in front
- (of a plant) growing close to the ground
Noun
-a recumbent bicycle
Refute
Verb
-prove (a state rn or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove
- prove that (someone) is wrong
- deny or contradict (a statement or accusation)
Remunerative
Adjective
-financially rewarding; lucrative
-earning a salary; paid
Renegade
Noun
-a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles
-a person who behaves in a rebelliously unconventional manner
Reprisal
Noun
-an act of retaliation
-the forcible seizure of a foreign subject or their goods as an act of retaliation
Resilient
Adjective
-(of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
-(of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed
Prevaricate
Verb
-speak or act in an evasive way
