Vocab Part 16

Question 1

polarize

Answer 1

to cause a sharp division between two groups

Question 2

polemical

Answer 2

angry, hostile, harshly critical

Question 3

pragmatic

Answer 3

practical

Question 4

precarious

Answer 4

uncertain or unstable

Question 5

preceded

Answer 5

went before

Question 6

precipitate

Answer 6

to cause

hastily and not well-considered

particulate matter formed within a solution

Question 7

precursor

Answer 7

a forerunner

Question 8

prescient

Answer 8

knowing things before they happen, prophetic

Question 9

presumptuous

Answer 9

overly familiar; invades social boundaries

Question 10

prevail

Answer 10

to succeed, especially with respect to vanquishing an opponent

to convince or persuade

Question 11

prevaricate

Answer 11

to evade or deceive without outright lying

Question 12

pristine

Answer 12

untouched, clean, pure

Question 13

probity

Answer 13

integrity and honor

Question 14

prodigal

Answer 14

a reckless spender

Question 15

prodigious

Answer 15

enormous, immense, gigantic

Question 16

profligate

Answer 16

extravagant and wasteful, especially in an immoral way

Question 17

proliferate

Answer 17

to multiply and spread rapidly