Vocabulary 4.4 Flashcards
Circumference
Distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter
Circumlocution
Roundabout way of speaking; use of excessive number of words to express an idea; verbiage; tautology
Circumnavigate
Sail around
Circumscribe
Draw a line around
Circumspect
Looking around and paying attention to all possible consequences before acting; cautious; prudent
Circumvent
Go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass
Coalesce
Grow together; unite into one; join; combine
Coherent
Sticking together; logically connected; consistent; logical
Collaborate
Work together with another of others, especially as a coauthor
Collusion
(Literally, “playing together”) Secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; conspiracy; plot
Concord
State of being together in heart or mind; agreement; harmony
Congenital
(Literally, “born with”) Existing at birth; inborn; innate
Convene
Come together in a body; meet; assemble
Correspond
(Literally, “answer together”) Agree; be in harmony; match; tally
Obliterate
(Literally, “cover over letters”) Erase; blot out; destroy; remove all traces of
Obsess
(Literally, “sit over”) Trouble the mind of; haunt; preoccupy
Obstacle
Something standing in the way; hindrance; obstruction; impediment
Obstruct
Be in the way of; hinder; impede; block
Obtrude
(Literally, “thrust against”) Thrust forward without being asked; intrude; impose
Obviate
(Literally, “get in the way of”) Meet and dispose of; make unnecessary; forestall; avert
Perennial(adj.)
Continuing through the years; enduring; unceasing
Perennial(n.)
Plant that lives through the years
Perforate
(Literally, “bore through”) Make a hole or holes through; pierce; puncture
Permeate
Pass through; penetrate; spread through; pervade
Perplex
Confuse thoroughly; puzzle; bewilder
Persist
(Literally, “stand to the end”)
Pertinent
(Literally, “reaching through to”) connected with the matter under consideration; to the point; related; relevant
Perturb
Disturb thoroughly or considerably; make uneasy; agitate; upset
Precede
Go before; come before
Preclude
Put a barrier before; impede; prevent; make impossible
Precocious
(Literally, “cooked or ripened before its time”) Showing mature characteristics at an early age
Preconceive
Form an opinion of beforehand, without adequate
Prefabricated
Constructed beforehand
Preface
Foreword; preliminary remarks; author’s introduction to a book
Premature
Before the proper or usual time; early; untimely
Premeditate
Consider beforehand
Presume
(Literally, “take beforehand”) Take for granted without proof; assume; suppose
Preview
View of something before it is shown to the public
Procrastinate
(Literally, “move forward to tomorrow”) Put things off from day to day; delay; dawdle
Proficient
(Literally, “going forward”) Well advanced in any subject or occupation; skilled; adept; expert
Profuse
Pouring forth freely; exceedingly generous; extravagant; lavish
Project
Throw or cast forward
Prominent
(Literally, “jutting forward”) Standing out; notable; important; conspicuous
Propel
Impel forward; drive onward; force ahead; push; thrust
Proponent
Person who puts forth a proposal or argues in favor of something; advocate; supporter
Prospect
Thing looked forward to; expectation; vision
Prospects
Chances
Protract
(Literally, “drag forward”) Draw out; lengthen; extend; prolong
Protrude
Thrust forth; stick out; bulge; jut
Provoke
Call forth; bring on; cause
