Word List 23

Question 1

precept

Answer 1

N practical rule guiding conduct

Question 2

precipitate (V)

Answer 2

throw headlong; hasten

Question 3

precipitate (adj)

Answer 3

headlong; rash

Question 4

precipitous

Answer 4

adj. steep

Question 5

preclude

Answer 5

v. make impossible; eliminate

Question 6

precocious

Answer 6

adj. developed ahead of time

Question 7

precursor

Answer 7

n. forerunner

Question 8

predilection

Answer 8

n. partiality; preference

Question 9

preeminent

Answer 9

adj. outstanding; superior

Question 10

prefatory

Answer 10

adj. introductory

Question 11

premeditate

Answer 11

v. plan in advance

Question 12

preponderate

Answer 12

v. be superior in power; outweigh

Question 13

presage

Answer 13

v. foretell

Question 14

presentiment

Answer 14

n. premonition; foreboding

Question 15

prevaricate

Answer 15

v. lie

Question 16

primordial

Answer 16

adj. exsisting at the beginning (of time); rudimentary

Question 17

privy

Answer 17

adj. secret; hidden; not public

Question 18

probity

Answer 18

n. uprightness; incorruptibility

Question 19

proboscis

Answer 19

n. long snout; nose

Question 20

proclivity

Answer 20

n. inclination

Question 21

prodigal

Answer 21

adj. wasteful; reckless with money

Question 22

prodigious

Answer 22

adj. marvelous; enormous

Question 23

profligate

Answer 23

adj. dissipated; wasteful; licentious

Question 24

profusion

Answer 24

n. lavish expenditure

Question 25

progenitor

Answer 25

n. ancestor

Question 26

progeny

Answer 26

n. children; offspring

Question 27

prognosis

Answer 27

n. forcasted course of a disease; prediction

Question 28

prognosticate

Answer 28

v. predict

Question 29

prolific

Answer 29

adj. abundantly fruitful

Question 30

prolix

Answer 30

adj. verbose; drawn out

Question 31

promontory

Answer 31

n. headland

Question 32

promulgate

Answer 32

v. make known by official proclamation or publication

Question 33

propensity

Answer 33

n. natural inclination

Question 34

propagate

Answer 34

v. multiply; spread

Question 35

propitate

Answer 35

v. appease

Question 36

propitious

Answer 36

adj. favorable; kindly

Question 37

propound

Answer 37

v. put forth for analysis

Question 38

propriety

Answer 38

n. fitness; correct conduct

Question 39

propulsive

Answer 39

adj. driving forward

Question 40

prorogue

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v. dismiss parliament; end officially

Question 41

prosaic

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adj. commonplace; dull

Question 42

proscribe

Answer 42

v. ostracize;

Question 43

prosody

Answer 43

n. the art of versification

Question 44

prostrate

Answer 44

v. stretch out full on ground

Question 45

protract

Answer 45

v. prolong

Question 46

provender

Answer 46

n. dry food; fodder

Question 47

provident

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adj. displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies

Question 48

proviso

Answer 48

n. stipulation

Question 49

provocation

Answer 49

n. cause for anger or retaliation

Question 50

proxy

Answer 50

n. authorized agent

Question 51

prurient

Answer 51

adj. based on lascivious thoughts

Question 52

psyche

Answer 52

n. soul; mind

Question 53

puerile

Answer 53

adj. childish

Question 54

pugnacious

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adj. combative; disposed to fight

Question 55

puissant

Answer 55

adj. powerful; strong; potent

Question 56

pulchritude

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n. beauty; comeliness

Question 57

punctilious

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adj. laying stress on niceties of conduct. form; precise

Question 58

punitive

Answer 58

adj. punishing

Question 59

purgatory

Answer 59

n. place of spiritual expiation

Question 60

purloin

Answer 60

v. steal

Question 61

purport

Answer 61

n. intention

Question 62

purveyor

Answer 62

n. furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer

Question 63

purview

Answer 63

n. scope