Word Lists 33-36 Flashcards
pore
study deeply; stare
porous
full of pores; like a sieve
portend
foretell
portly
stout; sorpulent
posterity
descendants; future generations
potency
power; effectiveness
potentate
monarch
practical
based on experience; useful
pragmatic
practical, not idealistic
prairie
vast, level, or slightly rolling tract of grassland
prate
speak foolishly; boast idly
prattle
babble
preamble
introductory statement
precarious
uncertain
precedent
something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
precipitate
rash; premature
precipitous
steep
preclude
make impossible; eliminate
precursor
forerunner
predator
creature that seizes and devours another animal
predetermine
predestine
predilection
partiality; preference
preeminent
outstanding; superior
preempt
head off
prelate
church dignitary
premise
assumption
premonition
forewarning
preposterous
absurd
prescience
ability to foretell the future
preside
act as president or chairman
prestige
impression produced by achievementsor reputation
presumptuous
taking liberties
pretentious
ostentatious; pompous
prevail
triumph
prevaricate
lie
prey
target of a hunt
privation
hardship
prodigal
wasteful; reckless with money
prodigious
marvelous; enormous
prodigy
highly gifted child
profane
violate; desecrate
profligate
dissipated
profound
deep; not superficial
profusion
overabundance
progenitor
ancestor
proliferation
rapid growth
prolific
abundantly fruitful