WS 32

Question 1

predicament

Jane needs all the help she can get to overcome her predicament.

Answer 1

S: circumstance, crisis, dilemma
A: advantage, agreement, blessing

Question 2

preliminary

Preliminary discussion is conducted to prepare for the workshop.

Answer 2

S: initial, preparatory, prior
A: additional, extra

Question 3

prepay

Banks usually allow you to prepay your loan.

Answer 3

S: pay, compensate, disburse
A: deny, deprive, refuse

Question 4

pretentious

A pretentious person is not liked by everyone.

Answer 4

S: snobbish, conceited, exaggerated
A: genuine, honest, modest

Question 5

proficient

He was proficient at his job and was soon promoted.

Answer 5

S: able, skilled, accomplished
A: ignorant, immature, incapable

Question 6

profligate

The heiress is a profligate who wants the most expensive things.

Answer 6

S: immoral, corrupt, wasteful, extravagant
A: gentle, moral

Question 7

proposal

The proposal for the science project is quite impressive.

Answer 7

S: suggestion, bid, idea, motion
A: condemnation, refusal

Question 8

prospective

Jane is meeting with her prospective clients

Answer 8

S: eventual, expected, soon-to-be, future
A: agreed, concurred

Question 9

prosper

Samantha prospered as an artist though her major in university was Economics.

Answer 9

S: bloom, blossom, flourish
A: fail, languish, shrink, wither

Question 10

prosperous

It is difficult to maintain a prosperous business during an economic meltdown.

Answer 10

S: successful, thriving, affluent, comfortable
A: destitute, failing, lacking

Question 11

pulverise

Make sure to pulverise the dried herbs to bring out the flavours.

Answer 11

S: shatter, crush, destroy
A: construct

Question 12

pungent

We need to find the source of the pungent smell and get rid of it.

Answer 12

S: acid, acrid, aromatic, barbed
A: bland, blunt, calm, gentle