Flashcards: Bowyer 25
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kasielasserre1 on February 28, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 precarious | uncertain |
| precipitate (adj) | sudden and unexpected |
| precipitate (v) | to throw down from a height, to cause to happen |
| precipitous | hasty, quickly, with too little caution |
| précis | short summary of facts |
| precocious | unusually advanced at an early age |
| precursor | forerunner; predecessor |
| predicate | to found or bsae on |
| predilection | a preference or liking |
| predisposition | tendency or inclination |
| preeminent | celebrated, distnguished |
| preponderance | majority in number; dominance |
| prepossessing | attractive, engaging, appealing |
| preposterous | absurd, illogical |
| presage | to foretell, indicate in advance |
| prescient | having foresight |
| presentiment | premonition, sense of foreboding |
| prestidigitation | slight of hand |
| presumptuous | rude, improperly bold |
| pretext | excuse, pretended reason |
| prevaricate | to lie, evade the truth |
| primordial | original, existing from beginning |
| pristine | untouched, uncorrupted |
| privation | lack of usual necessities or comforts |
| probity | honesty, highmindedness |
| proclivity | tendency, inclination |
| procure | to obtain |
| prodigal | wasteful, extravagant, lavish |
| prodigious | vast, enormous, extraordinary |
| proficient | expert, skilled in a certain subject |
| profligate | corrupt, deginerate |
| profuse | lavish, extravagant |
| progenitor | originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line |
| progeny | offspring, children |
| prognosis | prediction of disease outcome; any prediction |
| proliferation | propagation, reproduction; enlargement or expansion |
| promulgate | to make known publically |
| propensity | inclination, tendency |
| propinquity | nearness |
| propitiate | to win over, appease |
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