Flashcards: Bowyer 26
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kasielasserre1 on March 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 propitious | favorable, advantagious |
| prosaic | relating to prose; dull, commonplace |
| prose | ordinary language used in everyday speech |
| proselytize | to convert to a particular belief or religion |
| protagonist | main character in a play or story; hero |
| protean | readily assuming different forms or characters |
| protocol | ceremony and manners observed by diplomats |
| provincial | rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope |
| prowess | bravery, skill |
| proxy | power to act as substitute for another |
| prurient | lustful, exhibiting lude desires |
| puerile | childish, immature, silly |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome, eager, and ready to fight |
| pulchritude | beauty |
| punctilious | careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony |
| punitive | having to do with punishment |
| purgation | the process of cleansing, purification |
| purport | to profess, suppose, claim |
| quagmire | marsh or swamp; difficult situation |
| quaternary | consisting of or relating to for units or members |
| quell | to crush or subdue |
| querulous | inclined to complain, irritable |
| quiescence | inactivity, stillness |
| quixotic | overly idealistic, impractical |
| quotidian | occurring daily; commonplace |
| raconteur | witty, skillful, storyteller |
| rail | to scold with bitter or abusive language |
| rally | to assemble; recover, recooperate |
| ramification | implication, outgrowth, consequence |
| rancor | bitter hatred |
| rant | to harangue, rave, forcefully scold |
| rapt | deeply absorbed |
| rarefy | to make thinner, purer, or more refined |
| ratiocination | methodical, logical, reasoning |
| rational | logical, reasonable |
| raucous | harsh-sounding; boisterous |
| raze | to tear down, demolish |
| rebuff | blunt rejection |
| rebuke | to repremand, scold |
| quintessence | most typical example; consentrated essence |
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