Quizlet SAT words from 'preclude' to 'prescience'

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  1. preclude: To prevent.
  2. precocious: Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
  3. precursor: A forerunner or herald.
  4. predatory: Prone to pillaging.
  5. predecessor: An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
  6. predicament: A difficult, trying situation or plight.
  7. predicate: To state as belonging to something.
  8. predict: To foretell.
  9. prediction: A prophecy.
  10. predominance: Ascendancy or preponderance.
  11. predominant: Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
  12. predominate: To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
  13. preeminence: Special eminence.
  14. preempt: To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
  15. preemption: The right or act of purchasing before others.
  16. preengage: To preoccupy.
  17. preestablish: To settle or arrange beforehand.
  18. preexist: To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
  19. preexistence: Existence antecedent to something.
  20. preface: A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
  21. prefatory: Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
  22. prefer: To hold in higher estimation.
  23. preferable: More desirable than others.
  24. preference: An object of favor or choice.
  25. preferential: Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
  26. preferment: Preference.
  27. prefix: To attach at the beginning.
  28. prehensible: Capable of being grasped.
  29. prehensile: Adapted for grasping or holding.
  30. prehension: The act of laying hold of or grasping.
  31. prejudice: A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
  32. prelacy: A system of church government.
  33. prelate: One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
  34. prelude: An introductory or opening performance.
  35. premature: Coming too soon.
  36. premier: First in rank or position.
  37. premise: A judgment as a conclusion.
  38. premonition: Foreboding.
  39. preoccupation: The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
  40. preoccupy: To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
  41. preordain: To foreordain.
  42. preparation: An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
  43. preparatory: Having to do with what is preliminary.
  44. preponderant: Prevalent.
  45. preponderate: To exceed in influence or power.
  46. prepossession: A preconceived liking.
  47. preposterous: Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
  48. prerogative: Having superior rank or precedence.
  49. presage: To foretell.
  50. prescience: Knowledge of events before they take place.