751-800 Flashcards

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Presumptuous

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[Adj] Going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous

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Prevaricate

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[Verb] To avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think

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Pristine

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[Adj] Immaculately clean and unused

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Probity

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[Noun] Complete and confirmed integrity

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Proclamation

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[Noun] A formal public statement

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Proclivity

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[Noun] A natural inclination; propensity

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Prodigal

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[Adj] Recklessly wasteful

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Prodigality

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[Noun] The trait of spending extravagantly

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Prodigious

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[Adj] Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

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Prodigy

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[Noun] An unusually gifted or intelligent person

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Profligate

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[Adj] Spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise; behaving in a way that is bad or morally wrong

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Profound

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[Adj] Situated at or extending to great depth

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Profuse

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[Adj] Produced or growing in extreme abundance

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Prolong

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[Verb] Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

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Prompt

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[Adj] According to schedule or without delay

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Prone

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[Adj] Having a tendency

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Propensity

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[Noun] A natural inclination; proclivity

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Propitiate

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[Verb] Make peace with

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Proposition

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[Noun] A suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection

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Propriety

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[Noun] Correct behavior

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Prosaic

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[Adj] Without interest, wit, imagination, and excitement

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Protracted

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[Adj] Relatively long in duration

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Provocation

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[Noun] A means of arousing or stirring to action

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Provocative

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[Adj] Serving or tending to excite or stimulate

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Prudent

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[Adj] Marked by sound judgment

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Pugnacious

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[Adj] Ready and able to resort to force or violence

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Pundit

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[Noun] An expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media

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Pungent

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[Adj] Strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell

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Pusillanimous

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[Adj] Lacking in courage, strength, and resolution

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Putrefy

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[Verb] Decay with an offensive smell

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Qualm

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[Noun] An uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

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Quash

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[Verb] Declare invalid

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Quenching

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[Noun] The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

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Quibble

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[Verb] Evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections

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Quiescence

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[Noun] A state of possibly temporary inaction or dormancy

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Quintessential

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[Adj] Representing the perfect example of a class or quality

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Quiver

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[Verb] Shake with fast, tremulous movements

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Quotidian

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[Adj] Found in the ordinary course of events; mundane

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Ramification

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[Noun] A consequence, especially one that causes complications

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Rampant

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[Adj] Occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way

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Rarefy

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[Verb] Lessen the density or solidity of

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Rash

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[Adj] Imprudently incurring risk

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Rationale

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[Noun] An explanation of the fundamental reasons