Deck 33

Question 1

portent

Answer 1

an omen; a sign of something coming in the future

Question 2

posterity

Answer 2

future generations; descendants; heirs

Question 3

posthumous

Answer 3

occurring after one’s death; published after the death of the author

Question 4

postulate

Answer 4

something accepted as true without proof; an axiom

Question 5

posture

Answer 5

to act or speak artificially or affectedly

Question 6

precept

Answer 6

a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim

Question 7

precipitate

Answer 7

to cause to happen abruptly

Question 8

precipitous

Answer 8

steep (like a cliff)

Question 9

preclude

Answer 9

to prevent something from ever happening

Question 10

precocious

Answer 10

unusually mature; uncommonly gifted

Question 11

predispose

Answer 11

to make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline forward

Question 12

preeminent

Answer 12

better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme

Question 13

preempt

Answer 13

to seize something by prior right

Question 14

pregnant

Answer 14

highly significant; overflowing

Question 15

prelude

Answer 15

introduction; something that precedes something else

Question 16

premeditated

Answer 16

planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted

Question 17

preise

Answer 17

an assumption; the basis for a conclusion

Question 18

preponderance

Answer 18

superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence,etc.; majority; predominance

Question 19

prepossess

Answer 19

to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand

Question 20

unprepossessing

Answer 20

unimpressive

Question 21

perogative

Answer 21

a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a nation, or some other group of classification

Question 22

presage

Answer 22

to portend, to foreshadow

Question 23

presentiment

Answer 23

the feeling that something (bad) is about to happen

Question 24

presumably

Answer 24

probably; to assumption is that; doubtless

Question 25

primal

Answer 25

first, original, of the greatest importance