Preeminent-Putative Flashcards
(37 cards)
Preempt
To seize something by prior right
Preeminent
better than anyone else
Outstanding
Supreme
Premise
An assumption
The basis for a conclusion
Prepossess
To preoccupy
To influence beforehand or prejudice
To make a good impression on beforehand
Perogative
A right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some other group or classification
Prevail
To triumph
To overcome rivals
(Used with “on” “upon” or “with”)= to persuade
Pristine
Original
Unspoiled
Pure
Prodigal
Wastefully extravagant
Prodigious
Extraordinary
Enormous
Prodigy
An extremely talented child
An extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence
Profane
Not having to do with religion
Irreverent
Blasphemous
Profess
To declare
To declare falsely or pretend
Proficient
Thoroughly competent
Skillful
Good(at something)
Profligate
Extravagantly wasteful and, usually wildly immoral
Profound
Deep(in several senses)
Profuse
Flowing
Extravagant
Proletariat
The industrial working class People who roll up heir sleeves and do an honest day's work
Proliferate
To spread or grow rapidly
Prolific
Abundantly productive
Fruitful or fertile
Promulgate
To proclaim
To publicly or formally declare something
Propensity
A natural inclination or tendency
A predilection
Propitious
Marked by favorable signs or conditions
Proponent
An advocate
A supporter of a position
Proprietary
Characteristic of an owner of property
Constituting property
