The P’s Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
Paucity
A
Lack of something
2
Q
Placate
A
Comfort or bring peace
3
Q
Portend
A
Forecast
4
Q
Postulate
A
To claim
5
Q
Precocious
A
To show advanced development or maturity at an early age
6
Q
Prehensile
A
Greedy
7
Q
Progeny
A
Offspring
8
Q
Prognosis
A
An Outcome statement
9
Q
Protracted
A
To prolong or extend in time
10
Q
Prudent
“My prudent uncle pays for everything with cash so he will not build up a pile of debt”
Similar word wary
A
To act or show care and thought for the future
11
Q
Puerile
A
To be Childish
12
Q
Putative
A
Accepted
13
Q
Paltry
A
14
Q
Panacea
A
15
Q
Parameter
A
16
Q
Paroxysmal
A
Sudden spasms or seizures
17
Q
Pediculosis
A
Infested with lice
18
Q
Potent
A
19
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Precipitous
A
20
Q
Predispose
A
21
Q
Proliferation
A
A rapid increase in number
22
Q
Proscribe
Gambling is proscribed by law
A
To forbid
23
Q
Pugnacious
A
24
Q
Palliative
A
Something soothing
25
Paroxysms
Convulsions
26
Permeate
27
Perused
To examine in detail or read thoroughly
28
Placate
To make someone less angry or hostile
29
Portentous
Ominous
30
Posthumous
Post burial or mortem
31
Postulate
32
Precede
To come before
33
Primiparous
Relating to women who has birthed her first child
34
Puerperal
Relating to child birth
