Word List 37 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Precept

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Practical rule guiding conduct

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Precipice

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Cliff; dangerous position

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Precipitate

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Rash; premature; hasty; sudden

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Precipitous

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Steep; overhasty

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Precis

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Concise summing up of main points

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Preclude

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Make impossible

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Precocious

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Advanced in development

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Precursor

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Forerunner

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Predator

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Creature that seizes and devours another animal

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Predecessor

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Former occupant of a post

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Predicament

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Tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma

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Predilection

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Partiality; preference

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Preeminent

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Outstanding; superior

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Preempt

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Head off; forestall by acting first

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Preen

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Make oneself tidy in appearance

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Prehensile

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Capable of grasping or holding

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Premeditate

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Plan in advance

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Premonition

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Forewarning

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Preposterous

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Absurd; ridiculous

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Prerogative

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Privilege; unquestionable

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Presage

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Foretell

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Prescience

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Ability to foretell the future

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Presentiment

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Feeling something will happen

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Prestige

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Impression

Presumptuous

Overconfident

Pretentious

Ostentatious; pompous

Preternatural

Beyond what is normal in nature

Prevail

Induce; triumph over

Prevalent

Widespread; generally accepted

Prevaricate

Lie

Prim

Very precise and formal

Primordial

Existing at the beginning; rudimentary

Primp

Groom oneself with care

Pristine

Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled

Privation

Hardship

Probe

Explore with tools

Proclivity

Inclination

Prodigal

Wasteful

Prodigious

Marvelous; enormous

Profane

Violate; desecrate; treat unworthy

Profligate

Dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral

Profusion

Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess

Progenitor

Ancestor

Progeny

Children; offspring

Prognosis

Forecasted course of a disease

Proletarian

Member of a working class

Proliferation

Rapid growth; spread; multiplication

Prolixity

Tedious wordiness; verbosity

Prologue

Introduction

Prominent

Conspicuous; notable

Promiscuous

Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard

Prone

Inclined to

Propagate

Multiply; spread

Propensity

Natural inclination

Prophetic

Foretelling the future

Propinquity

Nearness; kinship

Propitiate

Appease