Barron's Word List 37: precept-propitiate

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  1. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  2. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  3. precipitant
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  4. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  5. precipitous
    extremely steep
  6. precis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  7. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
  8. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  9. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  10. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  11. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  12. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  13. predetermine
    establish beforehand
  14. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  15. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  16. predispose
    make susceptible
  17. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  18. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  19. preen
    clean with one's bill
  20. prefatory
    serving as an introduction or preface
  21. prehensile
    adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
  22. prelate
    a senior clergyman and dignitary
  23. prelude
    something that introduces what follows
  24. premeditate
    consider, ponder, or plan beforehand
  25. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  26. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  27. premonitory
    warning of future misfortune
  28. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  29. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  30. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  31. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  32. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  33. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
  34. prestige
    a high standing achieved through success or influence
  35. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  36. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  37. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  38. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  39. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  40. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  41. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  42. prey
    animal hunted or caught for food
  43. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  44. primogeniture
    right of inheritance belonging exclusively to the eldest son
  45. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  46. primp
    dress or groom with elaborate care
  47. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  48. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  49. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  50. probe
    an exploratory action or expedition
  51. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  52. problematic
    making great mental demands
  53. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  54. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  55. procurement
    the act of getting possession of something
  56. prod
    push against gently
  57. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  58. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  59. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  60. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  61. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  62. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  63. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  64. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  65. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  66. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  67. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  68. prohibitive
    tending to discourage, especially of prices
  69. projectile
    a weapon that is forcibly propelled toward a target
  70. proletarian
    belonging to or characteristic of the working class
  71. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  72. prolific
    intellectually productive
  73. prolixity
    boring verbosity
  74. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  75. prolong
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  76. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  77. promiscuous
    casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  78. promontory
    a natural elevation
  79. promote
    assign to a higher position
  80. prompt
    according to schedule or without delay
  81. promulgate
    state or announce
  82. prone
    having a tendency
  83. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  84. propellant
    any substance that moves forward with force
  85. propensity
    a natural inclination
  86. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  87. prophylactic
    preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
  88. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  89. propitiate
    make peace with
  90. proboscis
    a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  91. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
Created on 二月 10, 2012 (updated 六月 16, 2012)

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