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Eng3 Week11&12 Vocab
Eng. 3 Week 11&12 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plausible | appearing to be true or reasonable |
| plethora | an excess of something; a great abundance |
| ponder | to think about carefully and thoroughly |
| preclude | to make impossible or unlikely; to prevent |
| precocious | showing unusually early development or maturity |
| premonition | a feeling that something will happen in the future; an advance warning |
| procrastinate | to delay; to put off doing something |
| prodigy | a person, often young, with exceptional talents or powers |
| proliferate | to multiply, increase, or spread rapidly |
| prolific | A)producing offspring or fruit B)producing many works or results |
| proponent | a person who argues in support of something; an advocate or a supporter |
| prosaic | dull; ordinary; lacking in imagination and spirit |
| proscribe | A)to forbid; prohibit B)to strongly criticize or condemn |
| protracted | drawn out in time; made longer |