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Vocab List #12
WSHS - 2nd English 10 - Vocab List #12 - Long/Tedder
Question | Answer |
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Precarious | unsafe; insecure; uncertain; dangerous |
Pretext | a false reason concealing a real one; an excuse |
postulate | to assume without proof; an assumption; a basic principle |
prelude | anything serving as an introduction: an introductory section of a piece of music |
potency | strength; power |
protocol | the code prescribing formal etiquette and precedence for official ceremonies and dealings, as with diplomats and the military |
prevalent | widespread; in general use |
protrude | to thurst forth; to project or stick out |
prolific | producing fruit or offspring abundantly; producing a great deal of something |
prophetic | relating to someone or something that foretells events; predictive |
qualm | an uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a slight feeling of sickness or nausea |
quibble | a petty objection; to find a minor fault with |
purge | to remove undesirable elements from; to rid |
proximity | nearness; a neighboring area |
quantitative | capable of being measured or expressed as a numerical amount |
ravage | to destroy or devastate; great damage |
reactionary | advocating a return to an earlier policy or condition |
recipient | a person who receives something |
rankle | to cause continual irritation, anger, bitterness, or pain |
rebuke | to criticize; to scold sharply; a scolding |