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Harris Vocab 10/1/09
Harris' Vocabulary (Circumference- Provoke)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Circumference | Distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter |
| Circumlocution | Roundabout way of speaking; use of excessive number of words to express an idea; verbiage; tautology |
| Circumnavigate | Sail around |
| Circumscribe | Draw a line around |
| Circumscribe | Limit; restrict |
| Circumspect | Looking around and paying attention to all |
| Circumvent | Go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass |
| Coalesce | Grow together; unite into one; join; combine |
| Coherent | Stick together with another or others, especially as a coauthor |
| Collaborate | Work together with another or others, especially as a coauthor |
| Collusion | (literally, “playing together”) secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; conspiracy; plot |
| Concord | State of being together in heart of mind; agreement; harmony |
| Congenital | (literally, “both with”) existing at birth; inborn; innate |
| Convene | Come together in a body; meet; assemble |
| Correspond | (literally, “answer together”) agree; be in harmony; match; tally |
| Correspond | Communicate by exchange of letters |
| Obliterate | (literally, “cover over letters”) erase; blot out; destroy; remove all traces of |
| obsess | (literally, “sit over”) trouble the mind of; haunt; preoccupy |
| obstacle | Something standing in the way; hindrance; obstruction; impediment |
| Obtrude | (literally, “thrust against”) thrust forward without being asked; intrude; impose |
| Obviate | (literally, “get in the way of”) meet and dispose of; make unnecessary; forestall; avert; |
| perennial | continuing through the years; enduring; unceasing |
| perennial | plant that lives through the years |
| perforate | (literally, “bore through”) make a hole or holes through; pierce; puncture |
| permeate | pass through; penetrate; spread through; pervade |
| perplex | confuse thoroughly, puzzle; bewilder |
| persist | (literally, “stand to the end”) continue in spite f opposition; refuse to stop; persevere |
| persist | continue to exist; last; endure |
| pertinent | (literally, “reaching out to”) connected with the matter under consideration; to the point; related; relevant |
| perturb | disturb thoroughly or considerably; make uneasy; agitate; upset |
| precede | go before; come before |
| preclude | put a barrier before; impede; prevent; make impossible |
| precocious | (literally, “cooked or ripened before its time”) showing mature characteristics at an early age |
| preconceived | form an opinion of beforehand, without adequate evidence |
| prefabrication | constructed beforehand |
| preface | forward; preliminary remarks; author’s introduction to a book |
| premature | before the proper time or usual time; early, untimely |
| premeditate | consider beforehand |
| presume | (literally, “take beforehand”) take for granted without proof; assume; suppose |
| preview | view of something before it is shown to the public |
| Procrastinate | (Literally, “move forward to tomorrow”) put things off from day to day; delay; dawdle |
| Proficient | (Literally, “going forward ”) well advanced in any subject or occupation; skilled; adept; expert |
| Profuse | Pouring forth freely; exceedingly generous; extravagant; lavish |
| Project | Throw or cast forward |
| Prominent | (Literally, “jilting forward”) standing out’ notable; important; conspicuous |
| Propel | Impel forward; drive onward; force ahead; push; thrust |
| Proponent | Person who puts forth a proposal or argues in favor of something; advocate; supporter |
| Prospect | Thing looked forward to; expectation; vision |
| Prospects | Chances |
| Protrude | Thrust forth; stick out; bulge; jut |
| Provoke | Call forth; bring on; cause; |
| Provoke | to make angry; annoy; incense; irritate |
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