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Vocab Test #11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| potent | (ADJ) - having force; authority or influence; powerful |
| precept | (N) - a command or principle |
| precipice | (N) - steep or overhanging place; the brink of disaster |
| predominance | (N) - quality or state of having superior strength, influence, or authority |
| pretext | (N) - a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| prevaricate | (V) - to deviate from the truth; equivocate |
| primed | (V) - to instruct beforehand; coach; to apply the first color, coating, or preparation; to put into working order by filling or charging with something |
| pristine | (ADJ) - not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization); pure; fresh and clean as or as if new |
| proclaim | (V) - to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing; announce; to declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally |
| profess | (V) - to declare or admit openly or freely; affirm; to declare in words or appearances only; pretend; claim; to confess one's faith in or allegiance to |
| proficient | (ADJ) - well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge |
| prolific | (ADJ) - producing a large amount of something |
| promote | (V) - to advance in station, rank, or honor; raise; to contribute to the growth or prosperity of; further promote international understanding; to present (merchandise) for buyer acceptance through advertising, publicity, or discounting |
| prone | (ADJ) - having a tendency or inclination; being likely to; lying with the chest and stomach positioned downward |
| propensity | (N) -an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| providence | (N) - often capitalized divine guidance or care |
| prurient | (ADJ) - marked by our arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire (especially: marked by, arousing, or appealing to sexual desire) |
| purvey | (V) - to supply (something, such as provisions) usually as a matter of business |
| quench | (V) - to put out the light or fire of; to bring (something immaterial) to an end typically by satisfying, damping, cooling, or decreasing |
| quiver | (V) - to shake or move with a slight trembling motion - (N) - a case for carrying or holding arrows |
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