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Vocabulary words in Lesson 8 for English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| premier | adj. First in time or importance. n. A prime minister or head of state. |
| primate | n.1. An archbishop or bishop who ranks highest among others. 2. A member of the order of animals that include monkeys, apes, and humans. |
| prime | n. First in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time. adj. Chief; most important. tr. v. To prepare something or someone for use or action. |
| primeval | adj. Belonging to the first ages; ancient. |
| primordial | adj. Primeval; original; fundamental. |
| pre-mi-er. The winners of the Super Bowl are considered the PREMIER football team in the nation. Golda Meir sought peace for Israel during her tenure as PREMIER. | PRIMUS "first" |
| pri-mate. The Archbishop of Canterbury is PRIMATE of England. All PRIMATES have large-sized brains. | PRIMUS "first" |
| prime. People disagree about which stage represents the PRIME of life. Television networks schedule their best programs during PRIME time, when the greatest number of people are watching. The coach's pregame talk PRIMED the team to play hard. | PRIMUS "first" |
| pri-me-val. A PRIMEVAL lake once covered most of California's San Joaquin Valley. | PRIMUS "first" |
| pri-mor-di-al. Human beings have a primordial instinct for survival. | PRIMUS "first" |
| posterior | adj. Situated behind or at the back. |
| posterity | n.1. Future generations. 2. A person's descendants. |
| posthumous | adj. Occurring or continuing after death, especially a work published after the author's death or a child born after the father's death. |
| po-ster-i-or. Many automobiles in the 1920s and 1930s had a "rumble seat," an extra. POSTERIOR seat that opened out from what we now call the trunk. | POST "after" |
| po-ster-i-ty. Will our POSTERITY inherit any wilderness lands at all? The maker of this lace tablecloth would be glad to know that four generations of her POSTERITY have continued to use it. | POST "after" |
| pos-thu-mous. The DIARY of ANNE FRANK, which recounts the young girl's experiences in the HOLOCAUST, has brought Anne POSTHUMOUS fame. | POST "after" |