Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

precept--propitiate

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
precept   practical rule guiding conduct  
🗑
precipice   cliff;dangerous position  
🗑
precipitate   rash;hasty;premature;sudden;hasten  
🗑
preclude   make impossible;eliminate  
🗑
precocious   advanced in development  
🗑
predecessor   former ocupant of the post  
🗑
predicament   tricky or dangerous position;dilemma  
🗑
prediliction   preference;partiality  
🗑
preeminent   outstanding;superior  
🗑
preempt   head off;forestall by acting first;appropiate for oneself;supplant  
🗑
preen   make oneself tidy in appearance;feel self satisfaction  
🗑
prefactory   introductory  
🗑
prelate   church dignitary  
🗑
prelude   introduction;forerunner;precursor  
🗑
premeditate   plan in advance  
🗑
premise   assumption;postulate  
🗑
premonition//premonitory   forewarning//serving to warn  
🗑
preponderance   superiorty of power,quantity etc.  
🗑
preposterous   absurd;ridiculous  
🗑
prerogative   privilage;unquestionable right  
🗑
presage//prescience   foretell//ability to foretell the future  
🗑
presumptuous   arrogant;taking liberties  
🗑
pretentious   ostentatious;pompous;making unjustified claims;overambitious  
🗑
preternatural   beyond that which is normal in nature  
🗑
prevaricate   lie  
🗑
prim   very precise and formal;exceedingly proper  
🗑
primogeniture   seniority by birth  
🗑
primordial   existing at beginning;rudimentary  
🗑
primp   groom oneself with care;adorn oneself  
🗑
pristine   primitive;charasterictic of earlier times  
🗑
privation   hardship;want(need)  
🗑
privy   secret;hidden;not public  
🗑
probity   uprightness;incorruptibility  
🗑
proclivity   inclination;natural tendency  
🗑
procrastinate   postpone;delay or put off  
🗑
prod   poke;stir up;urge  
🗑
prodigal   wasteful;reckless with money  
🗑
prodigious   marvelous;enormous  
🗑
prodigy   highly gifted child;marvel  
🗑
profane   violate;irreligious  
🗑
profligate   dissipated;wasteful;wildly immoral  
🗑
profusion   overabundance;lavish expenditure  
🗑
progenitor   ancestor  
🗑
progeny   children  
🗑
proletarian   member of the working class;blue collar guy  
🗑
prolixity   verbosity;tedious wordiness  
🗑
prologue   intro to poem or play  
🗑
promiscuous   haphazard;irregularly particularly sexually  
🗑
promontory   headland  
🗑
promulgate   proclaim a doctrine or law;make known by official publication  
🗑
propensity   natural inclination  
🗑
propinquity   kinship;nearness  
🗑
propitiate   appease  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: physio_sambit
Popular Physical Therapy sets