Vocab List #12 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 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 |
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