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| propitiate |
v. appease, placate, plead, (palliate, mitigate)
eg. Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods. |
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| propinquity |
n. nearness (time, space), proximity |
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| prophylactic |
adj. preventing a disease from spreading
eg. prophylactic measure to stop the epidemic |
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| propensity |
n. natural inclination, proclivity
eg. He showed a propensity for violence. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:09:41 GMT |
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| propellant |
n. substance or fuel that propel sth (missile, rocket) |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:25:47 GMT |
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| propagate |
v. spread an idea (promulgate), multiply (proliferate)
eg. Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family. |
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| prone |
adj. inclined to, lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground, prostrate
eg. The victim lay prone without moving |
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| promulgate |
v. spread an idea, disseminate, announce
eg. The new constitution was promulgated in 1990. |
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| prompt |
v. cause, suggest, (predispose) |
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| promontory |
n. a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea, headland |
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| promiscuous |
adj. having many sexual partners, taken from many sources
eg. promiscuous life in the picture |
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| prolong |
v. extend, lengthen, perpetuate
eg. The operation could prolong his life by two or three years. |
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| prolixity |
n. using too many words and therefore boring, verbosity |
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| prolific |
adj. fruitful, abundant, producing many works
eg. a prolific goalscorer/output |
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| proliferate |
v. multiply, grow rapidly
eg. Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year. |
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| proletarian |
n. working or ordinary ppl, bourgeois |
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| projectile |
n. throwing object (missile, stone, bullet) |
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| prohibitive |
adj. so high that it prevents people from buying sth or doing sth
eg. prohibitive cost/tax |
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| prognosticate |
v. predict, presage, (portent= foreshadow, augur, omen, herald, harbinger) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:12:35 GMT |
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| prognosis |
n. forecast, prediction (about a disease)
eg. The prognosis is not good, it might be a acute disease |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:10:00 GMT |
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| progeny |
n. offspring, children, posterity
eg. He was surrounded by his numerous progeny. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:09:30 GMT |
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| progenitor |
n. ancestor, forebears
eg. the progenitors of modern art |
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| profusion |
n. glut, abundance, opulence, plenitude
eg. a profusion of colors |
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| profound |
adj. deep, scholarly, complete (recondite, esoteric)
eg. profound book/disability/effect |
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| profligate |
adj. wasteful, prodigal and immoral
eg. the profligate use of resources |
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| profane |
v. treat sth holy with lack of respect, desecrate, blasphemous, sacrilegious
adj. irreverent |
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| prodigy |
n. highly gifted child
eg. musical prodigy, infant prodigy |
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| prodigious |
adj. colossal, enormous, huge, astronomical
eg. a prodigious achievement / memory / talent |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:17:28 GMT |
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| prodigal |
adj. wasteful, extravagant, (profligate)
eg. a prodigal son |
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| prod |
v. poke , stir up, urge
eg. He prodded at his breakfast with a fork. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 05 May 2010 04:05:08 GMT |
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| procurement |
n. obtaining process
eg. He manages the weapon/equipment procurement for the military |
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| procrastinate |
v. postpone, delay, dawdle, dally, stall, (temporize)
eg. People were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated. |
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| proclivity |
n. inclination, natural tendency, propensity
eg. his sexual / criminal proclivities |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:15:25 GMT |
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| problematic |
adj. uncertain, full of problem, unsettled, doubtful
eg. The situation is more problematic than we first thought. |
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| probity |
n. honesty, uprightness
eg. financial probity |
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| probe |
v. explore with tool, examine
n. exploration
eg. a TV program that probed government scandals in the 1990s |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:19:24 GMT |
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| privy |
adj. secret, not public, clandestine, surreptitious
eg. privy chamber government |
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| privation |
n. hardship, shortage of basic things for ppl lives, subsistence
eg. the privations of poverty |
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| pristine |
adj. primitive, pure and undeveloped
eg. pristine, pollution-free beaches |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:59:22 GMT |
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| primp |
v. adorn oneself, make up, (preen) |
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| primordial |
adj. existing at the beginning of the world, rudimentary
eg. primordial ancestor |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:06:51 GMT |
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| primogeniture |
n. seniority by birth, privilege of the 1st child
eg. As primogeniture, the 1st prince will be the next king. |
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| prim |
adj. formal, excessively careful, precise
eg. You can’t tell her that joke—she’s much too prim and proper. |
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| prevaricate |
v. equivocate, avoid giving a direct , beat around the bush
eg. Stop prevaricating and come to the point. |
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| prevail |
v. persuade, win over
eg. I’m sure he could be prevailed upon to give a talk. |
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| pretext |
n. false reason, excuse
eg. The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:52:22 GMT |
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| preternatural |
adj. supernatural, occult |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:02:58 GMT |
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| pretentious |
adj. pretend to be important or impressive, ostentatious
eg. That’s a pretentious name for a dog! |
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| presumptuous |
adj. excessively forward, arrogant, lack of respect, (supercilious)
eg. Would it be presumptuous of you to challenge the conclusions of the experts |
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| presentiment |
n. a feeling that something bad will happen, foreboding, premonition
eg. a presentiment of disaster |
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| prescience |
n. predicting ability, foresight
eg. She showed great prescience in selling her shares just before the market crashed. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:45:39 GMT |
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| presage |
v. predict, foretell, augur, foreshadow,
eg. Heavy clouds were forming, presaging rain. |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:28:05 GMT |
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| prerogative |
n. privilege, right of high social class
eg. In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:01:27 GMT |
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| preposterous |
adj. absurd, ridiculous, completely unreasonable
eg. It’s preposterous to suggest that everything was her fault |
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| preponderance |
n. predominance, superiority of power, quantity,..., hegemony
eg. There is still a preponderance of male managers in the company. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 05 May 2010 04:20:10 GMT |
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| premonitory |
adj. forewarning
eg. a premonitory dream |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:49 GMT |
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| premonition |
n. forewarning, presentiment
eg. We ignored these premonition of disaster. |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:54 GMT |
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| premise |
n. assumption
eg. the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil. |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:06:00 GMT |
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| premeditate |
v. plan in advance
eg. She had premeditated the murder for months |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:06:07 GMT |
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| prelude |
n. introduction, antecedent (forerunner, precursor)
eg.I'm afraid this assault is the prelude to more serous attacks |
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| prelate |
n. priest of high rank
eg. Prelate such as bishop, pope,... |
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| prehensile |
adj. able to hold things
eg. the monkey’s prehensile tail |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:06:28 GMT |
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| prefatory |
adj. introductory
eg. a prefatory note |
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thangtt_teet Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:03:20 GMT |
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| preen |
v. make up, feel self-satisfaction
eg. Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror |
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thangtt_teet Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:39:08 GMT |
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| preempt |
v. anticipate, forestall, prepare by acting in advance |
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thangtt_teet Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:38:10 GMT |
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| preeminent |
adj. leading, outstanding, eminent (with great importance)
eg. a preeminent archeologist |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:22:40 GMT |
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| predispose |
v. stimulate, induce
eg. Her good mood predisposed her to enjoy the play. |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:24:07 GMT |
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| predilection |
n. liking, partiality, preference, partisanship
eg. an artist with a predilection for bright colors |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:08:26 GMT |
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| predicament |
n. dilemma, dangerous situation that difficult to know what to do, limbo, quandary
eg. the club’s financial predicament |
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| predetermine |
v.decide sth in advance, predestine
eg. An alarm sounds when the temperature reaches a predetermined level. |
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| predator |
n. person who robs or exploits others
eg. to protect domestic industry from foreign predators |
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| precursor |
n. prelude, (forerunner, antecedent, predecessor, herald), something that go before and indicate another
eg. events that were precursors to revolution |
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| precocious |
adj. exceptionally potential, advanced than peers, latent
eg. From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music. |
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thangtt_teet Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:26:58 GMT |
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| preclude |
v. prevent, hinder, inhibit, forestall
eg. Lack of time precludes any further discussion |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:26:29 GMT |
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| precise |
adj. exact, accurate
eg. I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:11:16 GMT |
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| precis |
n. summary
eg. make a precis of a report |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 05 May 2010 04:26:02 GMT |
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| precipitous |
adj. steep and dangerous, sudden, headlong, precipitate
eg. precipitous cliffs |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:11:25 GMT |
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| precipitate (verb) |
v. to make sth happen suddenly
eg. The assassination of the president precipitated the country into war. |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:11:32 GMT |
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| precipitate (adj) |
adj. sudden, hasty, unanticipated
eg. the precipitate resignation of the director |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:13:08 GMT |
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| precipitant |
n. chat' lam` ket tua?, something that causes a substance in chemical solution to separate out in solid form |
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| precipice |
n. high cliff, dangerous position
eg. The country was now on the edge of a precipice |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:12:36 GMT |
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| precept |
n. principle, rule of behavior, commandment
eg. moral precepts |
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