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GRE baron 37

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precis
n. summary

eg. make a precis of a report
precursor
n. prelude, (forerunner, antecedent, predecessor, herald), something that go before and indicate another

eg. events that were precursors to revolution
predicament
n. dilemma, dangerous situation that difficult to know what to do, limbo, quandary

eg. the club’s financial predicament
preponderance
n. predominance, superiority of power, quantity,..., hegemony

eg. There is still a preponderance of male managers in the company.
presumptuous
adj. excessively forward, arrogant, lack of respect, (supercilious)

eg. Would it be presumptuous of you to challenge the conclusions of the experts
prevail
v. persuade, win over

eg. I’m sure he could be prevailed upon to give a talk.
privation
n. hardship, shortage of basic things for ppl lives, subsistence

eg. the privations of poverty
privy
adj. secret, not public, clandestine, surreptitious

eg. privy chamber government
procrastinate
v. postpone, delay, dawdle, dally, stall, (temporize)

eg. People were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated.
prod
v. poke , stir up, urge

eg. He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.
prodigal
adj. wasteful, extravagant, (profligate)

eg. a prodigal son
promulgate
v. spread an idea, disseminate, announce

eg. The new constitution was promulgated in 1990.
propitiate
v. appease, placate, plead, (palliate, mitigate)

eg. Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods.
presage
v. predict, foretell, augur, foreshadow,

eg. Heavy clouds were forming, presaging rain.
preclude
v. prevent, hinder, inhibit, forestall

eg. Lack of time precludes any further discussion
prompt
v. cause, suggest, (predispose)
preeminent
adj. leading, outstanding, eminent (with great importance)

eg. a preeminent archeologist
prodigious
adj. colossal, enormous, huge, astronomical

eg. a prodigious achievement / memory / talent
precipitate (adj)
adj. sudden, hasty, unanticipated

eg. the precipitate resignation of the director
precipice
n. high cliff, dangerous position

eg. The country was now on the edge of a precipice
precept
n. principle, rule of behavior, commandment

eg. moral precepts
precipitate (verb)
v. to make sth happen suddenly

eg. The assassination of the president precipitated the country into war.
precipitous
adj. steep and dangerous, sudden, headlong, precipitate

eg. precipitous cliffs
precise
adj. exact, accurate

eg. I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident
predilection
n. liking, partiality, preference, partisanship

eg. an artist with a predilection for bright colors
prehensile
adj. able to hold things

eg. the monkey’s prehensile tail
premeditate
v. plan in advance

eg. She had premeditated the murder for months
premise
n. assumption

eg. the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil.
premonition
n. forewarning, presentiment

eg. We ignored these premonition of disaster.
premonitory
adj. forewarning

eg. a premonitory dream
pretentious
adj. pretend to be important or impressive, ostentatious

eg. That’s a pretentious name for a dog!
preternatural
adj. supernatural, occult
prevaricate
v. equivocate, avoid giving a direct , beat around the bush

eg. Stop prevaricating and come to the point.
profane
v. treat sth holy with lack of respect, desecrate, blasphemous, sacrilegious

adj. irreverent
presentiment
n. a feeling that something bad will happen, foreboding, premonition

eg. a presentiment of disaster
progenitor
n. ancestor, forebears

eg. the progenitors of modern art
prolong
v. extend, lengthen, perpetuate

eg. The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.
profound
adj. deep, scholarly, complete (recondite, esoteric)

eg. profound book/disability/effect
prone
adj. inclined to, lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground, prostrate

eg. The victim lay prone without moving
predispose
v. stimulate, induce

eg. Her good mood predisposed her to enjoy the play.
proclivity
n. inclination, natural tendency, propensity

eg. his sexual / criminal proclivities
prophylactic
adj. preventing a disease from spreading

eg. prophylactic measure to stop the epidemic
primp
v. adorn oneself, make up, (preen)
prefatory
adj. introductory

eg. a prefatory note
prelude
n. introduction, antecedent (forerunner, precursor)

eg.I'm afraid this assault is the prelude to more serous attacks
prelate
n. priest of high rank

eg. Prelate such as bishop, pope,...
preen
v. make up, feel self-satisfaction

eg. Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror
precocious
adj. exceptionally potential, advanced than peers, latent

eg. From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music.
propensity
n. natural inclination, proclivity

eg. He showed a propensity for violence.
prerogative
n. privilege, right of high social class

eg. In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich
pristine
adj. primitive, pure and undeveloped

eg. pristine, pollution-free beaches
probity
n. honesty, uprightness

eg. financial probity
procurement
n. obtaining process

eg. He manages the weapon/equipment procurement for the military
prim
adj. formal, excessively careful, precise

eg. You can’t tell her that joke—she’s much too prim and proper.
pretext
n. false reason, excuse

eg. The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area
prescience
n. predicting ability, foresight

eg. She showed great prescience in selling her shares just before the market crashed.
propagate
v. spread an idea (promulgate), multiply (proliferate)

eg. Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
promiscuous
adj. having many sexual partners, taken from many sources

eg. promiscuous life in the picture
prolific
adj. fruitful, abundant, producing many works

eg. a prolific goalscorer/output
proliferate
v. multiply, grow rapidly

eg. Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year.
prognosticate
v. predict, presage, (portent= foreshadow, augur, omen, herald, harbinger)
prognosis
n. forecast, prediction (about a disease)

eg. The prognosis is not good, it might be a acute disease
profusion
n. glut, abundance, opulence, plenitude

eg. a profusion of colors
progeny
n. offspring, children, posterity

eg. He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.
profligate
adj. wasteful, prodigal and immoral


eg. the profligate use of resources
prodigy
n. highly gifted child

eg. musical prodigy, infant prodigy
propinquity
n. nearness (time, space), proximity
propellant
n. substance or fuel that propel sth (missile, rocket)
promontory
n. a long narrow area of high land that goes out into the sea, headland
prolixity
n. using too many words and therefore boring, verbosity
proletarian
n. working or ordinary ppl, bourgeois
projectile
n. throwing object (missile, stone, bullet)
prohibitive
adj. so high that it prevents people from buying sth or doing sth

eg. prohibitive cost/tax
problematic
adj. uncertain, full of problem, unsettled, doubtful

eg. The situation is more problematic than we first thought.
probe
v. explore with tool, examine
n. exploration

eg. a TV program that probed government scandals in the 1990s
primordial
adj. existing at the beginning of the world, rudimentary


eg. primordial ancestor
primogeniture
n. seniority by birth, privilege of the 1st child

eg. As primogeniture, the 1st prince will be the next king.
preposterous
adj. absurd, ridiculous, completely unreasonable

eg. It’s preposterous to suggest that everything was her fault
preempt
v. anticipate, forestall, prepare by acting in advance
predetermine
v.decide sth in advance, predestine

eg. An alarm sounds when the temperature reaches a predetermined level.
predator
n. person who robs or exploits others


eg. to protect domestic industry from foreign predators
precipitant
n. chat' lam` ket tua?, something that causes a substance in chemical solution to separate out in solid form
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