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precept
a guide or rule for morals; maxim
precipice
cliff; situation of great peril
precipitate
to hasten; throw headlong or fling
precipitous
steep; overhasty or rash
precis
summary
preclude
to make impossible; eliminate
precocious
unusually advanced in development
predilection
partiality; preference
predispose
to give inclination toward beforehand; make susceptible
preeminent
superior
preempt
to forestall by acting first; head off
preen
to make oneself tidy in appearance; to congratulate oneself
prefatory
introductory
prehensile
capable of grasping or holding
prelate
church dignitary or high ranking person
prelude
introduction
premise
assumption; postulate
preponderance
superiority of power, quantity, etc
prerogative
privilege; right
prescience
the ability to foretell the future
presentiment
premonition
preternatural
unnatural; extraordinary
pretext
excuse
prim
formally precise or proper
primogeniture
seniority by birth
primordial
existing at the beginning; rudimentary
primp
to groom oneself with care
privation
hardship; deprivation
privy
secret; hidden
proclivity
inclination
prod
to urge
prodigious
wonderful or marvelous; enormous
prodigy
highly gifted child; marvel
profligate
wasteful; immoral
profusion
overabundance; excess
progenitor
ancestor
progeny
children; offspring
prognosis
forecasted course of disease; prediction
prognosticate
to predict
proletarian
member of the working class; blue collar guy
prolific
abundantly fruitful
prolixity
verbosity; tedious wordiness
prominent
notable; conspicuous
promontory
a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; headland
prompt
to cause; to provide a cue for an actor
promulgate
to make known by open declaration; proclaim
prone
inclined to; prostrate
prophylactic
used to prevent disease
propinquity
proximity; kinship
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Word List 37
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2010-09-22T00:28:03Z
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