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Precept (n)
practical rule guiding conduct
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Precipice (n)
cliff; dangerous posistion
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Precipitant (n)
something that causes a substance in a chemical reaction to separate out in solid form
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Precipitate (v, adj)
- (adj) rash; premature; hasty; sudden
- (v) to throw headlong; hasten
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Precipitous (adj)
steep; overhasty
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Précis (n)
consice summing up of main points
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Preclude (v)
to make impossible; eliminate
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Precocious (adj)
advanced in development
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Predilection (n)
partiality; preference
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Prefatory (adj)
introductory; forerunner
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Prelate (n)
church dignitary
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Premonitory (adj)
serving to warn
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Preponderance (n)
superiority of power, quantity, etc
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Prescience (n)
ability to tell the future
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Presentiment (n)
feeling something will happen
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Presumptuous (adj)
arrogant; taking liberties
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Preternatural (adj)
beyond that which is normal in nature
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Prim (adj)
very precise and formal
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Primogeniture (n)
seniority by birth
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Privation (n)
hardship; want
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Prodigious (adj)
marvelous; enormous
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Profane (v)
to violate; desolate; treat unworthily (also, adj)
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Profusion (n)
overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
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Prolixity (n)
tedious wordiness; verbosity
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Promulgate (v)
to proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication
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Propinquity (n)
nearness; kinship
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Propitious (adj)
favorable; fortunate; advantageous
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Propound (v)
to put forth for analysis
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Prosaic (adj)
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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Proscenium (n)
part of stage in front of curtain
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Proscribe (v)
to ostracize; banish; outlaw
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Proselytize (v)
to induce someone to convert to a religion or belief
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Prosody (n)
the art of versification
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Prostrate (v)
to strecth out full on the ground
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Protean (adj)
versatile; able to take on many forms
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Protege (n)
person revieving protection and support from a patron
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Protuberance (n)
protrusion; bulge
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Provenance (n)
origin or source of something
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Provender (n)
dry food; fodder
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Provident (adj)
displaying foresight; thrify; preparing for emergencies
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Provincial (adj)
pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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Provisional (adj)
tentative
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Proxy (n)
authorized agent; substitute
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Prurient (adj)
having or causing lustful thoughts or desires
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Pugnacity (n)
combativeness; disposition to fight
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Puissant (adj)
powerful; strong; potent
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Punctilious (adj)
stressing niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
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Purchase (n)
firm grasp or footing
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Purport (n)
intention; meaning
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Purported (adj)
alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored
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Purse (v)
to pucker; contract into wrinkles
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Putative (adj)
supposed; reputed
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Quaff (v)
to drink with relish
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Quagmire (n)
soft, wet, boggy land
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Quail (v)
to cower; lose heart
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Qualified (adj)
limited; restricted (eg., a qualified endorsement)
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Quarry (n, v)
- (n) victim; object of a hunt
- (v) to dig into
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Quay (n)
dock; landing place
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Quibble (n)
minor objection or complaint
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Quirk (n)
startling twist; caprice
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Quisling (n)
traitor who aids invaders
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Quizzical (adj)
teasing; bantering; mocking; curious
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Quorum (n)
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Ragamuffin (n)
person wearing tattered clothes
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Rackish (adj)
stylish; sporty
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Ramification (n)
branching out; subdivision
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Ramify (v)
to divide into branches
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Rampart (n)
a defensive mound of earth
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Rancor (n)
bitterness; hatred
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Rankle (v)
to irritate; fester
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Rapacious (adj)
excessively grasping; plundering
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Rapt (adj)
absorbed; enchanted
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Ratify (v)
to approve formally; confirm; verify
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Ratiocination (n)
reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
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Ravel (v)
to fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
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Reactionary (adj)
opposing progress; politically ultraconservative
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Rebuff (v)
to snub; beat back
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Rebuke (v)
to scold harshly; criticize severely
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Rebus (n)
puzzle in which pictures stand for words
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Recalcitrant (adj)
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
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Recant (v)
to disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
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Recapitulate (v)
to summarize
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Recondite (adj)
abstruse; profound; secret
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Recrimination (n)
countercharges
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Rectitude (n)
uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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Recumbent (adj)
reclining; lying down completely or in part
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