Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Precept |
a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim |
|
|
Precipitate |
to cause to happen abruptly |
|
|
Precipitous |
steep |
|
|
Preclude |
to prevent something from ever happening |
|
|
Precocious |
unusually mature; uncommonly gifted |
|
|
Precursor |
forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows |
|
|
Predecessor |
someone or something that precedes in time |
|
|
Predicament |
a dangerous or unpleasant situation; a dilemma |
|
|
Predilection |
a natural preference for something |
|
|
Predispose |
to make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline toward |
|
|
Predominant |
most important; dominant; having power over others |
|
|
Preeminent |
better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme |
|
|
Preempt |
to seize something by prior right |
|
|
Pregnant |
highly significant; overflowing |
|
|
Prelude |
introduction; something that precedes something else |
|
|
premeditated |
planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted |
|
|
Premise |
an assumption; the basis for a conclusion |
|
|
Preponderance |
superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence, etc.; majority; predominance |
|
|
Prepossess |
to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand |
|
|
Prerogative |
a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation or some other group or classification |
|
|
Presage |
to portend; to foreshadow; to forecast or predict |
|
|
Presentiment |
the feeling that something (especially something bad) is about to happen |
|
|
Presumably |
probably; the assumption is that; doubtless |
|
|
Presuppose |
to assume beforehand; to take for granted in advance; to require as a prior condition |
|
|
Prevail |
to triumph; to overcome rivals; with on, upon, or with to persuade |
|
|
Primal |
first; original; of the greatest importance |
