Lesson 40   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
ponderous
pontificate
portal
posthumous
postulate
potable
potent
potential
precarious
precede
precipice
preclude
precocious
predecessor
predicament
predilection
predominate
prelude
premature
premise
preposterous
prerogative
presage
prescribe
presumptuous
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      presage 1. a sign or warning of a future occurrence; omen; boding
___________________________ 2. to come before in time; rank
___________________________ 3. capable of being or becoming
___________________________ 4. producing strong effects, as a drug; mighty; forceful
___________________________ 5. done, occurring, or born before the required or expected time; too soon; oversoon; early
___________________________ 6. having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person.
___________________________ 7. completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish; insane; loony
___________________________ 8. (pl.) a piece of land and the buildings on it, or a building and its grounds; presumption; presupposition; assumption
___________________________ 9. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
___________________________ 10. an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary; prologue; prelusion; exordium
___________________________ 11. to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin; set
___________________________ 12. awkward because of weight or size; hefty; heavy
___________________________ 13. to be the stronger or leading element or force; master; dominant
___________________________ 14. one who holds a position, job, or the like prior to another; ancestor; antecedent; prototype
___________________________ 15. dependent on chance or uncertain conditions; open; ambiguous
___________________________ 16. a difficult or dangerous situation with no obvious or completely satisfactory solution; impasse; box; pickle
___________________________ 17. fit or suitable for drinking
___________________________ 18. a doorway or entrance, esp. a large and imposing one.
___________________________ 19. excessively bold or forward; uppity; presuming; brash
___________________________ 20. to prevent from happening by means of prior action; stave; ward
___________________________ 21. published following the author's death; postmortem; post-obituary
___________________________ 22. an inclination to favor something; partiality or preference; predisposition; tendency; inclining
___________________________ 23. to assert as true without proof, esp. as a basis for reasoning; demand
___________________________ 24. a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category; appanage; birthright
___________________________ 25. the office or term of office of a pontiff; swell; lord; swank