Lesson 40   -   edHelper.com

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Multiple Choice

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

______	1.	portal
		a. demonstrating such skills or capacity.
		b. to be the greater or greatest in importance, prominence, or amount.
		c. an entrance to a tunnel or mine.

______	2.	predicament
		a. a difficult or dangerous situation with no obvious or completely satisfactory solution.
		b. one who holds a position, job, or the like prior to another.
		c. to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.

______	3.	ponderous
		a. producing strong effects, as a drug.
		b. totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd.
		c. of great weight; heavy; massive.

______	4.	precipice
		a. capable of coming into existence; possible; latent.
		b. having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person.
		c. a steep cliff.
		d. Med. to designate or order the use of (a medicine, remedy, treatment, etc.).

______	5.	preclude
		a. to order or recommend (a drug or the like) as a medical remedy.
		b. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
		c. to introduce by something preliminary; preface

______	6.	precocious
		a. to come before in time.
		b. done, occurring, or born before the required or expected time; too soon.
		c. having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person.

______	7.	predominate
		a. exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky
		b. full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought.
		c. to exercise authority or control; prevail.

______	8.	presage
		a. dependent on chance or uncertain conditions.
		b. fit for drinking.
		c. demonstrating such skills or capacity.
		d. prophetic meaning.

______	9.	prerogative
		a. in an electrical circuit, the difference between the charge at one point and that at another point, which difference results in a flow of current.
		b. to order or recommend (a drug or the like) as a medical remedy.
		c. an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like.

______	10.	postulate
		a. completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish
		b. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
		c. a presentiment or foreboding.

______	11.	premise
		a. Law. a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.an earlier statement in a document.(in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.
		b. an entrance or means of entry to a place.
		c. to have numerical superiority or advantage

______	12.	potable
		a. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.
		b. to lay down as a rule or guide.
		c. a difficult or dangerous situation with no obvious or completely satisfactory solution.
		d. Usually,"potables."drinkable liquids; beverages.

______	13.	predecessor
		a. dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another
		b. excessively bold or forward.
		c. a forebear or ancestor.

______	14.	pontificate
		a. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
		b. a situation of great peril
		c. to carry out the duties of a pontiff.

______	15.	potent
		a. persuasive or influential.
		b. Also,"premiss."Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
		c. to come before in time.
		d. excessively bold or forward.

______	16.	precede
		a. to introduce by something preliminary; preface
		b. based on unproved or questionable premises.
		c. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.

______	17.	precarious
		a. dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another
		b. in music, an introductory piece or movement such as an overture, or a short, independent instrumental composition in a free form like an impromptu or improvisation.
		c. a proposition that forms the basis for an argument or a conclusion.

______	18.	premature
		a. to surpass others in authority or influence; be preeminent
		b. done, occurring, or born before the required or expected time; too soon.
		c. producing strong effects, as a drug.

______	19.	prescribe
		a. a difficult or dangerous situation with no obvious or completely satisfactory solution.
		b. to lay down rules; direct; dictate.
		c. done, occurring, or born before the required or expected time; too soon.

______	20.	prelude
		a. mature or ripe before the proper time.
		b. Usually,"potables."drinkable liquids; beverages.
		c. any action, event, comment, etc. that precedes something else.

______	21.	presumptuous
		a. to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner
		b. possible, as opposed to actual
		c. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.
		d. producing strong effects, as a drug.

______	22.	posthumous
		a. a forebear or ancestor.
		b. to come before in time.
		c. published following the author's death.
		d. in an electrical circuit, the difference between the charge at one point and that at another point, which difference results in a flow of current.

______	23.	predilection
		a. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
		b. an inclination to favor something; partiality or preference.
		c. to lay down rules; direct; dictate.
		d. to surpass others in authority or influence; be preeminent

______	24.	potential
		a. having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person.
		b. arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death
		c. capable of coming into existence; possible; latent.
		d. awkward or unwieldy

______	25.	preposterous
		a. completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish
		b. producing strong effects, as a drug.
		c. a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
		d. in an electrical circuit, the difference between the charge at one point and that at another point, which difference results in a flow of current.