| Name _____________________________ | Date ___________________ |
| Multiple Choice |
| ______ | 1. | primordial |
| a. being earliest; existing from the beginning. | ||
| b. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay. | ||
| c. in effect now. |
| ______ | 2. | proficient |
| a. a personwho supports a cause or doctrine; adherent. | ||
| b. a natural or inborn tendency, aptitude, or preference (often fol. by to or for). | ||
| c. adept or skilled, usu. as a result of study or practice. |
| ______ | 3. | primary |
| a. most important or best. | ||
| b. adept or skilled, usu. as a result of study or practice. | ||
| c. to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit. |
| ______ | 4. | proclamation |
| a. to examine or explore with or as if with a probe. | ||
| b. (in the Old Testament)a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel | ||
| c. the act of proclaiming. |
| ______ | 5. | prophet |
| a. in the early Christian church, one who was divinely inspired to make revelations and predictions. | ||
| b. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration | ||
| c. proper or appropriate behavior. |
| ______ | 6. | proliferate |
| a. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge | ||
| b. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation. | ||
| c. ordinary or dull; prosy. |
| ______ | 7. | profound |
| a. first in order in any series, sequence, etc. | ||
| b. to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. | ||
| c. having intellectual insight and depth. | ||
| d. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc. |
| ______ | 8. | pretentious |
| a. to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. | ||
| b. making a show or claim of unwarranted importance, dignity, or the like. | ||
| c. a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
| ______ | 9. | proselytize |
| a. to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit. | ||
| b. making or inclined to make a showy display of one's wealth, achievements, or the like; ostentatious. | ||
| c. to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely | ||
| d. abnormal; monstrous. |
| ______ | 10. | propensity |
| a. a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. | ||
| b. Embryol. first formed. | ||
| c. a natural or inborn tendency, aptitude, or preference (often fol. by to or for). |
| ______ | 11. | prevailing |
| a. ordinary or dull; prosy. | ||
| b. to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit. | ||
| c. having widespread and dominant influence. | ||
| d. inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| ______ | 12. | propriety |
| a. making or inclined to make a showy display of one's wealth, achievements, or the like; ostentatious. | ||
| b. proper or appropriate behavior. | ||
| c. fundamental or original. | ||
| d. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation. |
| ______ | 13. | profane |
| a. irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. | ||
| b. to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. | ||
| c. well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled |
| ______ | 14. | priority |
| a. something that has precedence. | ||
| b. to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit. | ||
| c. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay. |
| ______ | 15. | proposition |
| a. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration | ||
| b. to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. | ||
| c. a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration. | ||
| d. the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done. |
| ______ | 16. | progeny |
| a. to spread or increase quickly. | ||
| b. a creation or product. | ||
| c. a natural inclination or tendency |
| ______ | 17. | prodigious |
| a. one of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28. | ||
| b. a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal. | ||
| c. something that is proclaimed, or the act of proclaiming. | ||
| d. extremely large or great in size, amount, strength, extent, or the like; enormous. |
| ______ | 18. | prevarication |
| a. to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately. | ||
| b. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. | ||
| c. to spread or increase quickly. |
| ______ | 19. | procrastinate |
| a. first in quality or value. | ||
| b. in the Old Testament, one chosen by God as a messenger and guide to the ancient Hebrews. | ||
| c. to defer action; delay |
| ______ | 20. | proponent |
| a. in law, one who puts forward an instrument such as a will for acceptance or probate. | ||
| b. in logic, an affirmative or negative statement. | ||
| c. to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| ______ | 21. | probe |
| a. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. | ||
| b. something that is proclaimed, or the act of proclaiming. | ||
| c. to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely |
| ______ | 22. | profess |
| a. first in importance, rank, or degree. | ||
| b. first in time; earliest; primitive. | ||
| c. written or spoken expression, esp. in continuous, linked sentences, that does not have the metrical or rhythmic structure of poetry. | ||
| d. to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.). |
| ______ | 23. | prime |
| a. first in time or order. | ||
| b. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay. | ||
| c. first or earliest in time or order; original. | ||
| d. being earliest; existing from the beginning. |
| ______ | 24. | prose |
| a. having intellectual insight and depth. | ||
| b. ordinary or dull; prosy. | ||
| c. predominant | ||
| d. proper or appropriate behavior. |
| ______ | 25. | promontory |
| a. a high cliff projecting into a large body of water, or a similar projection above a lowland. | ||
| b. in logic, an affirmative or negative statement. | ||
| c. to defer action; delay |