Lesson 42   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
prosperity
prostrate
protocol
prototype
proverb
provincial
provocative
proximity
prudent
pseudonym
pungent
punitive
qualify
qualitative
quandary
queasy
quench
query
quibble
quiescent
quixotic
rampant
rancid
rancor
rant
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      prosperity 1. a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects; good fortune; flying; arrival; successfulness
___________________________ 2. that which provides an example, as by being the standard or worthy of emulation; protoplast; archetype
___________________________ 3. the rules pertaining to etiquette and ceremonial observances among diplomats, heads of state, and the military.
___________________________ 4. to overcome or overthrow; reclining; prone
___________________________ 5. to modify, esp. to limit by restating in more restricted terms; individualize; signalize
___________________________ 6. bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice; animus; antipathy; enmity
___________________________ 7. the condition, quality, or fact of being near or close; nearness; immediacy; appropinquity
___________________________ 8. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils; noisome; olid; nidorous
___________________________ 9. the general use of such arguments; chicane; hypercriticize
___________________________ 10. of or pertaining to the provinces; hick; hayseed; rustic
___________________________ 11. pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
___________________________ 12. in a state of inaction or rest; dormant; latent; abeyant
___________________________ 13. sharp and penetrating in taste or smell; acrid; piquant; poignant
___________________________ 14. pertaining to, imposed as, or imposing punishment; castigating; disciplinary; punitory
___________________________ 15. a short saying in popular use that expresses a common truth or wisdom; word; adage
___________________________ 16. a question; an inquiry; questioning
___________________________ 17. careful or wise in planning for the future; provident; sapient
___________________________ 18. unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled.
___________________________ 19. a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma.
___________________________ 20. absurdly and impractically chivalrous; ridiculously idealistic.
___________________________ 21. tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing; incentive; goad; impulse
___________________________ 22. a false name adopted by someone, esp. an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name; nom de guerre; anonym
___________________________ 23. inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated; ambiguous; dubious; fishy
___________________________ 24. to extinguish or put out (a fire); dout
___________________________ 25. to utter or declaim in a ranting manner; rave; harangue