Review Lessons 41 through 44   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
pretentious
prevailing
prevarication
primary
prime
primordial
priority
probe
proclamation
procrastinate
prodigious
profane
profess
proficient
profound
progeny
proliferate
promontory
propensity
prophet
proponent
proposition
propriety
prose
proselytize
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
rapacious
rash
ratify
raucous
ravage
ravenous
raze
realm
reap
reassure
rebuff
rebuke
rebut
recalcitrant
recant
receptacle
recipient
reciprocal
reckless
recluse
recoil
reconcile
recondite
rectify
recuperate
recurrent
redundant
reflect
reflex
refrain
refuge
regress
rehabilitate
reign
reinstate
reiterate
relent
relevant
relinquish
relish
remission
remit
remote
renegade
renounce
renovate
renowned
repent
replica
repository


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      profane 1. vulgar or obscene; unsacred; temporal; lay
___________________________ 2. well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled; masterful; expert; skillful 2
___________________________ 3. the general use of such arguments; hypercriticize; cavil
___________________________ 4. a close copy of a work of art, esp. by the original artist; reduplication; ditto
___________________________ 5. to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state; replace
___________________________ 6. to multiply or grow quickly by, or as though by, cell division and the reproductive processes of living things.
___________________________ 7. Bot. the modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head.
___________________________ 8. full of pretense or pretension; orchidaceous; chichi; ostentatious
___________________________ 9. a great enjoyment or appreciation of something, esp. food or drink; smack; savor; sapidity
___________________________ 10. a natural or inborn tendency, aptitude, or preference (often fol. by to or for); predilection; bent
___________________________ 11. predominant; prevalent; rife
___________________________ 12. to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand; tick off; chide
___________________________ 13. the act of remitting.
___________________________ 14. the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc; antecedence; previousness
___________________________ 15. the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done; proffer; proposal
___________________________ 16. first in importance, rank, or degree; sunup; sunrise; cockcrow
___________________________ 17. to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface; image; glass
___________________________ 18. to lie, mislead, or conceal the truth deliberately; falsehood; canard; bouncer
___________________________ 19. to put off taking an action or doing a task; delay; poke; drag
___________________________ 20. a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal; advocate; champion
___________________________ 21. in the Old Testament, one chosen by God as a messenger and guide to the ancient Hebrews; forecaster; foreteller; prognosticator
___________________________ 22. to acknowledge openly; affirm; depose; avow; avouch
___________________________ 23. such descendants or offspring collectively; scions; issue
___________________________ 24. to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often fol. by of ); deplore; rue
___________________________ 25. a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma.