Review Lessons 41 through 48   -   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
reprehensible
reprieve
reprimand
repugnant
repulse
rescind
residual
resigned
resolution
resonant
respiration
respite
resplendent
resurgence
retain
retaliate
reticent
retract
retroactive
retrospect
revelation
revere
revert
revitalize
revive
ribald
rife
rigid
rival
robust
roster
rural
rustic
ruthless
saccharine
saga
sage
salvation
sanction
sanctity
saturate
savor
savory
scalpel
scapegoat
scent
scoff
scope
scrupulous
sculptor
seclusion
sectarian
secular
sedate
sedative
sedition
sentinel
sequence
sequester
serene
sermon
sever
shortcoming
shrewd
shrine
shrivel
shun
simplistic
simultaneous
singular
sinister
slander
slogan
smug
sobriety
solar
solemn
solitary
solo
somber
sonnet
sovereign
speculate
sphinx
spontaneous
sporadic
spurious
squalid
squelch
staid
stately
statistics
status
steadfast
stealth
stereotype
stigma
stilted
stimulus
stipend


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      primordial 1. Embryol. first formed; primitive
___________________________ 2. adept or skilled, usu. as a result of study or practice; crackerjack; masterly
___________________________ 3. to put back into a former position, condition, or effectiveness; reestablish or reinstitute; restore; return
___________________________ 4. to speak or complain loudly and vehemently; harangue; rave; mouth
___________________________ 5. a person who has sovereign power or authority; free
___________________________ 6. to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface; glass; image
___________________________ 7. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter; heavy; hermetic
___________________________ 8. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc; yarn; rap
___________________________ 9. seeking prey; predatory; voracious; rapacious; edacious
___________________________ 10. the act of breathing.
___________________________ 11. in a state of inaction or rest; dormant; prepatent; abeyant
___________________________ 12. pleasurable appreciation of anything; liking; sapidity; savor; smack
___________________________ 13. to give up (a habit, practice, or the like); demit; abdicate
___________________________ 14. a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence; adage; saw
___________________________ 15. to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
___________________________ 16. to extinguish or put out (a fire); squench
___________________________ 17. sharp and penetrating in taste or smell; acrid; peppery; racy
___________________________ 18. a plan of action proposed; proposal; suggestion
___________________________ 19. to defer action; delay; poke
___________________________ 20. in biology, to show characteristics typical of earlier generations, earlier stages in development, or more primitive types; recrudesce; turn back
___________________________ 21. a periodic payment, esp. a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student; salary; hire; emolument
___________________________ 22. to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to; affirm; avouch
___________________________ 23. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
___________________________ 24. 3. a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, esp. at the end of each stanza; chorus; forbear; abstain
___________________________ 25. remaining behind as a residue; left over; leavings; remnant; remainder