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Week 10
| Verbs | Meaning | Usage |
| PREROGATIVE | A privilege or power attaching to a position | It is a woman's prerogative to refuse to tell her age. Synonym: license |
| PRESTIGE | Esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation | As Senator he enjoyed great prestige. Synonym: distinction |
| PRESUMPTION | (1) Something taken for granted (2) Going beyond proper bounds; impudent boldness |
- acted on a reasonable presumption. - His question was downright presumption. Synonyms: effrontery, forwardness, arrogance |
| PREVARICATE | To disguise or conceal the truth to lie | Prevaricated in order to avoid detection. Synonyms: quibble, equivocate; (adj.) mendacious Antonyms: (noun) veracity, verity; (adj.) forthright |
| PROCRASTINATE | To postpone or put off to another time | Missed his opportunity by procrastinating too long. Synonyms: defer, delay |
| PROGNOSTICATE | (noun: PROGNOSIS): To forecast | The Weather Bureau prognosticates daily. Synonyms: presage, portend, augur, forebode |
| PROLETARIAT | The wage-earning class | A truckman, humble member of the proletariat |
| PROMONTORY | A cliff | An imposing promontory along the coast. Synonyms: headland, precipice |
| PROMULGATE | To publish or proclaim; to spread abroad | The President promulgated a decree. Synonym: disseminate |
| PROTUBERANT | Bulging or swelling out | A protuberant jaw. Antonyms: receding, recessive |
| PROVISIONAL | Temporary; for the time being | A provisional plan until a permanent decision is reached. Synonym: tentative |
| PROXIMITY |
Nearness |
Worked in close proximity to his home. Synonyms :propinquity, vicinity Antonym: remoteness |
| PSEUDONYM | A false name assumed by a writer | Concealed his identity by a pseudonym. Synonyms: alias, pen name, nom de plume |
| PUNITIVE | Inflicting, or concerned with, punishment | Took punitive measures against deserters |
| QUASH | To crush; to render void | Quashed a rebellion; quashed an indictment. Synonyms: suppress, extinguish, quell; annul |
| QUERULOUS | Given to fault-finding and complaining | Her querulous nature estranged many people. Synonyms: fretful, whining, captious, carping, peevish, petulant Antonym: affable |
| QUIXOTIC | Extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical | A quixotic scheme that can never materialize. Synonyms: utopian, visionary, fantastic |
| RACONTEUR | A skilled storyteller | Held spellbound by a superb raconteur |
| RADICAL | (noun): One who advocates extreme basic changes | The reform movement was led by a radical. (adj.): Thorough, extreme - radical measures adopted to meet the emergency. Antonym:(noun and adj.) conservative |
| RAMIFICATION | A branching; sub-division | Studied the subject in all its ramifications |
| RAZE | To tear down completely | Razed the old building. Synonyms: level Antonym: rear |
| RECAPITULATE | To restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up | Recapitulated the main ideas |
| RECIPROCAL | Mutual; done in return for something received | Held each other in reciprocal esteem |
| RECUMBENT |
Lying down; leaning back or down |
Resting in a recumbent position |
| REDOLENT | (1) Fragrant (2) Reminiscent of |
- A room redolent of roses. - Redolent of olden times. |
| REDOUBTABLE | Commanding fear or respect | Cringing before a redoubtable enemy. Synonym: formidable |
| REFUTE | To prove incorrect or false | Refuted his opponent's argument. Synonyms: rebut, confute Antonyms: substantiate, confirm, corroborate |
| REITERATE | Repeat (several times) | Reiterated his story once more. |
| REMUNERATIVE | Profitable | A remunerative job. Synonyms: lucrative, gainful |
| RENEGADE | One who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith | A renegade from his former allegiance. Synonyms: turncoat, apostate, recreant, traitor |
| REPRISAL | Injury inflicted in turn for one received | Took action in reprisal against his neighbor. Synonym: retaliation |
| RESENTMENT |
Feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse |
Showed resentment at what he considered an unwarranted insult. Synonyms: umbrage, dudgeon, animosity |
| RESILIENT | Elastic; light-hearted; possessing power of recovery | A resilient Spirit, refusing to admit defeat. Synonyms: flexible, pliable, supple, limber |
| RESPITE | (1) Temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain (2) A temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence |
- A brief respite from labor. - Granted the doom man a temporary respite. |
| RETRIBUTION |
The reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action |
Suffered just retribution for his folly. Synonyms: requital, nemesis |
| CONSTERNATION | RETRIEVE: (1) To make good (2) To recover (3) To restore |
- Retrieved a mistake - Retrieved the suitcase left at the station - Retrieved his lost fortunes |
| REVERBERATE | To echo | A shot reverberating through the valley. Synonym: resound |
| RUDIMENTARY | In an early stage of development | Possessing only a rudimentary, knowledge of physics. Synonym: incipient |
| RUE | (adj.: RUEFUL): To be sorry for | He will rue the day he left home. Synonyms: regret, repent |
| SACROSANCT | Very holy | A shrine. regarded as sacrosanct. Synonyms: consecrated, inviolable, hallowed |
| SAGACIOUS | (noun: SAGACITY): Wise; shrewd | Proved to be sagacious in his judgment. Synonyms: perspicacious, astute, sapient, discerning, sage |
| SALLOW | Sick | A sallow complexion. Synonym: pallid Antonyms: rubicund, ruddy, florid |
| SALLY |
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Amused the audience with his sallies against his opponent. Synonyms: quip, banter |
| SANCTIMONIOUS | Pretending to be religious | Showed his hypocrisy in a sanctimonious display of piety |
| SANGUINARY | Bloody | A sanguinary battle. Synonym: gory |
| SANGUINE | Of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color | A perennial optimist, sanguine in temperament. Synonyms: buoyant, ardent |