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Vocab 25
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11th Grade
01/23/2013

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Term
Prerogative
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
Definition
D: A special right or privilege that belongs to a person or group by virtue of rank, position, etc.
POS: Noun
S: Advantage, benefit, birthright
Term
Probity
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: Unquestionable honesty
POS: Noun
S: Decency, integrity
A: Shadiness, knavery, chicanery
Term
Procrastinate
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: To delay action
POS: VERB
S: Postpone, stall
A: Act (on), decide, take care of
Term
Prodigious
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: Extraordinary in size or extent; marvelous
POS: ADJ.
S: Massive, enormous, vast
A: Puny, tiny, minute
Term
Proliferate
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: To increase rapidly in size or abundance
POS: VERB
S: Multiply, Expand, mushroom
A: Decline, Decrease
Term
Promulgate
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: To announce officially, as a law or decree
POS: VERB
S: Decree, Proclaim, Publish
A: Conceal, keep secret
Term
Propensity
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: A natural tendency
POS: Noun
S: gift (for), genius (for), fondness (for)
A: Immunity (to), antipathy (to)

RP: Accident-prone, Be allergic to something
Term
Propitiate
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: To appease or pacify
POS: VERB
S: Mollify, placate, conciliate
A:Antagonize, Anger, Annoy
Term
Protracted
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: Extended or prolonged excessively
POS: Adj.
S: Elongated, endless, drawn-out
A: Brief, contracted, compressed
Term
Prowess
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: Superior courage, ability, or skill
POS: Noun
S: Valor, bravery, daring
A: Cowardice, timidity
Term
Pseudonym
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
Definition
D: A fictions name assumed by an author
POS: Noun
S: Pen name, alias
Term
Purge
Def. 2
POSs
2 Syn.
Definition
D: As a verb- To cleanse or purify, rid of undesirable elements
As a noun- A medicine that cleanses, same as verb after comma
POSs: VERB & Noun
S: Flush out, eject, expel
Note: Pogrom is a synonym meaning organized massacre or persecution of a minority group
Term
Pusillanimous
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited (Pussy)
POS: Adj.
S: Frightened, fearful
A: Bold, Daring
Term
Quell
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: To bring an end, usually by force; to quiet or pacify
POS: VERB
S: Crush, silence, calm
A: Provoke, enflame, arouse, stir up, kindle
Term
Quixotic
Def.
POS
2 Syn.
2 Ant.
Definition
D: High-minded but impractical
POS: Adj.
S: Visionary, utopian, idealistic
A: Realistic, practical, down-to-earth

RP: A pie-in-the-sky proposal
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