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P's part 4
GRE
101
Civil Engineering
8th Grade
02/12/2012
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prerogative
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privelege or right
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presage
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to indicate or warn in advance
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prescience
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knowledge of things before they happen
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presentiment
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anticipation; especially of something evil
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prestige
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influence; importance
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presumptuous
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boldly assuming
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pretentious
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showy; putting on airs
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preternatural
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abnormal; beyond what is natural
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pretext
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a false reason or motive; an excuse
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prevail
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to succeed; to gain the advantage
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prevaricate
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to lie
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prim
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formal; proper
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primary
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first; chief
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primeval
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of the earliest times or ages
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primogeniture
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state of being the firstborn
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primordial
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first; original
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primp
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to dress up in a fussy way
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prismatic
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many-colored
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pristine
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uncorrupted; in its original state
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privation
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loss or lack of something essential
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privy
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having knowledge of something private or secret
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probe
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to investigate; to examine
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probity
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honesty; integrity
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proclivity
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inclination; tendency
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procreate
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to beget or produce
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procrustean
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designed to get conformity at any cost
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procure
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to obtain; to secure
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prod
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to urge; to poke or jab
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
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enormous; vast
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profane
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showing disrespect for sacred things
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proffer
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to offer
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profligate
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shamelessly immoral; extremely wasteful
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profound
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very deep
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profuse
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abundant
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progeny
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descendants
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prognosticate
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to predict; to foretell
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projectile
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a bullet, shell, grenade, etc. for firing from a gun
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proletarian
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one who belongs to the working class
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prolific
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productive; fertile
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prolix
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tediously long and wordy
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prologue
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introduction
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promenade
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a stroll or a walk; an area used for walking
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promontory
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piece of land that juts out
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promulgate
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to announce; to advocate
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prone
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reclining; lying flat; inclined
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propagate
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to spread; to multiply
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propensity
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inclination; tendency
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prophetic
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predicting
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propinquity
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nearness; closeness
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propitious
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favorable
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proponent
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a person who supports a cause or doctrine
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propriety
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conformity; appropriateness
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prosaic
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dull; commonplace; unimaginative
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proscribe
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to denounce; to exile
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proselyte
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a person who has changed from one religion to another; a convert
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prospectus
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a report describing a forthcoming project
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prostrate
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lying flat; thrown or fallen to the ground
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protaganist
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main character
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protean
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changeable; variable
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protege ( accent on both e's)
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one who has been guided or instructed by another
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protocol
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the etiquette observed by diplomats
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prototype
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the original; first of its kind; a model
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protract
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to draw out; to prolong
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protrude
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to stick out; to project
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proverbial
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well-known
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provident
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having foresight
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provincial
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countrified; narrow; limited
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provisional
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temporary
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proviso
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a condition; a stipulation
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prowness
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skill; strength; daring
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proxy
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one who acts in place of another
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prude
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an overly proper person
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prudence
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caution; good judgment
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prune
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to cut off or lop off, as twigs, branches, or roots
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prurient
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lustful; obscene; lewd
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pseudo
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false; counterfeit
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pseudonym
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a fake or assumed name
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psyche
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the human soul or spirit
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puerile
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childish; immature
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pugilist
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a boxer
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pugnacious
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eager to fight; quarrelsome
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puissant
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powerful; strong
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pulmonary
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pertaining to the lungs
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pulverize
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to crush or grind into powder; totally destroy
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pummel
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to beat or thrash with the fists
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punctilious
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very exact; precise
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pundit
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a learned man; an expert or authority
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pungent
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having a sharp taste or smell; severely critical
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punitive
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pertaining to punishment
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puritanical
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strict; rigid; harsh
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purloin
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to steal
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purport
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to claim to be
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purvey
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to rot; to decay
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; fearful
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putative
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supposed; believed
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pyre
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a funeral fire in which the corpse is burned
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pyretic
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pertaining to fever
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pyromaniac
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one who likes to start fires; arsonist
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pyrrhic victory
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success gained at too high a cost
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