GRE Vocab 4000
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| potentate |
sovereign, king |
| potpourri |
medley |
| preamble |
introduction |
| precipice |
cliff |
| precipitous |
steep |
| precis |
summary |
| precocious |
advanced |
| predacious |
plundering |
| predicate |
base |
| predilection |
inclination |
| preponderance |
predominance |
| prepossessing |
appealing, charming |
| prestidigitator |
magicians |
| preternatural |
abnormal, unnatural |
| prevaricate |
lie |
| priggish |
pedantic, affected |
| prim |
formal, prudish |
| primogeniture |
first-born child |
| prismatic |
many-colored, sparkling |
| privation |
hardship |
| proclivity |
inclination |
| proctor |
supervise |
| procurer |
pander |
| prodigal |
wasteful |
| prodigious |
marvelous, enormous |
| prodigy |
a person with extraordinary ability |
| proffer |
bring forward |
| profiteer |
extortionist |
| profligate |
licentious, prodigal |
| profusion |
overabundance |
| prognosticate |
foretell |
| prolix |
long-winded |
| promethean |
inspirational |
| promontory |
headland, cape |
| promulgate |
publish, disseminate |
| prophylactic |
preventative |
| propound |
propose |
| propriety |
decorum |
| proscenium |
platform, rostrum |
| prosody |
study of poetic structure |
| prostrate |
supine |
| protean |
changing readily |
| proverbial |
well-known |
| provident |
having foresight, thrifty |
| provisional |
temporary |
| proviso |
stipulation |
| provisory |
conditional |
| proxy |
substitute, agent |
| prurient |
lewd |
| pseudonym |
alias |
| puckish |
impish, mischievous |
| puerile |
childish |
| pugilism |
boxing |
| pugnacious |
combative |
| puissant |
strong |
| punctilious |
meticulous |
| purblind |
obtuse, stupid |
| puritanical |
prim |
| purlieus |
environs, surrounding |
| purloin |
steal |
| purport |
claim to be |
| purported |
rumored |
| pursuant |
following, according |
| purvey |
deliver |
| purview |
range, understanding |
| pusillanimous |
cowardly |
| pyrrhic |
battle won with unacceptable losses. |
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