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Vocabulary Set F all
portent-ribald
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| precocious | adj. Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. | For a young kid, he's very precocious from the standpoint of being a professional musician. |
| prescient | adj. Foreknowing. | The book turned out to be greatly prescient as recent events have shadowed its plot. |
| pretentious | adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. | Debra's writing style was so pretentious that it grates on anyone who has to read her reports. |
| primeval | adj. Belonging to the first ages. | I have difficulty believing the glory we know as life arose from a primeval soup, especially when considering it is all a theory with no hard evidence to support it. |
| probity | n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. | A company needs to have systems in place to ensure financial probity. |
| profuse | adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance. | When he becomes really nervous, he sweats profusely and continually wipes his face. |
| promulgate | v. To proclaim. | She is constantly using her talents as a springboard to promulgate her values. |
| propitious | adj. Kindly disposed. | It is hard to believe there would be a more propitious time for her to begin her own business. |
| prosaic | adj. Unimaginative. | The vast majority of the workers quit due to their principle beliefs, but Sam left for a more prosaic reason; they changed the free parking policy. |
| proscribe | v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. | Many organizations involved in terrorism have been proscribed under the new law. |
| prudence | n. Caution. | Due to extreme prudence on her part, our journey was uneventful and we had no major mishaps. |
| puerile | adj. Childish. | Dr. Smith's line of reasoning was so puerile, I could not believe it was coming from a scholar. |
| pugnacious | adj. Quarrelsome. | His pugnacious style has served him well in business, but it made him few friends. |
| punctilious | adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. | She demanded such punctilious etiquette at the dinner table, it is a wonder if her children could ever enjoy a meal. |
| quandary | n. A puzzling predicament. | The meeting was very successful, which leaves me in a quandary. Do I follow my passion for music and leave the band, or do I hold true to my loyal nature? |
| querulous | adj. Habitually complaining. | The plaintive and querulous voices from the next room actually helped me to forget my troubles of the day and fall into a deep sleep. |
| quibble | n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection. | Certainly you do not have a quibble about the price, do you? |
| rancor | n. Malice. | The partisan rancor in Washington, while new to this generation, is a common staple of our nation's history. |
| recant | v. To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained). | Even today, people suffer for their refusal to recant their belief in Christianity. |
| reciprocate | v. To give and take mutually. | When a stranger helps me when I am in need, it creates a desire to reciprocate and I look out for someone I can help. |
| recluse | n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion. | My grandfather is an eccentric recluse, who shuns visitors. |
| rectify | v. To correct. | He agreed to have all of the defects with the building rectified by the end of the month. |
| rectitude | n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. | It is rare to meet someone of such moral rectitude. |
| redemption | n. The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt. | An all too common plot in these Westerns is the sheriff who seeks redemption for past crimes. |
| regimen | n. A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits. | Julie has a strict fitness regimen, but she always makes sure to keep it fun and enjoyable. |
| relegate | v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination. | In the past, women were relegated to the home while men had the freedom to move about in society as they pleased. |
| reparation | n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong. | We have to make reparations for what we have done. |
| replete | adj. Full to the uttermost. | The book is replete with drama, mystery and details. |
| reprehensible | adj. Censurable. | While not illegal, his actions were still reprehensible. |
| reprisal | n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. | We cannot attack this city with having to be in constant fear of reprisals. |
| reprobate | n. One abandoned to depravity and sin. | The old reprobate would sell his soul for another bottle of wine. |
| repudiate | v. To refuse to have anything to do with. | The nations in the global economy were worried the struggling country would repudiate her debts. |
| rescind | v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. | The threat of a lawsuit prevented them from rescinding on our agreement. |
| reticent | adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. | Even with such an interesting history as she possessed, she was reticent to speak of her past. |
| ribald | adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. | His ribald sense of humor did not go over well with his fiancee's family. |
| portent | n. Anything that indicates what is to happen. | He took the terrible morning as a portent of how the rest of the day would go. |
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