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BCMS Word Power L23
Vocabulary practice with SAT words
Question | Answer |
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to warn of as an omen; forecast | portend |
to babble; to talk meaninglessly | prattle |
victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain; pillaging | predatory |
adapted for grasping or holding | prehensile |
a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition | presentiment |
extremely pure; untouched | pristine |
enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing | prodigious |
intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depths of one's nature | profound |
proximity, nearness; kinship | propinquity |
cautious, discreet; exercising good judgement | prudent |
"His teacher __________ that Billy would come to a POOR END." | portend |
"__________ RATTLE snakes" | prattle |
"A __________ BREAD STORY" | predatory |
"The monkey's __________ tail held the UTENSIL." | prehensile |
"Ted had a __________ that he was not going to like his PRESIDENT." | presentiment |
"Marge routinely had her carpets CLEANED so they would look __________." | pristine |
"A __________ DISH" | prodigious |
"The TOES of King Two TOES Kahmin was a __________ discovery." | profound |
"The Johnson Twins sit in close PROXIMITY because of their __________." | propinquity |
"A __________ STUDENT prepares ahead for her math test." | prudent |
(por TEND) | portend |
(PRAT l) | prattle |
(PRED ah tor ee) | predatory |
(pri HEN sil) | prehensile |
(pre ZEN tih ment) | presentiment |
(PRIS teen) | pristine |
(prah DIJ us) | prodigious |
(prah FOUND) | profound |
(proh PING kwi tee) | propinquity |
(PROOD ent) | prudent |