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GRE Word List 16
Premature-Quell
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08/13/2013

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Premature
Definition
Occuring or existing before the customary, correct or assigned time
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Preponderance
Definition
Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence
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Presage
Definition
An omen
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Presumption
Definition
Boldly arrogant or offensive; effrontery
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Preternatural
Definition
Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature
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Prevalent
Definition
Widely or commonly occuring, existing, accepted or practiced
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Prevaricate
Definition
To lie, evade the truth
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Prim
Definition
Neat, formal
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Pristine
Definition
Unspoiled, pure, unadulterated
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Probity
Definition
Integrity; uprightness
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proclivity
Definition
A natural propensity or incliniation; predisposition
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Procrastination
Definition
To put off doing someting, especailly out of habitual laziness
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Prodigal
Definition
Rashly or wastefully extravagent
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prodigious
Definition
Enormous
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Profane
Definition
Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred
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Profligacy
Definition
Indulgence in sensual pleasure
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Profundity
Definition
Depth or intellect, feeling or meaning
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Profuse
Definition
Abundant, lavish
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Proliferate
Definition
Grow, rapidly reproduce
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Prolix
Definition
Tending to speak or write at excessive length
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Prone
Definition
Having a tendency; inclined
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Propagation
Definition
Multipulcation or increase, as by natural reproduction
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Propensity
Definition
Inclination, tedency
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Propinquity
Definition
Proximity; nearness
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Propitiate
Definition
Appease
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Propitious
Definition
Auspicious; presenting favorable circumstances
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Prosaic
Definition
Dull
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Proscribe
Definition
To denounce or condemn
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Provident
Definition
Frugal; providing for future needs and events
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Provisional
Definition
Provided or serving only for the time being
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Provoke
Definition
To incite anger or resentment
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Proximity
Definition
Closeness; being near or next
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Prudence
Definition
Careful forethought
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Pry
Definition
To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently
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Pucker
Definition
To gather into small wrinkles or folds
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Pugnacious
Definition
Belligerent
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Puissance
Definition
Power, might, strength
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Punctilious
Definition
Stringly attentive to minute details
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Pundit
Definition
A lerned person; an authority on a subject
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Pungency
Definition
Wit; having a sharp and caustic quality
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Purvey
Definition
To supply (food, for example); furnish
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Pusillanimous
Definition
Cowardly
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Putrefaction
Definition
Decomposition of organic matter
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Pyre
Definition
A heap of combustibles for burning a corpse as a funeral rite
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Quack
Definition
A charlatan; a person dishonestly claming to be something
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Quaff
Definition
to drink (a beverage) heartily
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Quail
Definition
Cower (shrink back in fear)
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Qualm
Definition
An uneasy feeling about the rightness of a course of action
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Quandary
Definition
A state of uncertanty or perplexity
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Quell
Definition
Suppress, subdue
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