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adjectiveDependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; lacking in stability or security; subject to change; based on unproved premises; perilous. A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a prac... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
precedence, precedent, precedential - vocabulary nounPrecedence: the fact or act of preceding, as in The first patent application receives precedence in Europe; priority in place, time, or rank because of superiority, as in The company relied on its precedence as the leading producer of computer ch... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
verbTo prevent the occurrence or existence of something; to exclude from something. Anyone who has breast-fed knows two things for sure: The baby wants to be fed at the most inopportune times, in the most inopportune places, and the baby will prevail... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectiveUnusually mature or advanced in development, especially in mental aptitude; usually in reference to children. What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It ... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounA person or thing that precedes; a person, animal, or thing indicating the approach of something or someone, a harbinger. In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeed... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounA tendency or inclination to think favorably about something, a preference, as in a predilection for Mozart. The parrot holds its food for prim consumption as daintily as any debutante, [with] a predilection for pot roast, hashed-brown potatoes, ... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounA proposition on which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn. In law, premises refers to land and buildings on the land.verbTo assume or state as a proposition in an argument. The utopian male concept which is the premise of ma... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounExclusive privilege or right, obtained or exercise because of rank or office, as in prerogatives of a member of Congress. Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possess... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
prescience, prescient - vocabulary nounPrescience: knowledge of events before they take place.adjectivePrescient: perceiving significance of events before they take place.Note: The first syllable is pronounced either pree- or presh-. He said, I’m just out of hospital, but I’m stil... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
presumption, presumptuous - vocabulary nounPresumption: that which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved; an assumption. In law, a fact assumed because of the proof of other facts; in patent law, for example, a patent enjoys a “presumption of validity” because it was iss... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
verbTo use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention; to tell a falsehood; to lie. Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Letter to the writer A.N.... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
principal, principle - vocabulary nounPrincipal: the head of a school; also means “money” or “the balance on your mortgage.” As an adjective, principal means “main.”Principle: acts only as a noun. It means “rule” or “moral tenet.”Use this trick:A principal should ... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounPrivity: knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter. In law, a relationship between or among parties, typically to a contract.Privy: an outhouse; a person having an interest in a legal transaction or legal relationship. As... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounVirtue or integrity tested and confirmed; honesty; the trait of having strong moral principles. Once regarded as the model of probity, Mayor Bradley, now 71 years old, is under investigation by the City Attorney's Office for possible conflict of ... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectiveImmense, extraordinary in size; wonderful, marvelous. America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounA person, especially a child, with remarkable gifts or qualities; a marvelous example; a wonder. Today’s pressures on middle-class children to grow up fast begin in early childhood. Chief among them is the pressure for early intellectual attain... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
verbTo offer to another for acceptance.nounThe offer itself. During my employment of seven years or more in Washington after the war (1865–72) I regularly saved part of my wages: and, though the sum has now become about exhausted by my expenses of ... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
profligacy, profligate - vocabulary nounProfligacy: the trait of spending lavishly or extravagantly; unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasure.adjectiveProfligate: characterized by wild spending or by engaging in sensual pleasure; as a noun, the person so characterized, a wastrel. Up... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectivePlentiful, copious, abundant; giving or spending freely, often to excess, as in profuse praise. The little flower which at this season stars our woods and roadsides with its profuse blooms, might attract even eyes as stern as theirs with its... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
nounDescendant, offspring, child; something originating or resulting from something else. Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are so sure their progeny are gifted... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectiveAbundantly producing offspring or fruit, as in a prolific orange tree; very productive, producing in large quantities. Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.—Benjamin Disraeli Henrietta Temple... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectiveVerbose, wordy, extended to unnecessary and tedious length. In a succinct 354 pages (shockingly brief for the normally prolix [Susan] Faludi), she argues that in the months and years following the 9/11 attacks, the rhetoric surrounding vario... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectivePresenting favorable conditions; favorably inclined, auspicious. The time is now propitious, as he guesses, The meal is ended, she is bored and tired, Endeavours to engage her in caresses Which still are unreproved, if undesired. Flushed and... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
adjectiveUnimaginative, dull, commonplace, matter-of-fact; vapid; humdrum; tiresome. It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.—Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle) “Various Fragments” De l’Amour (1822)... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
verbTo denounce or condemn something as dangerous or harmful; to prohibit, forbid. The public is harmed when lawmakers proscribe the use of a product that has been proved safe and useful. Inevitably, manufacturers will turn to—and consumers will be... | added by edgood 7 years ago |
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