Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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The Words 71<br />
Quiz 25 (Matching)<br />
Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />
Answers are on page 102.<br />
1. PHOENIX A. cliff<br />
2. PILLORY B. inclination<br />
3. PITTANCE C. warning<br />
4. PLAUDIT D. acclaim<br />
5. PLETHORA E. overabundance<br />
6. POGROM F. after death<br />
7. POSTHUMOUS G. massacre<br />
8. PRECIPICE H. rebirth<br />
9. PREDILECTION I. punish by ridicule<br />
10. PREMONITION J. trifle<br />
preponderance predominance<br />
prepossessing appealing, charming<br />
preposterous ridiculous<br />
prerequisite requirement<br />
prerogative right, privilege<br />
presage omen<br />
prescribe urge<br />
presentable acceptable, well-mannered<br />
preside direct, chair<br />
pressing urgent<br />
prestidigitator magician<br />
prestige reputation, renown<br />
presume assume, deduce<br />
presumptuous assuming,<br />
overconfident<br />
presuppose assume<br />
pretense affectation, excuse<br />
pretentious affected, inflated<br />
preternatural abnormal, supernatural<br />
pretext excuse<br />
prevail triumph<br />
prevailing common, current<br />
prevalent widespread<br />
prevaricate lie<br />
prick puncture<br />
priggish pedantic, affected<br />
prim formal, prudish<br />
primal first, beginning<br />
primate head, master<br />
primogeniture first-born child<br />
primp groom<br />
princely regal, generous<br />
prismatic many-colored, sparkling<br />
pristine pure, unspoiled<br />
privation hardship<br />
privy aware of private matters<br />
probe examine<br />
probity integrity<br />
problematic uncertain, difficult<br />
proboscis snout<br />
procedure method, process
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