Lit and Comp II vocab VI

Concise

adj. brief and to the point; succinct

Condescend

v. to stoop to someone’s level, usually in an offensive way to patronize

Condone

v. to overlook; to permit to happen

Congenial

adj. agreeable suitable; pleasant

Credulous

adj. eager to believe; gullible

Preclude

v. to prevent something from ever happening

Precursor

n. forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows

Predilection

n. a natural preference for something

Preeminent

adj. better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme

Preempt

v. to seize something by prior right

Premise

n. an assumption; the basis for a conclusion

Prepossess

v. to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand

Prerogative

n. a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some other group classification

Prevail

v. to triumph; to overcome rivals; (with on, upon, or with) to persuade

Pristine

adj. original; unspoiled; pure

Prodigal

adj. wastefully extravagant

Prodigious

adj. extraordinary; enormous

Prodigy

n. an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence

Profane

adj. not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous

Profess

v. to declare; to declare falsely or pretend