SAT prep vocab 9

Pitiable

deserving pity

Plausible

reasonable and possibly true

Postulate

to assert

Potent

having great influence

Pragmatic

practical, useful

Precedent

an example or subject from earlier in time

Predecessor

someone who comes before you

Prescribe

to command orders

Principle

basic truth, assumption, or rule

Prohibit

to command against, to outlaw

Prompt

punctual, on time

Promulgate

to put into law or formally declare

Prosecute

to bring criminal action against someone (in a trial)

Provocative

intending to provoke, inspire, or arouse

Qualitative

involving qualities of something

Quantitative

related to numbers or amounts

Quirk

a strange habit 

Ramify

to split into two or more branches

Rash

without attention to danger or risk

Raw

unrefined