mendoza set3-15
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- prestige
- (noun) High regard or status in the eyes of others
- progress
- develop in a positive way
- proposal
- a plan or offer
- privilege
- a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
- preferred
- more desirable than another
- profit
- derive a benefit from
- prevent
- keep from happening or arising
- proclamation
- a formal public statement
- predicament
- difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
- provoke
- to anger someone/thing or lead them to do something
- Prohibition
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- protection
- Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
- principal
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- probably
- more than likely than not
- precious
- of high worth or cost
- preliminary
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- proton
- a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
- preference
- a predisposition in favor of something
- preferential
- ADJ: favored, preferred
- profound
- showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths
- presume
- take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption
- programs
- administering
- prism
- An angled piece of glass that can be used to split light into its components
- prejudicial
- (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury
- publication
- the business of publishing
- proclaim
- declare formally
- prejudice
- A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
- provinces
- areas situated away from the population center
- problem
- a source of difficulty
- presumption
- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
- protagonist
- the main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
- protest
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- protect
- shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
- principle
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- prologue
- The opening speech or dialogue of a play, especially a classic Greek play, that usually gives the exposition necessary to follow the subsequent action. Today the term also refers to the introduction to any literary work.
- preoccupation
- lost in thought
- presidency
- the office and function of president
- prescription
- written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist, written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
- promote
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- predisposition
- an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
- pressure
- the state of urgently demanding notice or attention
- prosecute
- bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- preposterous
- absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous
- provocative
- (adj) tending to provoke a response like anger or disagreement
- preferable
- more desirable than another
- prefer
- like better
- prescribe
- (v) to order as a rule or course to be followed; to order for medical purpose
- prevention
- the act of preventing
- provincial
- pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated