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O – P: GRE Words
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Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. placid a. actor
2. plaintive b. alignment
3. plethora c. seize first
4. pluck d. argumentative
5. plummet e. impetuousness
6. plutocratic f. earthenware
7. polarity g. overabundance

8. polemic h. plunge
9. poseur i. sad
10. pottery j. fortitude
11. precipitation k. calm
12. preempt l. powerful
prejudice (PREJ uh dis) vt. 1. to have or show bias; 2. to cause harm by prejudg-
ing —n. 1. an opinion or judgment formed before knowing the facts; preconceived
idea either favorable or unfavorable; 2. an irrational dislike or hatred, suspicion, or
intolerance of a certain race, creed, ethnic group, and so on
• Most children have a prejudice for carrots and cucumbers.
• It is wrong to prejudice a jury before they fairly try a case.
• One might be prejudiced for or against something.
• Racial prejudice has been responsible for many hate crimes in the world and
in American history.
[-d, prejudicing] [Syn. partiality]
premeditated (pree MED i TAYT id) adj. thought out, schemed, or planned
beforehand
• First-degree muder is also known as premeditated homicide.
• The furnishing of a house should be premeditated, or it could turn out to be
a disaster.
[-ly adv.] [Syn. preplanned]
presage (PRES ij for n. or v., pree SAYJ or pri SAYJ for v.) n. 1. a sign or a warning
of an event in the future; augury; omen; 2. a foreboding —vt. 1. to give warning of;
portend; 2. to have a foreboding or presentiment; 3. to predict
• Many believe that a comet is a presage of disaster.
• Most people have an occasional presage of something to come.
• Some people consult psychics to presage their futures.
• Nostradamus is credited by some as having presaged many events, includ-
ing the huge success of this book.
[-d, presaging] [Syn. omen]