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1. predicament - The word ' predicament' means?
a. v. to like better; to choose first.
b. v. to prevent from happening; to make impossible -from the Latin root 'pre' meaning BEFORE'
'claudere' meaning TO CLOSE c. adj. capable of being foretold
d. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
2. prediction - The word ' prediction' means?
a. v. to order or suggest as a medicine
b. n. a declaration that something will happen in the future
c. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
d. adj. recorded at one time for transmission later; v. record before presentation as of a broadcast
3. prescriptions - The word ' prescriptions' means?
a. v. to go or come before in time; rank or position.
b. plural n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the
thing prescribed
c. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
d. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
4. prefix - The word ' prefix' means?
a. adj. capable of being foretold
b. n. a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
c. n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the thing
prescribed
d. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
5. prescribe - The word ' prescribe' means?
a. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
b. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
c. v. to order or suggest as a medicine
d. n. a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
6. preclude - The word ' preclude' means?
a. plural n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the
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thing prescribed
b. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
c. v. to prevent from happening; to make impossible -from the Latin root 'pre' meaning BEFORE'
'claudere' meaning TO CLOSE d. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
7. preventable - The word ' preventable' means?
a. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
b. v. to keep or stop from happening
c. v. to like better; to choose first.
d. adj. capable of being foretold
8. precaution - The word ' precaution' means?
a. n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
b. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
c. v. to go or come before in time; rank or position.
d. v. to order or suggest as a medicine
9. precede - The word ' precede' means?
a. v. to prevent from happening; to make impossible -from the Latin root 'pre' meaning BEFORE'
'claudere' meaning TO CLOSE b. n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
c. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
d. v. to go or come before in time; rank or position.
10. preferring - The word ' preferring' means?
a. n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
b. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
c. n. a declaration that something will happen in the future
d. v. to like better; to choose first.
11. prehistoric - The word ' prehistoric' means?
a. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
b. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
c. v. to like better; to choose first.
d. n. a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
12. prescription - The word ' prescription' means?
a. n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the thing
prescribed
b. n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
c. n. an unpleasant difficult situation
d. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
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13. prerecorded - The word ' prerecorded' means?
a. adj. recorded at one time for transmission later; v. record before presentation as of a broadcast
b. n. a provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger
c. plural n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the
thing prescribed
d. adj. belonging to or existing in times before written history; no longer fashionable
14. predictable - The word ' predictable' means?
a. n. a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
b. v. to keep or stop from happening
c. v. to like better; to choose first.
d. adj. capable of being foretold
15. prevention - The word ' prevention' means?
a. adj. capable of being foretold
b. plural n. an order written by a doctor for medicine to treat a patient; the act of prescribing or the
thing prescribed
c. n. the act or process of preventing; an obstacle that keeps something from happening.
d. n. a declaration that something will happen in the future
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