Charles shouted upstairs to his wife,» Hurry up or we’ll be late.» «Oh, be quiet,» replied his wife. «Haven’t I been telling you for the last hour that I’ll be ready in a minute?»
school n. Private primary school or us secondary school.
- —adj. (often foll. By to) serving to prepare; introductory. —adv. (often foll. By to) in a preparatory manner (was packing preparatory to departure).
PREPOSITION
n. Gram. Word governing (and usu. Preceding) a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word, as in: ‘the man on the platform’, ‘came after dinner’, ‘went by train’. prepositional adj. [latin praepono -posit- place before]
PREROGATIVE
n. Right or privilege exclusive to an individual or class. [latin praerogo ask first]
PRESENTABLE
adj. Of good appearance; fit to be presented. presentability n. Presentably adv.
PRESTRESSED
adj. (of concrete) strengthened by stretched wires within it.
PRESUMPTION
n. - arrogance, presumptuous behaviour.
- a presuming a thing to be true. B thing that is or may be presumed to be true.
- ground for presuming. [latin: related to *presume]
PRESUMPTIVE
adj. Giving grounds for presumption (presumptive evidence).
PRETENTIOUS
adj. - making an excessive claim to merit or importance.
- ostentatious. pretentiously adv. Pretentiousness n.
PREVARICATE
v. (-ting) 1 speak or act evasively or misleadingly.
- quibble, equivocate. prevarication n. Prevaricator n. [latin, = walk crookedly]
