Webster Essential Vocabulary

primate (PRY mayt) n. 1. any of an order of mammals that has soft hands and
feet, each terminating in five digits (monkeys, lemurs, apes, humans); 2. the
highest-ranking bishop in a province

• Orangutans and gorillas are very different primatesfrom your sister Sally.
  •A primateof the church is so called because he is prime among officials of
  his region.
  principle (PRIN si pil) n. 1. a fundamental truth or natural law; 2. the ultimate
  or underlying cause of something; 3. a rule of conduct or scientific law


• It is a principleof Newton’s physical discoveries that what goes up must
  come down.


• The principleof jet propulsion might not be obvious from watching a jet
  plane, but watch a squid propel itself through the water, and you’ll get it.


• The principlesof good manners are not hard to live by and make for a
  much more civilized existence.

Quick Review #68.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

192 Essential Vocabulary

1. preoccupy


2. prepossess


3. prescribe


4. preservation


5. presumptuous


6. pretense


7. pretentious


8. previous


9. primarily


10. primary


11. primate


12. principle

a. protection

b. rule

c. mainly

d. bishop

e. preceding

f. engross

g. fundamental

h. prejudice

i. false claim

j. outlaw

k. ostentatious

l. arrogant

pristine*(pris TEEN) adj. 1. characteristic of an earlier time or condition;
original; 2. as if unopened; unspoiled; still pure

• The pristineconditions of the Alaskan forests exist only because humans
  have interfered with them minimally.


• Pristinemountain streams barely exist in the lower 48 states, primarily due
  to urban and industrial sprawl.
  [-ly adv.]