Vocab-ability Prefix–308 (pre__ = before) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The archaeologists were excited to find prehistoric pottery which they dated to neolithic times.

  2. The employer was prejudiced against interviewees who had tattoos.

  3. The five-year old was precocious and was already learning to play the piano.

  4. The new political party had a preconception that there were plenty of voters looking for so-called centrist policies, and was shocked to find there weren't.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Prehistoric
    The island contains a very large number of important prehistoric monuments.
  2. Prejudice
    Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.
  3. Precocious
    From an early age Jane displayed a precocious talent for music.
  4. Preconception
    He proceeds to take apart every preconception anyone might have ever had about him.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Some archaeologists believe that Stonehenge- a famous prehistoric monument in England- was initially used as a burial ground.

  2. For the last fifteen years, the country's Organisation For Fair Employment Practices has been working hard to eradicate prejudice towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees in the workplace.

  3. The precocious seventeen-year-old youth from Brazil emerged as the top scorer in the 2018 FIFA World Cup football tournament.

  4. The negative preconceptions of female drivers impaired the objectivity of the interviewers at the mass hiring event for drivers organised by the public bus transport company.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. prehistoric
    I loved the prehistoric stories about dinosaurs.
  2. prejudice
    The cops don't want to prejudice the investigation.
  3. precocious
    Matt is a precocious kid with lots of hidden passions.
  4. preconception
    He decided to follow the preconception before giving a chance to meet that guy as he truly was.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. The prehistoric men's were living in the caves and don't know anything about the civilization .
  2. Everybody was talking about the prejudice decision of company agianst the oldest employee of the company.
  3. The precocious guy rock the dance floor and everybody was just enjoying his moves.
  4. Every body has preconception about him, which I guess because of his past records.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. The extinction of dinosaurs is prehistoric
  2. The judge was accused of giving a prejudiced judgement.
  3. My parents said I was very precocious when I was a kid
  4. Jane's preconception that her partner is a player was proven wrong when he took her to the altar.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The prehistoric buildings on Allen avenue are breath taking and some are still in awesome shape.
  2. Prejudice has remain rampant in the police department especially against those who can't offer a bribe.
  3. Some precocious children can be very troublesome especially those that have wealthy parents.
  4. James has a preconception that the price of Bitcoin will drop to a dollar by the year 2020.

Good work!

P.s. James is wrong!!

Thanks and I think so too!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Prehistoric
    I would love to build a time machine to go back to prehistoric age and see a real dinosaur.
  2. Prejudice
    Smoking is increasingly banned in public places, so the smokers are being prejudice for their bad habit.
  3. Precocious
    I attended a concert of a young man with a precocious talent for music, he was better than a known virtuoso.
  4. Preconception
    Most people have preconception about bitcoin and think only criminals can find it useful.

Good work!

I think a hungry dinosaur would love for you to go back to that time!!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Movie was based on a prehistoric story, even before the civilization.
  2. We must stop spreading the prejudice news on social media, it may create big problem.
  3. My friend's kid had precocious talent for dance and my friend also support him that's by he is thinking of consult a good dance for his further training.
  4. We should give a change to Tom don't make a preconception about his talent.

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. I love the prehistoric stories reading and I have a number of books on same theme.
  2. We can't choose a person as a judge who has been accused for Prejudice in past.
  3. I was amazed to see the dance of little kids in a competition recently all kids were precocious.
  4. Please do your own study before investing, don't just preconception anybody's words.

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