Instill P Alphabets

progenitor [ proh-JEN-i-ter ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. an ancestor or a forefather
2. an originator, precursor, predecessor or founder
 
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
He is one of the contenders to the title of the progenitor of impressionism.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The temperate, tolerant Western Europeans are handing themselves over to the leading progenitor of war, slavery, and civilizational disaster of the past fourteen centuries: Islam.
Chronicles magzine, The Eurabian Revolution, by Gregory M. Davis


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protract [ proh-TRAKT, pruh’- ]
[ transitive verb ]
MEANING :

1. to increase the time duration of, prolong or extend in space
2. to draw or plot to scale especially by making use of a protractor and a scale
3. (in terms of anatomy) to jut out or protrude


USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The course duration was protracted from 18 months to 24 months.


USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Under the agreement, signed after months of protracted debate, Mugabe retained his office.

CNN, Zimbabwe power-share talks resume Wednesday, October 17, 2008


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precipice [ PRES-uh’-pis ]
 [ noun ]
 MEANING :
1. a very steep, vertical cliff
2. a perilous or dangerous predicament or situation

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
Successfully climbing the precipice was every rock climbers dream.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

AIG said the company was "disappointed" that competitors were trying to take advantage of the situation, stressing that the mortgage losses that left AIG's parent company on a financial precipice had not undercut policyholders' surplus.

abc News, AIG Shares Fall on Government Stake Deal, By Lilla Zuill, September 24, 2008

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precursor [ pri-KUR-ser, PREE-kur- ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. predecessor or forerunner
2. a harbinger or indicator of someone's arrival
3. (chemistry) a compound formed as a result of a chemical reaction that during the course of the reaction changes into another compound
4. (biology) a substance that gives rise to another substance

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The dark clouds were a precursor to an early monsoon.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The study was led by investigators from the University of Toronto, who randomly assigned 440 postmenopausal women with osteopenia, the precursor to full blown osteoporosis, to either a high dose of vitamin K1 daily or a placebo for comparison purposes.

The Times of India, 'Vitamin K may not prevent bone loss', 14 Oct 2008

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