Glossary

(pre dikt): Foretell (or tell in advance) on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason.

(pri dik tǝ bǝl): Able to be known, seen, or declared in advance; behaving in a way that is expected.

(pri dik shǝn): A guess about the future based on what we know now.

(pri li mə ner ē): Something that comes first in order to prepare for or introduce the main part of something else.

(pri skrībed bərn): Controlled fires used to improve forest habitat.

(pri skrībd fī ǝr): The controlled use of fire under specific weather conditions to restore health to an ecosystem that depends on fire; also known as a prescribed burn or controlled burn.

(pri skrībd fī ǝr): A carefully planned fire that skilled workers set on purpose to remove fuels that may cause a large wildfire.

(pre zər vā shən): The activity or process of keeping something that is valued alive, intact, or free from damage or decay.

(pri zərv): To keep alive, intact, or free from decay.

(pre və lənt): Widespread.

(pri vent): To stop something from happening.

(pri ven(t) shǝn): The act of stopping something from happening.

(prā): An animal taken by a predator as food.

(prī mē vəl): Belonging to the earliest time (such as of the world or human history); primitive.

(pri mə tiv): Belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development.

(prī or ə tē): Something given or meriting attention before competing alternatives.

(pri stēn): Not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted.

(prä bə bi lə tē): A measure of how often a particular event will happen if something (such as tossing a coin) is done repeatedly.

(prō dü sər): An organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of living matter that can be consumed by other organisms.

(prə dək tiv): Having the quality or power of producing especially in abundance.

(prō dək ti və tē): The quality or state of being productive.