November 2010
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prerogative
prerogative |priˈrägətiv; pəˈräg-|
noun
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class : owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich.
• a faculty or property distinguishing a person or class : it’s not a female prerogative to feel insecure.
• (also royal prerogative) the right of the sovereign, which in British law is theoretically subject to no restriction
fecundity
fecund |ˈfekənd; ˈfē-|
adjective
producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile : a lush and fecund garden | figurative her fecund imagination. See note at fertile .
• technical (of a woman or women) capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth.
