NADCI WORD OF THE WEEK - PREROGATIVE

WORD: PREROGATIVE [prerogative]

PART OF SPEECH:  Noun

PRONUNCIATION: /pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/, /pəˈɹɑ.ɡə.tɪv/
[Pri-rog-uh-tiv; Puh-rog-uh-tiv]

SYLLABLES: (4) pre·rog·a·tive.

MEANING:
- an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like.

- a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category

- a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative.

- a distinctive excellence.

SENTENCE EXAMPLES:
- It was the teacher's prerogative to stop the discussion.

- If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your prerogative.

- It's a writer's prerogative to decide the fate of her characters.

- The royal prerogative exempts the king from taxation.

ORIGIN: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin praerogativa, Roman century voting first in the comitia, privilege, from feminine of praerogativus voting first, from praerogatus, past participle of praerogare to ask for an opinion before another, from prae- + rogare to ask.

FIRST KNOWN USE: 15th century.

SYNONYMS: appanage (also apanage), birthright, right, privilege, advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title.

ANTONYMS: duty, obligation

REFERENCES:
Oxford Learners Dictionaries.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Dictionary.com.

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