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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| proclivity | tendency |
| procrastinate | to postpone |
| procreate | to produce |
| procrustean | to get conformity at any cost |
| procure | to obtain |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| prodigious | enormous; great amount |
| profane | showing disrespect |
| profess | to acknowledge or admit |
| proffer | to offer |
| proficiency | skill; ability |
| profligate | immoral or extremely wasteful |
| profound | very deep; insightful |
| profuse | abundant |
| progeny | descendants |
| prognosticate | to predict; to foretell |
| proletarian | a member of the working class |
| proliferate | to increase or expand |
| prolific | productive |
| prolix | tediously long and wordy |
| prologue | introduction |
| promenade | a stroll or a walk; an area used for walking |
| promiscuous | sexually loose |
| promontory | piece of land that juts out |
| promulgate | to advocate |
| prone | lying flat |
| propagate | to multiply |
| propensity | inclination |
| prophetic | predicting |
| propinquity | closeness |
| propitious | favorable |
| propriety | conformity; appropriateness |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull |
| proscribe | to denounce; exile |
| proselyte | a convert |
| prospectus | a report describing a new project |
| prostrate | lying flat |
| protagonist | main character |
| protean | changeable |
| protégé | one who has been instructed by another |
| protocol | etiquette observed by diplomats |
| prototype | the original |
| protract | to prolong |
| protrude | to stick out |
| proverbial | well-known |
| provident | having foresight; prudent |
| provincial | unsophisticated; narrow; limited |
| provisional | temporary |
| proviso | a condition |
| provoke | to irritate; to excite |
| prowess | skill or strength |
| proximity | nearness |
| proxy | one who acts in place of another |
| prudence | good judgment; cautious; careful |
| prune | to cut off or lop off such as twigs, branches, or roots |
| prurient | lustful; obscene; lewd |
| pseudo | false |
| pseudonym | an assumed name |
| psyche | the human spirit |
| puerile | immature |
| pugilist | a boxer |
| pugnacious | eager to fight |
| puissant | powerful |
| pulchritude | beauty |
| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
| pulverize | crush or grind; totally destroy |
| pummel | to beat or thrash with the fists |
| pun | the use of words that sound alike but differ in meaning |
| punctilious | precise |
| pundit | an expert |
| pungent | having a sharp taste or smell; severely critical or sarcastic |
| punitive | pertaining to punishment |
| puny | weak |
| purge | to purify |
| puritanical | strict |
| purloin | to steal |
| purport | to claim |
| purvey | to supply |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| putative | supposed; believed |
| putrefy | to decay |
| pyre | a funeral fire |
| pyretic | pertaining to fever |
| pyromaniac | one who likes to start fires |
| quadruped | a four-footed animal |
| quaff | to gulp; to drink in large quantities |
| quagmire | a swamp; a difficult situation |
| quall | to lose courage |
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