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