Page 86 Word Scramble
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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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