Printable Essential Latin Roots for the GRE: Pro- flash cards
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| probity |
integrity and uprightness |
| proclivity |
natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| procrastination |
put off till another day or time |
| prodigal |
wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prodigious |
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force |
| profane |
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles |
| profligacy |
shameless dissoluteness |
| profligate |
utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated |
| profundity |
quality or state of being profound |
| profuse |
spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess |
| proliferate |
grow by multiplication of parts or by procreation |
| prolix |
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length |
| prone |
having a natural inclination or tendency to something |
| propagation |
dissemination |
| propinquity |
nearness in place |
| propitiatory |
serving or intended to propitiate |
| propitious |
presenting favorable conditions |
| prosaic |
commonplace or dull |
| proscribe |
denounce as dangerous or harmful |
| protracted |
draw out or lengthen, esp. in time |
| provident |
having or showing foresight |
| provisional |
providing or serving for the time being only |
| provoke |
anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex |
| probity |
integrity and uprightness |
| proclivity |
natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| procrastination |
put off till another day or time |
| prodigal |
wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prodigious |
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force |
| profane |
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles |
| profligacy |
shameless dissoluteness |
| profligate |
utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated |
| profundity |
quality or state of being profound |
| profuse |
spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess |
| proliferate |
grow by multiplication of parts or by procreation |
| prolix |
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length |
| prone |
having a natural inclination or tendency to something |
| propagation |
dissemination |
| propinquity |
nearness in place |
| propitiatory |
serving or intended to propitiate |
| propitious |
presenting favorable conditions |
| prosaic |
commonplace or dull |
| proscribe |
denounce as dangerous or harmful |
| protracted |
draw out or lengthen, esp. in time |
| provident |
having or showing foresight |
| provisional |
providing or serving for the time being only |
| provoke |
anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex |
