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| propriety |
conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
| probate |
official proving of a will as authentic |
| probation |
testing of a person's conduct, character or qualifications |
| probe |
to search into or examine thoroughly |
| probity |
integrity and uprightness |
| procedure |
manner of proceeding in any action or process |
| proceed |
to move or go forward after stopping |
| proclamation |
public and official announcement |
| procrastinate |
to defer action |
| proctor |
one appointed to keep watch over students at examinations |
| prodigal |
wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prodigious |
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree or force |
| prodigy |
young person having extraordinary talent or ability |
| productive |
producing readily or abundantly |
| profession |
vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science |
| professor |
teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university |
| proffer |
to put before a person for acceptance |
| proficiency |
expertness in a skill |
| proficient |
well-advanced in an art, science or subject |
| profile |
outline of something or someone viewed from the side |
| profiteer |
one who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits through the sale of scarce or rationed goods |
| profligacy |
reckless extravagance |
| profligate |
utterly and shamelessly immoral |
| profuse |
made or done freely and abundantly |
| progeny |
descendant or offspring |
| progression |
passing successively from one member of a series to the next |
| prohibition |
legal banning of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption |
| prohibitive |
tending to prohibit or forbid something |
| projection |
something jutting out or protruding |
| proletarian |
belonging to the working class |
| prolific |
producing offspring abundantly |
| prolix |
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length |
| prologue |
introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel |
| prolong |
to lengthen out in time |
| prominence |
state of being conspicuous |
| prominent |
standing out so as to be seen easily |
| promissory |
containing or implying a promise |
| promontory |
high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast |
| promoter |
one who encourages or organizes |
| promulgate |
to make known by open declaration |
| propaganda |
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm |
| propagate |
to cause to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock |
| propel |
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward |
| propellant |
charge of explosive used to propel the projectile |
| propeller |
device having a revolving hub with radiating blades, for propelling an airplane or ship |
| prophecy |
foretelling or prediction of what is to come |
| prophesy |
to foretell or predict |
| propitious |
presenting favorable conditions |
| proportion |
size of part to whole |
| propulsion |
the act or process forcing to move |
| prosaic |
commonplace or dull |
| proscenium |
arch that separates a stage from the auditorium |
| proscribe |
to denounce or condemn as dangerous or harmful |
| proscription |
the state of being forbidden |
| proselyte |
one who has changed from one opinion or religious belief to another |
| prosody |
science or study of poetic meters and versification |
| propriety |
conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
| probate |
official proving of a will as authentic |
| probation |
testing of a person's conduct, character or qualifications |
| probe |
to search into or examine thoroughly |
| probity |
integrity and uprightness |
| procedure |
manner of proceeding in any action or process |
| proceed |
to move or go forward after stopping |
| proclamation |
public and official announcement |
| procrastinate |
to defer action |
| proctor |
one appointed to keep watch over students at examinations |
| prodigal |
wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prodigious |
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree or force |
| prodigy |
young person having extraordinary talent or ability |
| productive |
producing readily or abundantly |
| profession |
vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science |
| professor |
teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university |
| proffer |
to put before a person for acceptance |
| proficiency |
expertness in a skill |
| proficient |
well-advanced in an art, science or subject |
| profile |
outline of something or someone viewed from the side |
| profiteer |
one who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits through the sale of scarce or rationed goods |
| profligacy |
reckless extravagance |
| profligate |
utterly and shamelessly immoral |
| profuse |
made or done freely and abundantly |
| progeny |
descendant or offspring |
| progression |
passing successively from one member of a series to the next |
| prohibition |
legal banning of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption |
| prohibitive |
tending to prohibit or forbid something |
| projection |
something jutting out or protruding |
| proletarian |
belonging to the working class |
| prolific |
producing offspring abundantly |
| prolix |
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length |
| prologue |
introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel |
| prolong |
to lengthen out in time |
| prominence |
state of being conspicuous |
| prominent |
standing out so as to be seen easily |
| promissory |
containing or implying a promise |
| promontory |
high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast |
| promoter |
one who encourages or organizes |
| promulgate |
to make known by open declaration |
| propaganda |
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm |
| propagate |
to cause to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock |
| propel |
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward |
| propellant |
charge of explosive used to propel the projectile |
| propeller |
device having a revolving hub with radiating blades, for propelling an airplane or ship |
| prophecy |
foretelling or prediction of what is to come |
| prophesy |
to foretell or predict |
| propitious |
presenting favorable conditions |
| proportion |
size of part to whole |
| propulsion |
the act or process forcing to move |
| prosaic |
commonplace or dull |
| proscenium |
arch that separates a stage from the auditorium |
| proscribe |
to denounce or condemn as dangerous or harmful |
| proscription |
the state of being forbidden |
| proselyte |
one who has changed from one opinion or religious belief to another |
| prosody |
science or study of poetic meters and versification |
