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proffer |
To offer to another for acceptance. |
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proficiency |
An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science. |
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proficient |
Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry. |
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profile |
An outline or contour. |
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profiteer |
One who profits. |
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profligacy |
Shameless viciousness. |
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profligate |
Abandoned to vice. |
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profuse |
Produced or displayed in overabundance. |
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progeny |
Offspring. |
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progression |
A moving forward or proceeding in course. |
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prohibition |
A decree or an order forbidding something. |
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prohibitionist |
One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
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prohibitory |
Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
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projection |
A prominence. |
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proletarian |
A person of the lowest or poorest class. |
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prolific |
Producing offspring or fruit. |
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prolix |
Verbose. |
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prologue |
A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance. |
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prolong |
To extend in time or duration. |
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promenade |
To walk for amusement or exercise. |
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prominence |
The quality of being noticeable or distinguished. |
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prominent |
Conspicuous in position, character, or importance. |
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promiscuous |
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex). |
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promissory |
Expressing an engagement to pay. |
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promontory |
A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea. |
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promoter |
A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. |
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promulgate |
To proclaim. |
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propaganda |
Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system. |
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propagate |
To spread abroad or from person to person. |
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propel |
To drive or urge forward. |
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propellant |
Propelling. |
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propeller |
One who or that which propels. |
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prophecy |
Any prediction or foretelling. |
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prophesy |
To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance. |
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propitious |
Kindly disposed. |
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proportionate |
Being in proportion. |
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propriety |
Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles. |
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propulsion |
A driving onward or forward. |
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prosaic |
Unimaginative. |
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proscenium |
That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra. |
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proscribe |
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. |
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proscription |
Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege. |
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proselyte |
One who has been won over from one religious belief to another. |
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prosody |
The science of poetical forms. |
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prospector |
One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals. |
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prospectus |
A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking. |
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prostrate |
Lying prone, or with the head to the ground. |
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protagonist |
A leader in any enterprise or contest. |
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protection |
Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil. |
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protective |
Sheltering. |
