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Lion (India)
GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  2. propound
    put forward, as of an idea
  3. propriety
    correct behavior
  4. propulsive
    having the power to move forward with force
  5. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  6. proscenium
    the part of a stage between the curtain and the orchestra
  7. proscribe
    command against
  8. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  9. protean
    taking on different forms
  10. protege
    a person who receives support from an influential patron
  11. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  12. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  13. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  14. protrude
    extend out or project in space
  15. protuberance
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
  16. provenance
    where something originated or started
  17. provender
    food for domestic livestock
  18. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  19. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  20. proviso
    a stipulated condition
  21. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  22. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  23. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  24. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  25. prune
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  26. prurient
    characterized by lust
  27. pry
    be nosey
  28. psyche
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
  29. psychopathic
    suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
  30. psychosis
    severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost
  31. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  32. pugilist
    someone who fights with fists for sport
  33. pugnacity
    a natural disposition to be hostile
  34. puissant
    powerful
  35. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  36. pulverize
    make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  37. pummel
    strike, usually with the fist
  38. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  39. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  40. puny
    of inferior size
  41. purgatory
    a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
  42. purge
    rid of impurities
  43. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  44. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  45. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  46. putative
    purported
  47. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  48. pyromaniac
    a person with a mania for setting things on fire
  49. quack
    the sound made by a duck
  50. quadruped
    an animal especially a mammal having four limbs
  51. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  52. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  53. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  54. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  55. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  56. quarantine
    isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
  57. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
Created on Fri May 24 01:50:39 EDT 2013 (updated Fri May 24 02:34:01 EDT 2013)

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