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  1. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  2. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  3. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  4. pore
    any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid
  5. porous
    full of holes
  6. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  7. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  8. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  9. postulate
    maintain or assert
  10. posture
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  11. potable
    suitable for drinking
  12. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  13. potentiate
    increase the effect of or act synergistically with
  14. pout
    be in a huff and display one's displeasure
  15. practitioner
    someone who carries out a learned profession
  16. prairie
    a treeless grassy plain
  17. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  18. preach
    deliver a sermon
  19. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  20. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  21. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  22. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  23. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  24. precipitous
    extremely steep
  25. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  26. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  27. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  28. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  29. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  30. preempt
    acquire for oneself before others can do so
  31. preen
    clean with one's bill
  32. preface
    a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
  33. pregnant
    carrying a developing baby within the body
  34. premeditate
    consider, ponder, or plan beforehand
  35. preoccupation
    the mental state of being obsessed by something
  36. preponderant
    having superior power or influence
  37. prepossessing
    creating a favorable impression
  38. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  39. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  40. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  41. prescription
    the action of issuing authoritative rules or directions
  42. preservative
    tending or having the power to protect or prevent decay
  43. prestige
    a high standing achieved through success or influence
  44. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  45. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
  46. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  47. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  48. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  49. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  50. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  51. primp
    dress or groom with elaborate care
  52. principal
    main or most important
  53. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  54. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  55. probe
    an exploratory action or expedition
  56. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  57. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  58. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  59. procure
    get by special effort
  60. prod
    push against gently
  61. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  62. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  63. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  64. proffer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  65. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  66. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  67. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  68. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  69. prohibitive
    tending to discourage, especially of prices
  70. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  71. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  72. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  73. prolong
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  74. proofread
    read for errors
  75. promulgate
    state or announce
  76. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  77. propensity
    a natural inclination
  78. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  79. propitiate
    make peace with
  80. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  81. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  82. propriety
    correct behavior
  83. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  84. proscribe
    command against
  85. prosecution
    legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
  86. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  87. prospect
    the possibility of future success
  88. prosperous
    in fortunate circumstances financially
  89. prostrate
    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  90. protean
    taking on different forms
  91. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  92. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  93. protrude
    extend out or project in space
  94. protuberant
    curving, jutting, or bulging outward
  95. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  96. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  97. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  98. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  99. provisory
    subject to a stipulated condition
  100. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
Created on Mon Sep 18 00:51:34 EDT 2023

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