Deck 34 Flashcards
privation
lack of comforts or necessities; poverty
prodigal
wastefully extravagant
prodigious
extraordinary; enormous
profane
not having to do with religion, not sacred, irreverent; blasphemous
profess
to declare; to declare falsely or pretend
proficient
thoroughly competent; skillful
profligate
extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral
profound
- deep
- profound understanding is deep understanding
progeny
offspring; descendants
proletariat
the industrial working class
promulgate
to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something
propagate
to reproduce; to multiply; to spread or disseminate
propensity
a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
propitious
marked by favorable signs or conditions
proprietary
characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property