Deck 34 Flashcards

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privation

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lack of comforts or necessities; poverty

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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prodigious

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extraordinary; enormous

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profane

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not having to do with religion, not sacred, irreverent; blasphemous

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profess

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to declare; to declare falsely or pretend

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proficient

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thoroughly competent; skillful

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profligate

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extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral

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profound

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  • deep

- profound understanding is deep understanding

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progeny

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offspring; descendants

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proletariat

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the industrial working class

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promulgate

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to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

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propagate

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to reproduce; to multiply; to spread or disseminate

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propensity

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a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection

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propitious

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marked by favorable signs or conditions

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proprietary

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characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property

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propound

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to set forth or propose; to offer for consideration

17
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propriety

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properness; good manners

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prosaic

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dull; unimaginative; like prose (as opposed to poetry)

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proscribe

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to outlaw; to prohibit

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proselytize

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to convert (someone) to another religion or doctrine

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protege

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a person under the care of someone interested in his welfare or career

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protract

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to prolong

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provident

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preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

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provincial

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limited in outlook to one’s own small corner of the world; narrow

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provisional

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conditional; temporary; tentative