Word Root: pro

1 probation     

n. act of proving; trial period

2 problem     

n. any question involving difficulty

3 problematic     

a. open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve

4 procedure     

n. act or manner of moving forward; steps taken in an action

5 proceed     

n. follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward

6 proceeding     

n. a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

7 proceeds     

n. profit, money made from selling something; income arising from land or other property

8 process     

n. a series of actions taken in order to achieve a particular end

9 procession     

n. a line of people who are all walking or travelling in the same direction, as part of a ceremony

10 proclaim     

v. declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

11 proclivity     

n. inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning

12 procrastinate     

v. postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness

13 procrastination     

n. putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time; slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

14 procure     

v. bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come

15 prodigal     

a. wasteful; reckless with money

16 prodigious     

a. impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous

17 prodigy     

n. person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder

18 produce     

v. make or manufacture, create, bring forth

19 product     

n. (plural) the totality of goods that a company makes available

20 productive     

a. having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results

21 productivity     

n. quality or state of being productive; productiveness.

22 profane     

v. violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse

23 profess     

v. state freely; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

24 profession     

n. occupation requiring special education

25 professional     

a. engaged in, or suitable for a profession

26 professionalism     

n. expertness characteristic of a professional person

27 proffer     

v. hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance

28 proficiency     

n. skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise

29 proficient     

a. skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

30 profile     

n. outline; a biographical sketch

31 profit     

n. advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property

32 profiteer     

n. one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk

33 profligate     

a. inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral

34 profound     

a. deep; not superficial; far-reaching

35 profoundly     

ad. deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely

36 profuse     

a. in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal

37 profusion     

n. overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense

38 progenitor     

n. direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder

39 progeny     

n. one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product

40 prognosis     

n. forecasted course of a disease;  forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease

41 progress     

n. moving or going forward; proceeding onward; advancing

42 progression     

n. sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal

43 progressive     

a. forward-looking; advancing; incremental

44 prohibit     

v. ban; taboo; forbid

45 prohibitive     

a. tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding

46 prohibitively     

ad. forbiddingly; in a prohibitive manner; so as to prohibit

47 project     

n. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme

48 projectile     

n. a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object

49 projecting     

a. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

50 projection     

n. plan for an anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface

51 projectionist     

n. one who operates the projector in a movie house

52 projector     

n. an optical device for projecting a beam of light

53 proletarian     

n. member of working class; blue collar person

54 proliferate     

v. grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce

55 proliferation     

n. rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction

56 prolific     

a. producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile

57 prolixity     

n. tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail

58 prologue     

n. introduction, usually to a poem or play

59 prolong     

v. make longer; draw out; lengthen

60 promenade     

v. walk for pleasure, display, or exercise

61 prominence     

n. relative importance; the property of being prominent; a standing out from the surface of something

62 prominent     

a. very well known and important; immediately noticeable

63 promiscuous     

a. having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

64 promise     

v. tell someone that you will certainly do something

65 promising     

a. likely to develop desirably; affording hope

66 promontory     

n. natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape

67 promote     

v. help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize

68 promoter     

n. a person who helps to organize or finance an event; active supporter or advocate

69 promotional     

a. intended to advertise something in order to sell it

70 promulgate     

v. proclaim doctrine or law; make known by an official publication

71 pronghorn     

n. antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

72 pronounced     

a. very noticeable or certain; distinct; strongly marked

73 proofread     

v. read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction

74 propaganda     

n. organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles

75 propagate     

v. cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number

76 propellant     

n. something that propels or drives forward

77 propeller     

n. a device that causes a ship or aircraft to move, consisting of two or more blades that spin at high speed

78 propensity     

n. natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection

79 proper     

a. belonging to one; individual; belonging to the natural or essential constitution; not common or particular

80 prophecy     

n. declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future

81 prophet     

n. one who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed

82 prophetic     

a. foretelling events as if by divine inspiration

83 prophylactic     

a. defending or protecting from disease or infection

84 propinquity     

n. property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature

85 propitiate     

v. make peace with; appease and render favorable

86 propitious     

a. presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous

87 proponent     

n. one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer

88 proportion     

n. percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole

89 proposal     

n. something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage

90 propose     

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

91 proposition     

n. plan suggested for acceptance; a matter to be dealt with; subject for discussion or analysis

92 propound     

v. put forward; offer for consideration or debate

93 proprietor     

n. one who has legal title to something; owner

94 proprietorship     

n. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

95 propriety     

n. fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness

96 propulsion     

n. push; driving force; an act of propelling

97 propulsive     

a. driving forward; having power to propel

98 proscribe     

v. command against; banish;  not allow something  

99 prosecute     

v. seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

100 prosecutor     

n. one who carries out legal action, especially criminal proceedings; one who prosecutes any purpose, plan, or business

101 proselytize     

v. induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith

102 prospect     

v. search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil

103 prospector     

n. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

104 prospectus     

n. summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature

105 prosper     

v. flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger

106 prosperity     

n. good fortune; financial success; physical well-being

107 prosperous     

a. successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune

108 prostrate     

v. put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat

109 protagonist     

n. the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion

110 protean     

a. versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes

111 protect     

v. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

112 protectionist     

n. an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports

113 protege     

n. a person guided and protected by a more prominent person

114 protein     

n. one of the many substances found in food, such as meat or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow

115 protest     

n. expression of disagreement and disapproval;  complain against

116 protocol     

n. code of correct conduct; rules governing socially acceptable behavior; record of a transaction

117 prototype     

n. original work used as a model; original type

118 protract     

v. prolong; draw out or lengthen in time

119 protrude     

v. extend out or project in space; stick out

120 protruding     

a. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

121 protuberance     

n. something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body

122 provenance     

n. place of origin; source; provenience

123 providence     

n. act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight

124 provident     

a. displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies

125 provincial     

a. relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated

126 provincialism     

n. regionalism; localism; a lack of sophistication

127 provisional     

a. temporary; provided for present need only

128 provocation     

n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation

129 provocative     

a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate

130 provoke     

v. stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling

131 provoking     

a. troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations

132 proximity     

n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation

133 proxy     

n. authority to act for another; agent or substitute