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  1. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  2. propound
    put forward, as of an idea
  3. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  4. proscenium
    the part of a stage between the curtain and the orchestra
  5. proscribe
    command against
  6. versification
    the art or practice of writing literature in metrical form
  7. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  8. protean
    taking on different forms
  9. prosody
    the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  10. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  11. provenance
    where something originated or started
  12. provender
    food for domestic livestock
  13. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  14. proviso
    a stipulated condition
  15. prurient
    characterized by lust
  16. lubricious
    characterized by lust
  17. puissant
    powerful
  18. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  19. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  20. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  21. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  22. purgatory
    a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
  23. expiate
    make amends for
  24. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  25. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  26. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  27. pylon
    a large steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
  28. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  29. swig
    a large and hurried swallow
  30. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  31. quail
    a small game bird
  32. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  33. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  34. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  35. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  36. probationary
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  37. putative
    purported
Created on 七月 24, 2009 (updated 七月 24, 2009)

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