English Word Root: pro

before, forward, in front of, taking care of, in place of, on behalf of
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1 probation   Speak   Example Sentences
n. act of proving; trial period
2 problem   Speak   Example Sentences
n. any question involving difficulty
3 problematic   Speak   Example Sentences
a. open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
4 procedure   Speak   Example Sentences
n. act or manner of moving forward; steps taken in an action
5 proceed   Speak   Example Sentences
n. follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
6 proceeding   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
7 proceeds   Speak   Example Sentences
n. profit, money made from selling something; income arising from land or other property
8 process   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a series of actions taken in order to achieve a particular end
9 procession   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a line of people who are all walking or travelling in the same direction, as part of a ceremony
10 proclaim   Speak   Example Sentences
v. declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive
11 proclivity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
12 procrastinate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
13 procrastination   Speak   Example Sentences
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   Speak   Example Sentences
v. bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come
15 prodigal   Speak   Example Sentences
a. wasteful; reckless with money
16 prodigious   Speak   Example Sentences
a. impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
17 prodigy   Speak   Example Sentences
n. person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
18 produce   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make or manufacture, create, bring forth
19 product   Speak   Example Sentences
n. (plural) the totality of goods that a company makes available
20 productive   Speak   Example Sentences
a. having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results
21 productivity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
22 profane   Speak   Example Sentences
v. violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
23 profess   Speak   Example Sentences
v. state freely; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
24 profession   Speak   Example Sentences
n. occupation requiring special education
25 professional   Speak   Example Sentences
a. engaged in, or suitable for a profession
26 professionalism   Speak   Example Sentences
n. expertness characteristic of a professional person
27 proffer   Speak   Example Sentences
v. hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
28 proficiency   Speak   Example Sentences
n. skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
29 proficient   Speak   Example Sentences
a. skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
30 profile   Speak   Example Sentences
n. outline; a biographical sketch
31 profit   Speak   Example Sentences
n. advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property
32 profiteer   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
33 profligate   Speak   Example Sentences
a. inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
34 profound   Speak   Example Sentences
a. deep; not superficial; far-reaching
35 profoundly   Speak   Example Sentences
ad. deeply; in a way that has a strong effect; extremely
36 profuse   Speak   Example Sentences
a. in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
37 profusion   Speak   Example Sentences
n. overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
38 progenitor   Speak   Example Sentences
n. direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
39 progeny   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
40 prognosis   Speak   Example Sentences
n. forecasted course of a disease;  forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease
41 progress   Speak   Example Sentences
n. moving or going forward; proceeding onward; advancing
42 progression   Speak   Example Sentences
n. sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
43 progressive   Speak   Example Sentences
a. forward-looking; advancing; incremental
44 prohibit   Speak   Example Sentences
v. ban; taboo; forbid
45 prohibitive   Speak   Example Sentences
a. tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
46 prohibitively   Speak   Example Sentences
ad. forbiddingly; in a prohibitive manner; so as to prohibit
47 project   Speak   Example Sentences
n. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; program; plan; scheme
48 projectile   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object
49 projecting   Speak   Example Sentences
a. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
50 projection   Speak   Example Sentences
n. plan for an anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
51 projectionist   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who operates the projector in a movie house
52 projector   Speak   Example Sentences
n. an optical device for projecting a beam of light
53 proletarian   Speak   Example Sentences
n. member of working class; blue collar person
54 proliferate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
55 proliferation   Speak   Example Sentences
n. rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
56 prolific   Speak   Example Sentences
a. producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
57 prolixity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail
58 prologue   Speak   Example Sentences
n. introduction, usually to a poem or play
59 prolong   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make longer; draw out; lengthen
60 promenade   Speak   Example Sentences
v. walk for pleasure, display, or exercise
61 prominence   Speak   Example Sentences
n. relative importance; the property of being prominent; a standing out from the surface of something
62 prominent   Speak   Example Sentences
a. very well known and important; immediately noticeable
63 promiscuous   Speak   Example Sentences
a. having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
64 promise   Speak   Example Sentences
v. tell someone that you will certainly do something
65 promising   Speak   Example Sentences
a. likely to develop desirably; affording hope
66 promontory   Speak   Example Sentences
n. natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape
67 promote   Speak   Example Sentences
v. help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize
68 promoter   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a person who helps to organize or finance an event; active supporter or advocate
69 promotional   Speak   Example Sentences
a. intended to advertise something in order to sell it
70 promulgate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. proclaim doctrine or law; make known by an official publication
71 pronghorn   Speak   Example Sentences
n. antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
72 pronounced   Speak   Example Sentences
a. very noticeable or certain; distinct; strongly marked
73 proofread   Speak   Example Sentences
v. read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
74 propaganda   Speak   Example Sentences
n. organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles
75 propagate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number
76 propellant   Speak   Example Sentences
n. something that propels or drives forward
77 propeller   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a device that causes a ship or aircraft to move, consisting of two or more blades that spin at high speed
78 propensity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
79 proper   Speak   Example Sentences
a. belonging to one; individual; belonging to the natural or essential constitution; not common or particular
80 prophecy   Speak   Example Sentences
n. declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
81 prophet   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed
82 prophetic   Speak   Example Sentences
a. foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
83 prophylactic   Speak   Example Sentences
a. defending or protecting from disease or infection
84 propinquity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
85 propitiate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make peace with; appease and render favorable
86 propitious   Speak   Example Sentences
a. presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous
87 proponent   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
88 proportion   Speak   Example Sentences
n. percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole
89 proposal   Speak   Example Sentences
n. something proposed; an act of proposing; an offer of marriage
90 propose   Speak   Example Sentences
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
91 proposition   Speak   Example Sentences
n. plan suggested for acceptance; a matter to be dealt with; subject for discussion or analysis
92 propound   Speak   Example Sentences
v. put forward; offer for consideration or debate
93 proprietor   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who has legal title to something; owner
94 proprietorship   Speak   Example Sentences
n. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
95 propriety   Speak   Example Sentences
n. fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
96 propulsion   Speak   Example Sentences
n. push; driving force; an act of propelling
97 propulsive   Speak   Example Sentences
a. driving forward; having power to propel
98 proscribe   Speak   Example Sentences
v. command against; banish;  not allow something  
99 prosecute   Speak   Example Sentences
v. seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
100 prosecutor   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one who carries out legal action, especially criminal proceedings; one who prosecutes any purpose, plan, or business
101 proselytize   Speak   Example Sentences
v. induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
102 prospect   Speak   Example Sentences
v. search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
103 prospector   Speak   Example Sentences
n. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
104 prospectus   Speak   Example Sentences
n. summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
105 prosper   Speak   Example Sentences
v. flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger
106 prosperity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
107 prosperous   Speak   Example Sentences
a. successful; thriving; having or characterized by financial success or good fortune
108 prostrate   Speak   Example Sentences
v. put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
109 protagonist   Speak   Example Sentences
n. the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
110 protean   Speak   Example Sentences
a. versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
111 protect   Speak   Example Sentences
v. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
112 protectionist   Speak   Example Sentences
n. an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports
113 protege   Speak   Example Sentences
n. a person guided and protected by a more prominent person
114 protein   Speak   Example Sentences
n. one of the many substances found in food, such as meat or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow
115 protest   Speak   Example Sentences
n. expression of disagreement and disapproval;  complain against
116 protocol   Speak   Example Sentences
n. code of correct conduct; rules governing socially acceptable behavior; record of a transaction
117 prototype   Speak   Example Sentences
n. original work used as a model; original type
118 protract   Speak   Example Sentences
v. prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
119 protrude   Speak   Example Sentences
v. extend out or project in space; stick out
120 protruding   Speak   Example Sentences
a. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
121 protuberance   Speak   Example Sentences
n. something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body
122 provenance   Speak   Example Sentences
n. place of origin; source; provenience
123 providence   Speak   Example Sentences
n. act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
124 provident   Speak   Example Sentences
a. displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies
125 provincial   Speak   Example Sentences
a. relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
126 provincialism   Speak   Example Sentences
n. regionalism; localism; a lack of sophistication
127 provisional   Speak   Example Sentences
a. temporary; provided for present need only
128 provocation   Speak   Example Sentences
n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
129 provocative   Speak   Example Sentences
a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
130 provoke   Speak   Example Sentences
v. stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
131 provoking   Speak   Example Sentences
a. troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
132 proximity   Speak   Example Sentences
n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
133 proxy   Speak   Example Sentences
n. authority to act for another; agent or substitute