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