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to set down a rule
"The directions prescribe how we ought to play the game." |
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premonition, sense of foreboding
"The events today are a presentiment of the danger to come." |
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sleight of hand
"The magician's prestidigitation prevented us from seeing any of his tricks." -legerdemain |
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rude, improperly bold
"The presumptuous intruder was rude." |
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to lie, evade from the truth
"The murderer prevaricated from admitting that he had killed her." |
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original, existing from the beginning
"The primordial cells existed from conception." |
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lack of usual necessities or comforts
"He wanted to be in privation; not living with the basic comforts of western life." |
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honesty, high-mindedness
"He was the best example of candor, showing pristine probity." |
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tendency, inclination
"He always has a proclivity to prefer ice cream over candy." |
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wasteful, extravagent, lavish
"prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal life." |
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vast, enormous, extraordinary
"a prodigious storm is approaching; i know by my presentiment." |
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corrupt, degenerate
"The profligate murder has no moral restraint." |
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lavish, extravagent
"The profuse manshion is extremely lavish." |
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originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line
"We all loved the game, but we knew that my father was the progenitor of our interest." |
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offspring, children
"The progency traced from the matrilineal ancestry all prove to be accomplished people." |
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prediction of disease outcome; any prediction
"He gave a prognosis of what would happen based on his knowledge of the facts." |
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to predict
"The sage always tries to prognosticate future events." |
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productive, fertile
"A prolific artist, he produces new paintings each week." |
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tedious; wordy
"I hate editing a prolix manuscript" |
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piece of land or rock higher than its surroundings
"The promontory that is Table Mountain gives everyone a sense of direction in South Africa." |
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to make known publicly
"Although celebrities sometimes do announce affairs on their own, the press often promulgates for them." |
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to breed
"The breeder attempted to propagate the beloved dogs." |
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inclination, tendancy, prediliction
"He always has a propensity to prefer reading books over watching movies." |
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nearness
"The propinquity of our goal is steadly approaching." |
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to win over, appease
"Try to propitiate them at the business dinner; we need their support." |
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favorable, advantageous
"The propitious time to get married is, some believe, the auspicious time." |
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relating to prose; dull, commonplace
"His prosaic literary style is boring." |
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to condemn; to forbid, outlaw
"The UN proscribed the country's horrid acts." |
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ordinary language used in every day speech
"People enjoy reading Hemmingway due to his use of prose - making them feel at ease." |
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to induce someone to convert to a particular belief or religion
"Mormons are accused of proselytizing people into their religion." |
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