pposite; decorous, conventional, formal, sedate,
demure. Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, unsuitable.

property, n. attribute, trait; estate, wealth, chattels, goods,
resources, assets, inheritance.

prophecy, n. prediction, foretelling, divination, soothsaying,
prognostication, augury, vaticination.

prophesy, v. prognosticate, foretell, divine, augur, predict,
vaticinate.

prophet, n. prognosticator, vaticinator, soothsayer, diviner, oracle,
seer, python.

prophetess, n. sibyl, pythoness.

prophetic, a. prognostic, predictive, fatidical, oracular,
divinatory, vaticinal.

prosperity, n. weal, success, well-being. Antonyms: adversity,
reverses, disaster.

prostitute, n. harlot, whore, strumpet, courtesan.

prostitution, n. harlotry, social evil, whoredom; perversion, misuse,
profanation.

prosy, a. prosaic, dull, tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, jejune.

protect, v. shield, defend, guard, fortify, screen, shelter,
befriend.

protection, n. defense, shield, shelter, tutelage, refuge, bulwark,
coverture, safeguard.

protector, n. defender, guardian, patron.

proud, a. arrogant, vain, haughty, overbearing, supercilious,
cavalier, overweening, disdainful, imperious, lordly, magisterial,
contumelious. Antonyms: meek, humble.

proud flesh. granulation, fungus.

provable, a. demonstrable.

prove, v. verify, corroborate, substantiate, demonstrate. Antonyms:
disprove, refute.

proverb, n. aphorism, maxim, saw, adage. See saying.

provide, v. supply, furnish; stipulate, covenant, agree; cater,
purvey.

provider, n. furnisher, caterer, purveyor, provisor.

provoke, v. incite, stimulate, instigate, rouse; exasperate,
displease, aggravate, offend.

prowess, n. bravery, intrepidity, valor.

prudence, n. discretion, caution.

prudent, a. discreet, cautious, circumspect, provident. Antonyms:
imprudent, incautious.

pry, n. lever; leverage.--v. prize; gaze, inspect.

puberty, n. Associated Words: puberal, pubescence, pubescent,
hebetic, impuberal.

publish, v. promulgate, proclaim, circulate, blazon, announce.
Antonyms: suppress, withhold.

publisher's inscription. colophon, impress, imprint.

pucker, v. crease, corrugate, cockle, purse, wrinkle.

pucker, n. crease, corrugation, cockle, wrinkle; (Colloq.)
confusion, bother, perplexity.

puckery, a. astringent.

puddle, n. pool, plashet, plash.

puerile, a. childish, silly, trifling.

puke, v. vomit.

pull, v. draw, tug, haul, tow, d