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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| preposterous | adj. | Their offer for the purchase was preposterous. | contrary to reason; absurd |
| prerequisite | noun | Competence is prerequisite to promotion. | required or necessary as a prior condition |
| presidential | adj. | They stayed in the presidential suite. | of or relating to a president |
| presumptuous | adj. | It was presumptuous of them to sit there. | going beyond what is right or proper |
| pretentious | adj. | They made a pretentious show of wealth. | claiming or demanding a position when unjustified |
| preview | noun | We saw a preview of movies to be shown. | an advance showing |
| privation | noun | Staying there amounted to privation. | lack of basic necessities |
| procrastinate | verb | She would procrastinate when asked to come. | to put off doing something |
| prodigy | noun | She was a musical prodigy at the age of five. | a person with exceptional talents |
| proletarian | noun | The proletarian must unite to gain power. | the class of industrial wage earners |
| prolific | adj. | Mozart was a prolific musical composer. | producing abundant works or results |
| propaganda | noun | He became the producer of German propaganda. | information directed towards a cause |
| protract | verb | Those events just protracted the negotiations. | to draw out or lengthen in time |
| protrude | verb | His big stomach protruded past his belt, | to jut out; project |
| provincial | adj. | They made me feel uncomfortably provincial. | not fashionable or sophisticated |
| adj. | The provincial government had opposed that. | of or relating to the provinces | |
| provisional | adj. | The provisional government held a convention. | serving only for the time being; temporary |
| provocation | noun | That provocation will result in rioting. | something that provokes or incites |
| proximity | noun | An explosion occurred in our immediate proximity. | the state of being near or next; closeness |
| pseudonym | noun | Samuel Clemens used Mark Tawin as a pseudonym. | a fictitious name assumed by an author |
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