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Word List pretentious prevailing prevarication primary prime primordial priority probe proclamation procrastinate prodigious profane profess proficient profound progeny proliferate promontory propensity prophet proponent proposition propriety prose proselytize

Synonyms

Select the word that most nearly is a synonym of the given words.

______	1.	early; primitive
		a. primordial b. prose c. proselytize d. pretentious

______	2.	skillful 2; masterly
		a. probe b. proclamation c. pretentious d. proficient

______	3.	maiden; first
		a. prevarication b. primary c. proposition d. profess

______	4.	auspex; foreteller
		a. profound b. prophet c. profane d. prose

______	5.	expediency; appropriateness
		a. propriety b. propensity c. prime d. promontory

______	6.	morning; daybreak
		a. prime b. profess c. propriety d. proselytize

______	7.	bent; tendency
		a. probe b. prodigious c. prevailing d. propensity

______	8.	bouncer; tale
		a. proliferate b. prevarication c. priority d. progeny

______	9.	regnant; current
		a. prevailing b. profane c. progeny d. proselytize

______	10.	amazing; stupendous
		a. propensity b. proposition c. probe d. prodigious

______	11.	inquisition; research
		a. primary b. probe c. prevarication d. priority

______	12.	expounder; exponent
		a. prevailing b. proponent c. proficient d. probe

______	13.	previousness; precedence
		a. proliferate b. promontory c. profound d. priority

______	14.	dally; dawdle
		a. proclamation b. priority c. procrastinate d. proliferate

______	15.	chin; chat
		a. prose b. progeny c. primary d. prodigious

______	16.	foreland; cape
		a. promontory b. procrastinate c. proficient d. primary

______	17.	peacockish; orchidaceous
		a. proclamation b. pretentious c. proliferate d. proselytize

______	18.	lay; secular
		a. prime b. profound c. probe d. profane

______	19.	begats; issue
		a. proselytize b. progeny c. propensity d. prevarication

______	20.	advertisement; promulgation
		a. prevarication b. proclamation c. proficient d. priority

______	21.	aver; assert
		a. profess b. proclamation c. prevarication d. proficient

______	22.	hermetic; occult
		a. primordial b. prose c. profound d. promontory

______	23.	invitation; proposal
		a. prose b. profound c. proposition d. proclamation