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Proliferate
: MEANING: Increase rapidly in number; multiply
SENTENCE: Science fiction magazines proliferated in the 1920s.
Prolific:
MEANING: Productive; fruitful
SENTENCE: She wrote three songs before breakfast; she was a prolific
songwriter in this stage of her career.

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Propensity:
MEANING: An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a
particular way
SENTENCE: The dog has a propensity to bark, and we have a propensity
to be annoyed by it!
Proscribe:
MEANING: Forbid, especially by law
SENTENCE: The headmaster proscribed the use of mobile phones in the
classroom.
Protracted:
MEANING: Drawn out for a long time, in a tedious way
SENTENCE: The protracted heat had the effect of driving people away
from the city yesterday.
Prudent
: MEANING: Wise; judicious.
SENTENCE: Her partner was prudent with their money and their future,
which made her very happy!
Punctiliously
: MEANING: Fastidiously, very carefully
SENTENCE: British soldiers act punctiliously at the changing of the guard
at Buckingham Palace.
Propitiate:
MEANING: win or regain favour; appease
SENTENCE: He propitiated his mother on Mother’s Day with a bouquet
and a box of chocolates.
Pungent:
MEANING: Having a sharply strong taste or smell
SENTENCE: This homegrown garlic has a particularly pungent flavour.
Propriety:
MEANING: Conforming to good manners or appropriate
behaviour

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SENTENCE: They questioned the propriety of certain investments made
by the council.

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Qualified:
MEANING: officially recognized as being trained to perform a