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Prep
- noun - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
Prey
- noun - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
- animal hunted or caught for food
- prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
- profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
Prig
- noun - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Prim
- adjective - affectedly dainty or refined
- assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"
- contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
- dress primly
- exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Pris
- - See Price, and 1st Prize.
Pro-
- - A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.
Proa
- - A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
Prod
- noun -
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
- urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
Prof
- noun - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university