pro-

Usage

• prognosticate

  To prognosticate is to predict or forecast something.

• prophylactic

  A prophylactic is used as a preventative or protective agent to keep someone free from disease or infection.

• profundity

  When someone exhibits profundity, they display great intellectual depth and understanding; profundity can also be the depth or complexity of something.

• improvise

  When someone improvises, they make something up at once because an unexpected situation has arisen.

• progenitor

  A progenitor is someone's ancestor; they can also be the originator of something.

• provisional

  A provisional measure is temporary or conditional until more permanent action is taken.

• prowess

  If you have prowess, you possess considerable skill or ability in something.

• prominent

  Something or someone that is prominent stands out or is noticeable in some way.

• profound

  A profound saying is one of deep understanding that is both wise and rich in meaning.

• proboscis

  A proboscis is a long, flexible nose, such as the trunk of an elephant or the long-nosed monkey.

• provide

  When you provide things for someone, you give them what they need or want.

• prognosis

  a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

• prophecy

  knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• prophesy

  predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

• prophet

  an authoritative person who divines the future

• prophetess

  a woman prophet