1.Probity (noun)
- Meaning: the quality of having strong moral principles
- Synonym: integrity
- Antonym: blamelessness
- Usage: He asserted his innocence and his financial probity.
2.Proclivity (noun)
- Meaning: a tendency to choose or do something regularly
- Synonym: inclination
- Antonym: antipathy
- Usage: It is the proclivity of the gas companies to raise prices when demand is high.
3.Profligate (adjective)
- Meaning: recklessly extravagant
- Synonym: wasteful
- Antonym: thrifty
- Usage: Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
4.Promulgate (verb)
- Meaning: promote or make widely known
- Synonym: publicize
- Antonym: hide
- Usage: Her ideas have been widely promulgated on the Internet.
5.Proscribe (verb)
- Meaning: forbid
- Synonym: prohibit
- Antonym: allowance
- Usage: They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.
6.Protean (adjective)
- Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily.
- Synonym: variable
- Antonym: constant
- Usage: He is a protean actor who is capable of playing numerous characters.
7.Prurient (adjective)
- Meaning: having or encouraging an excessive interest
- Synonym: licentious
- Antonym: pure
- Usage: We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
8.Puerile (adjective)
- Meaning: childishly silly and immature.
- Synonym: infantile
- Antonym: mature
- Usage: The story in the book is simple and puerile.
9.Pugnacious (adjective)
- Meaning: eager or quick to argue
- Synonym: combative
- Antonym: peaceable
- Usage: John’s pugnacious behavior causes him to have few friends
10.Pulchritude (noun)
- Meaning: beauty
- Synonym: allure
- Antonym: grotesque
- Usage: Her dress shows her pulchritude to advantage.
