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a combining form meaning “toward; near,” used in the formation of compound words: proskomide.

a combining form meaning “in front of; forward,” used in the formation of compound words: prosencephalon.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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proscenium.

prosody.

I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pros: Getting to picture yourself gliding efficiently through town, perhaps en route to a snowy assignation.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pros: Feeling, ever so briefly, as though everything is magic and beautiful and also that you are Winona Ryder circa 1990.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All I have done is to select from the Pros and Cons that present themselves to my mind.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies

Uncle Pros knew not the wonder of his own restoration; but to the girl this man before her was something more than mortal.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
And the stranger glanced to where Uncle Pros stood, still occasionally interrogating the back of his neck with fumbling fingers.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
"Uncle Pros, you used to talk to him by the hour, when you didn't know me at all," Johnnie told him chokingly.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
Through it all, both Pros and Johnnie attempted to lead the talk around to some information which might be of use to them.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke