Vocabulary : Prometheus to Promise

Prometheus : The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.
Prominence : Alt. of Prominency
Prominency : The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness. ;; That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Prominent : Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase. ;; Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building. ;; Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
Prominently : In a prominent manner.

Promiscuity : Promiscuousness; confusion.
Promiscuous : Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass. ;; Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
Promiscuously : In a promiscuous manner.
Promiscuousness : The quality or state of being promiscuous.
Promise : In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act. ;; An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made. ;; That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise. ;; Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised. ;; To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to p

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