proclive

Proclive

Pro*clive"\, a. [L. proclivis sloping, inclined; pro forward + clivus hill: cf. F. proclive. See Declivity, and cf. Proclivous.] Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] --Mrs. Browning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Proclive is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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