1. staff; employees   personnel   personal   2. a company of actors, singers or other performers   troop   troupe   3. writing or typing materials   stationery   stationary   4. to continue; to go forward   proceed   precede   5. to advise; to lay down as a course   prescribe   proscribe   6. general survey; critical report; revision   revue   review   7. to act or speak in a misleading or evasive manner   procrastinate   prevaricate