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patrician

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贵族，名门望族：high birth；贵族的，地位高的：high birth

Question 2

patriot

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爱国者：loves country

Question 3

patronize

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赞助：provide aid；以高人一等的态度对待：treat haughtily

Question 4

paucity

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少量，缺乏：dearth

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paunchy

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大腹便便的，大肚子的：potbelly

Question 6

peck

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大量：considerable amount；（不情愿地）小口咬：in small bites

Question 7

pedagogue

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教育者，老师：give formal instruction

Question 8

pedant

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书呆子，墨守成规之人：formal rules

Question 9

predestine

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预先注定：in advance

Question 10

pedestrian

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行人：traveling on foot；平庸无奇的，令人厌倦的：causing weariness

Question 11

peep

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一瞥：brief look；轻声：slight sound

Question 12

peer

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同等地位的人，同辈：equal；好奇地凝视：look

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peeve

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打扰，惹恼：disturb

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pejorative

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轻蔑的，贬低的：disparaging

Question 15

pellucid

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透明的：admitting light；清晰明确的，易懂的：clear

Question 16

pen

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监狱：confinement；关押，监禁：close

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penalty

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（对罪行的）处罚：punishment

Question 18

penchant

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嗜好，迷恋：strong inclination

Question 19

penitent

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悔过的：regretful

Question 20

pensive

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沉思的，（尤指）哀思的：thinking

Question 21

penury

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贫穷：dearth；吝啬，节俭：frugality

Question 22

perambulate 

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徒步穿越，走过：travel over

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perceptible

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可察觉的：being perceived

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peremptory

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不容反抗的：not allowing contradiction；爱发号施令的：ordering people；傲慢的：feeling of superiority

Question 25

perfervid

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非常热情的：exaggerated emotion

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perfidy

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不忠，背信弃义：disloyalty

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perforate

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打孔，穿透：make a hole

Question 28

perfunctory

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例行公事的，敷衍的：superficially；不感兴趣的：lacking in interest

Question 29

perimeter 

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边界，界限：outer limit

Question 30

periodical 

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期刊：publication；周期性的，有固定间隔的：regular intervals

Question 31

peripatetic

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巡游的，四处游历的：place to place

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peripheral

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外围的：boundary or periphery；辅助性的：supply

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perish

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死亡，消亡：cease to exist

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permanent

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永恒的：continuing or enduring, forever

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permeable

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可渗透的：penetrated

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pernicious

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有害的：injurious

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peroration

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（演讲的）结束语：concluding part；（正式的）演讲，致辞：formal discourse

Question 38

perpetual

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永恒的，不断的：continuing forever

Question 39

persecute

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迫害，折磨：cause suffering

Question 40

persevere

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坚持不懈，不屈不挠：persist

Question 41

persiflage

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打趣：teasing

Question 42

persistence

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坚持，持续：lasting existence

Question 43

personable

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风度翩翩的，吸引人的：attractive

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perspicacious

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极敏锐的，有洞察力的：penetrating mental discernment

Question 45

perspicuity

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清晰明了的：clearness and lucidity

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pertain

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有关联的：have a relation

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pertinacious

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顽固的，固执地坚持的：sticking

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pertinent

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相关的，恰当的：relevance

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perturb

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使扰乱，使烦躁不安：trouble the mind

Question 50

peruse

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细读：examine with great care