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WORLDLIST37 Flashcards

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precept

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N. /箴言，格言/practical rule guiding conduct

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precinct

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N. /区/district or division of a city.

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precipice

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N. /悬崖；危险的位置/cliff; dangerous position

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precipitate

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ADJ. /突如其来的；鲁莽的，匆忙的/rash; premature; hasty; sudden.

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precipitate

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V. /猛抛；促使，促成/throw headlong; hasten.

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precipitous

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ADJ. /陡峭的；急躁的/steep; overhasty

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précis

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N. /大纲；摘要/concise summing up of main points.

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precise

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ADJ. /精确的，准确的/exact

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preclude

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V. /避免，排除/make impossible; eliminate.

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precocious

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ADJ. /早熟的/advanced in development

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precursor

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N. /先驱/forerunner

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predator

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N. /掠夺者，食肉动物/creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits
others.

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predecessor

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N. /前任；前辈/former occupant of a post

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predetermine

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V. /预先倾向；预先决定/predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly.

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predicament

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N. /困境；窘境/tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma.

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predilection

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N. /爱好；偏袒/partiality; preference.

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predispose

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V. /预先安排，使偏向于/give an inclination toward; make susceptible to.

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preeminent

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ADJ. /杰出的，卓越的/outstanding; superior.

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preempt

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V. /先占，先取/head off; forestall by acting first

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preen

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V. /把（自己）打扮漂亮；自满/make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction.

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prehensile

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ADJ. /能握住的；能抓住的/capable of grasping or holding

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prelate

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N. /高级教士/church dignitary

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prelude

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N. /前奏，先驱/introduction; forerunner

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premeditate

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V. /预谋，预先考虑/plan in advance.

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premise

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N. /预述，假定/assumption; postulate

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premonition

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N. /预感，前兆/forewarning.

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preposterous

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ADJ. /荒谬的，乖戾的/absurd; ridiculous.

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prerogative

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N. / 特权，天赋的特权/privilege; unquestionable right

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presage

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V. /先见，预感/foretell

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prescience

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N. /预知，先见/ability to foretell the future

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presentiment

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N. /预感/feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear; premonition

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prestige

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N. /声望；威望/impression produced by achievements or reputation

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presumptuous

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ADJ. /放肆的；专横的，傲慢的/overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties

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pretentious

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ADJ. /自命不凡；自夸的/ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious

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preternatural

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ADJ. /超自然的/beyond what is normal in nature

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pretext

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N. /借口；托辞/excuse.

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prevail

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V. /劝服，盛行/induce; triumph over

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prevalent

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ADJ. /普遍的；流行的/widespread; generally accepted

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prevaricate

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V. /支吾，搪塞/lie

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prey

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N. /被掠食者，牺牲者/target of a hunt; victim.

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prim

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ADJ. /整洁的；一本正经的/very precise and formal; exceedingly proper

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primordial

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ADJ. /最初的，原始的；/existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary

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primp

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V. /打扮，装饰/groom oneself with care; adorn oneself.

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pristine

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ADJ. /原始的，原来的，未受腐蚀的/characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled

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privation

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N. /匮乏，穷困/hardship; want

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probe

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V. /探测，探索/explore with tools

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problematic

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ADJ. /问题的；有疑问的/doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing.

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proclivity

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N. /倾向；癖性/inclination; natural tendency

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procrastinate

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V. /延迟，耽搁/postpone; delay or put off.

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prod

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V. /刺；戳，督促/poke; stir up; urge

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prodigal

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ADJ. /极浪费的，挥霍的/wasteful; reckless with money

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prodigious

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ADJ. /巨大的，庞大的/marvelous; enormous

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prodigy

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N. /奇迹，神童/marvel; highly gifted child

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profane

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V. /亵渎，玷污/violate; desecrate; treat unworthily

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profligate

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adj，放荡的，不检点 ，肆意挥霍的

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profound

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ADJ. /，深奥的，渊博的，深刻的/deep; not superficial; complete

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profusion

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N. /极丰富，挥霍/overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess

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progenitor

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N. /祖先，起源/ancestor

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progeny

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N. /子孙，后裔/children; offspring

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prognosis

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N. /预测/forecasted course of a disease; prediction

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projectile

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N. /射弹/missile

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proletarian

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N. /无产者，工人/member of the working class; blue collar person

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proliferation

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/增长，扩展/rapid growth; spread; multiplication.

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prolific

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ADJ. /多产的；丰富的/abundantly fruitful

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prolixity

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N. /冗长；啰嗦/tedious wordiness; verbosity

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prologue

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N. /序言/introduction (to a poem or play

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prolong

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V. /延长，拖延/make longer; draw out; lengthen.

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prominent

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ADJ. /显著的；卓越的/conspicuous; notable; sticking out.

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promiscuous

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ADJ. /杂乱的；淫乱的/mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular, particularly sexually.

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promontory

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N. /岬；海角/headland

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promote

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V. /提拔；促进；发扬/help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize

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prompt

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V. /提示；促使，（给演员）提白，cause,provoke,provide a cue for actor

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promulgate

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V. /发布；公布/proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication

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prone

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ADJ. /有。。。倾向的，易于。。。的/inclined to; prostrate

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propagate

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V. /繁殖，宣传/multiply; spread

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propellants

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N. /推进剂，火箭燃料/substances that propel or drive forward

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propensity

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N. /倾向/natural inclination

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prophetic

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ADJ. /预言的/foretelling the future

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propinquity

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N. /相近，邻近/nearness; kinship

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propitiate

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V. /劝解/appease

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