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Question 1

pervade

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弥漫，充满：throughout

Question 2

pessimistic

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悲观的：take the gloomiest possible view

Question 3

petition

Answer 3

请愿，正式的申请，申请书：supplication or request；（尤指正式地）请求：,make a request

Question 4

petrify

Answer 4

使僵化，使失去活力：become stiff

Question 5

petty

Answer 5

细微的，不重要的：small importance

Question 6

phenomenal

Answer 6

不寻常的，非凡的：out of the ordinary

Question 7

philanthropic

Answer 7

博爱的，为他人着想的：welfare of others

Question 8

philistine

Answer 8

市侩（注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人）：guided by materialism

Question 9

phlegmatic

Answer 9

冷静的，无感情的，淡漠的：calm, sluggish temperament

Question 10

piddling

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微不足道的：trifling or trivial

Question 11

piebald

Answer 11

杂色的：different colors；混合的，杂糅而成的：different sorts

Question 12

pigment

Answer 12

颜料：color；给…上颜色：color

Question 13

pilfer

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偷窃：steal

Question 14

pillar

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柱子：support；（物质、精神等方面的）支柱：support

Question 15

pillory

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当众嘲弄：public contempt

Question 16

pilot

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领航员，飞行员：steer a ship；初步性的，试验性的：tentative model；带领通过：lead

Question 17

pine

Answer 17

渴望，奢望：yearn；因渴望而憔悴：lose vigor

Question 18

pinnacle

Answer 18

顶峰：highest point

Question 19

pinpoint

Answer 19

非常精确的：extreme precision；精确定位或确认：identify with precision

Question 20

piquant

Answer 20

辛辣开胃的：pungent taste；令人振奋的：provocative

Question 21

pique

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使愤怒：arouse anger；激起，刺激：excite or arouse

Question 22

pirate

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盗版，盗用：without actual right；海岛：robber seas

Question 23

pithy

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精练的，简洁的：brief

Question 24

pitiless

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没有同情心的：devoid of pity

Question 25

pittance

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少量津贴：small portion

Question 26

placate

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（通过让步以）平息抚慰：lessen the anger

Question 27

placebo

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安慰性的事物：used to appease or reassure

Question 28

plagiarize

Answer 28

剽窃，抄袭：steal ideas

Question 29

plangent

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轰鸣的：loud sound；凄凉的，哀伤的：plaintive

Question 30

plastic

Answer 30

可塑的：modified；虚假的，做作的：lacking in natural

Question 31

plateau

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高原：raised above；稳定时期，平台期：stable level

Question 32

platitude

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陈词滥调：banal statement；缺乏原创性：lack of originality

Question 33

plausible

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看似有理的：superficially reasonable

Question 34

pleat

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打褶：fold

Question 35

plentitude

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大量：ample amount

Question 36

plethora

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过量，过剩：excess

Question 37

pliable

Answer 37

易弯曲的，柔软的：supple；易受影响的，温顺的：easily influenced

Question 38

pliant

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易弯曲的：easily bent；顺从的：yielding

Question 39

plight

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困境：unfortunate

Question 40

plod

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沉重缓慢地走：walk heavily

Question 41

pluck

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敢于面对困难的勇气：courage；弹奏（弦乐）：strings pulling releasing

Question 42

plumb

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测深度：measure the depth；垂直的：vertical；仔细深入地检查；探索，探究：examine deeply

Question 43

plummet

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突然下降：decline suddenly

Question 44

plump

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丰满的：well-around；鼎力支持，赞不绝口：give full support

Question 45

plunge

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突然下降：descend suddenly；插入，刺入：penetrate

Question 46

polarize

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使分开对立，使两极分化：break into opposing

Question 47

polemic

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争执：argument

Question 48

polished

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有教养的：high degree of refinement；擦亮的：shiny

Question 49

politic

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精明能干的：shrewdness；合时宜的，明智的：suitable

Question 50

pompous

Answer 50

浮夸的：ornate；傲慢的：self-importance