List 15&16 Flashcards
(113 cards)
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Perspicuous
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Clearly expressed or presented
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Perspicacious
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Of acute mental vision
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Pertinent
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Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
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Pervade
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To beak the diffused throughout
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Pestilential
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引起瘟疫的
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Petulant
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Peevish 易怒的
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Philanthropic
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慈善的，博愛的
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Philistine
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庸俗的人
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Phlegmatic
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Unemotional
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Phobia
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An exaggerated illogical fear
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Phonetic
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About the sounds of human speech
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Piety
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Fidelity to parents, religious devotion to God
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Pious
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Showing deep respect for God
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Pitcher
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A container for liquids
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Pitfall
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陷阱
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Pithy
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言简意赅的
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Placate
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To soothe or mollify
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Placebo
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安慰剂
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Placid
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Serenely free of interruption
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Plaintive
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Melancholy
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Platitude
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A banal remark 陈词滥调
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Plausible
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Superficially reasonable
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Plethora
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Excess, superfluidity
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Pliable
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Supple enough to bend freely
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Pliant
Easily influenced
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Plump
Having full rounded usually pleasing form
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Poise
To hold in equilibrium
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Portend
To give an omen
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Posthumous
Following or occurring after death
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Postulate
To demand
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Potable
Suitable for drinking
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Potent
Having force, authority
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Potshot
盲目射击
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Pounce
The claw of a bird of prey
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Pragmatic
Relating to matters of fact
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Precarious
Dependent on uncertain premises 未证实的，不稳固的
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Precipitate
To bring about abruptly
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Precipitous
Very steep
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Preclude
To rule out in advance , to exclude
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Preconception
先入之见
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Predecessor
前辈
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Predispose
使预先有倾向
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Premise
前提
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Premonition
A feeling that is going to happen
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Prerequisite
先决条件
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Prerogative
特权
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Prescient
有先见的
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Prestigious
有名望的
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Pretentious
夸耀的
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Prevail
战胜
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Prevalent
Widespread
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Prig
自命清高者
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Pristine
Belonging to the earliest period
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Probity
Honesty
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Proclivity
An inclination toward
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Procurement
The obtaining be effort or careful attention
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Prod
To poke , to stir up
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Proficient
Skillful
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Profuse
丰富的，浪费的
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Promulgate
To out a law into action
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Prone
俯卧的，倾向于
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Proofread
To read and mark corrections
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Propitious
Favorable, advantage
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Proprietary
私有的
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Prosaic
散文，无趣的
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Proscribe
禁止
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Prose
散文
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Prostrate
俯卧的
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Proselytize
皈依
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Prototype
An original model
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Protract
Prolong
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Protrude
突出
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Provident
深谋远虑的，突出的
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Provision
A stock of needed supplies
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Provisional
Temporary
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Proximity
临近
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Prudish
过分守礼的
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pugnacious
好斗的
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Puncture
刺穿
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Pungent
辛辣的，尖锐的
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Purport
Meaning implied 涵义
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Quagmire
沼泽地
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Quaint
Unusual and attractive
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Qualm
疑惧
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Quarantine
隔离检验期
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Querulous
抱怨的
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Quiescence
静止，沉寂
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Raciness
生动活泼
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Radiant
Vividly bright and shining
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Radicalism
激进主义
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Radically
In origin or essence
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Rampant
猖獗的
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Ramshackle
摇摇欲坠的
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Rancid
Stinking
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Rancor
Enmity
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Ratify
To approve formally
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Raucous
Harsh
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Raze
To destroy completely
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Reactionary
极端保守的
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Rebuke
To criticize sharply
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Recalcitrant
顽抗的
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Recapitulate
To repeat the principal point
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Recede
To move back
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Recessive
隐性遗传的
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Reciprocate
To make a return for Sth
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Recluse
隐士
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Recoil
To fall back under pressure
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Recollect
To remember, to remind
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Recondite
Difficult for understanding
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Recourse
A turning to sb
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Rectify
To correct by removing errors
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Recuperate
To recover
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Redeem
To atone for
