Flashcards in List 19 Deck (100):
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ponderable
有价值的，值得考虑的：considerable
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ponderous
沉重的：great weight；沉闷无聊的：unpleasantly dull
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pontificate
傲慢地说或做：speak pompous
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pore
仔细浏览，仔细研究：read or study attentively
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porous
多孔可渗透的：admitting liquid
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portentous
预兆性的，凶兆的：sign of evil；勾起兴趣的，令人遐想的：eliciting amazement
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poseur
故作姿态的，不真诚的人：affected insincere
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posit
假定，断定：affirm
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postulate
前提条件：starting point；假定为真：assume true
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posture
姿势，姿态：way of holding the body；故作姿态，装模作样：pretended attitude
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potable
饮品，尤指有酒精饮料：beverage；适于饮用的：suitable for drinking
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potentate
有权势的人：has the power
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potentiate
激活，加强：more active
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pout
（尤指撅嘴或板着脸）表示不悦：show displeasure
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practitioner
职业人士：profession
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prairie
大草原：treeless grassland
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prate
闲聊，空谈：talk idly
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preach
传道，布道：sermon
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precarious
危险的，不稳定的：lacking security, stability；可疑的，不明确的：uncertain
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precedent
先例，前例：earlier occurrence；先前的：prior
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precipice
悬崖峭壁：steep
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precipitate
匆忙的：careless speed；促使，导致：cause to happen
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precipitation
沉积物，尤指降水：deposit, rain, snow；仓促：disorderly speed
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precipitous
非常陡峭的：steep；匆忙的：careless speed
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preclude
预先阻止：make impossible in advance；排斥：exclude
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precursor
先驱者，先导：precedes
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predecessor
前任，先辈：previously occupied
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predilection
爱好，偏袒：disposition favor
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preeminent
优秀的，重要的：paramount
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preempt
预先占有：seize, before others；替换：replace
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preen
整理（羽毛）：smooth feathers；打扮修饰：dress oneself elaborate；自满：take pride
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preface
序言：preliminary statement
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pregnant
重要的，意味深长的：full of meaning；怀孕的：containing offspring
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premeditate
预先考虑：consider beforehand
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preoccupation
非常关系，全神贯注：extreme concern
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preponderant
占优势的，更重要的：superior importance
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prepossessing
给人好感的，有魅力的：impress favorably
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preposterous
荒谬的，不符合常理的：contrary common sense
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presage
征兆：sign or warning；预示，预言：predict
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prescience
预知，先见：knowledge before
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prescription
规定，传统的规矩：rule
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preservative
防腐剂：protect against decay
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prestige
声望，威望：respect
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presumptuous
放肆的，冒昧的：overstepping bounds；傲慢的：feeling of superiority
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pretense
虚假，伪装：pretending deceive；自大，优越感：exaggerated sense of one’s importance
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preternatural
超乎寻常：surpassing usual
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prevail
盛行，战胜：greater in strength
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prevalent
流行的，普遍的：commonly accepted
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prevaricate
支吾其词，撒谎：evade truth
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primordial
原始的，最初的：happening first
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primp
精心打扮：adorn finicky
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principal
主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank
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pristine
纯净的，质朴的，未被文明腐蚀的：pure, free from dirt or decay
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privation
缺乏，穷困：lack
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probe
深入调查：penetrating investigation
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probity
正直：moral standards
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proclivity
癖性，爱好：inclination
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procrastinate
（因为懒散）拖延：put off laziness
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procure
获得，取得：get possession
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prod
促使…行动：persuade
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prodigal
挥霍的：spendthrift；败家子：spends freely
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prodigious
巨大的：great in size；惊人的，了不起的：astonishment
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profane
亵渎：treat abuse, irreverence, contempt；滥用：bad or improper use
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proffer
献出，提供：offer
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proficient
熟练的，精通的：advanced competence
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profligate
挥金如土的，挥霍的：wasteful；败家子：spends money freely；堕落的人：below the normal moral standard
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profundity
深奥，深刻：abstruse
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profusion
丰富，大量：abundance；挥霍，浪费：wasteful
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prohibitive
禁止的，阻止的：prohibit, restrain；（价格高得）抑制购买的：purchase
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proliferate
快速繁殖；激增：grow or multiply by rapidly offspring
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prolix
啰嗦的，冗长的：excessive length
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prologue
序言：preface
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prolong
延长，拖延：lengthen
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proofread
校对：find errors and mark corrections
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promulgate
正式宣布：make known
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propagate
繁殖：increase；传播，宣传：spread out
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propensity
倾向，癖好：inclination
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prophetic
预言的，预示的：foretelling
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propitiate
抚慰，劝解：appease
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propitious
吉祥的：favorably happy outcome
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proponent
建议者，支持者：support
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propriety
礼节：conformity socially acceptable；适当，得体：suitable or fitting
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prosaic
单调的，常见的：normal course of events
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proscribe
禁止，排斥：forbid
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prosecution
实行，执行：doing
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proselytize
（使）改变信仰：change religious faith
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prospect
探查，勘探：go into discovery；期待，期望的事物：looking forward to
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prosperous
成功的，繁盛的：vigorous growth, well-being
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prostrate
平躺（的），使平躺：lying flat；衰弱的，使衰竭：weakness
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protean
善变的；多才多艺的：diversity, variety, versatile
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protocol
正确的礼仪规范：correct conduct
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protract
延长，拖长：lengthen, prolong
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protrude
突出：project
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protuberant
隆起的，凸出的：thrusting out
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provident
节俭的：frugal, economical；有远见的：awareness for the future
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providential
天意的，幸运（的）：divine intervention
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provincial
狭隘（的）：limited perspective
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provisional
临时的：temporary
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provisory
有附带条件的；临时的：conditional
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