List 22 Flashcards

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Privation

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Lack of what is needed for existence

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Pristine

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Free from dirt or decay

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Probe

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A penetrating investigation

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Probity

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Honesty, adherence to the highest ideals

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Proclivity

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癖好

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Procrastinate

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To put off doing something out of laziness

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Procure

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To get possession of

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Prod

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迫使,刺激

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Prodigal

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挥霍的

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Prodigious

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Enormous , great in size

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Profane

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亵渎

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Proffer

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To offer for acceptance

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Proficient

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Having an advanced degree of competence

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Profligate

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Reckless wasteful

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Proliferate

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To grow by rapidly producing offspring

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Prolix

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Tending to speak at excessive length

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Prologue

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The preface or introduction to a literary work

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Prolong

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To lengthen in extent

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Proofread

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校对

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Promulgate

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To make know by open declaration

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Propagate

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繁殖,传播

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Propensity

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倾向,癖好

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Prophetic

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Predictive

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Propitiate
Appease, 劝解
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Propitious
吉祥的
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Proponent
An advocate
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Propriety
礼节
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Prosaic
Lacking in imagination
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Proscribe
To prohibit
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Prosecution
起诉
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Proselytize
劝诱改宗
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Prospect
勘探
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Prosperous
Having success, flourishing
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Prostrate
Lying flat
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Protean
Displaying great diversity or variety
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Protocol
正确的礼仪规范
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Protract
To draw out or lengthen in time
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Protrude
突出
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Protuberant
隆起的,突出的
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Provident
Frugal, economical节俭的
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Providential
天意的
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Provincial
Narrow and self centered
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Provisional
Temporary
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Provisory
Conditional带有附加条件的
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Prowess
Superior strength
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Prowl
巡游以猎取食物
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Prude
过分守礼的人
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Prudent
Wise
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Prudish
过分守礼
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Prune
梅干,修剪
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Pry
刺探
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Pseudonym
假名
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Pucker
噘嘴,使收缩
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Puckish
淘气的,顽皮的
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Puerile
Immature
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Puissance
Power, might
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Pulchritude
Beauty
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Pulverize
研磨成粉
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Pun
双关语
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Punctilious
注意细节的,一丝不苟的
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Pundit
A person who gives opinions in an authoritative
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Pungent
Taste with a sharp acrid sensation
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Puny
Inferior size, weak
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Purlieu
A frequently visited place
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Purloin
To steal
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Pervey
To supply food
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Pusillanimous
懦弱的,胆小得令人鄙视
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Quack
A pretender to medical skill
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Quaff
大口喝
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Quail
To shrink back in fear
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Qualify
Qualified support 有限的支持
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Quandary
A state of doubt
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Quarantine
To isolate from normal relations
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Quarry
采石场
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Quash
To put down or suppress forcibly
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Quaver
To speak in a quivering voice
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Quell
To put down forcibly
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Quench
冷却,淬火
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Querulous
Habitually complaining
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Quibble
吹毛求疵
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Quiescent
Being quiet
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Quixotic
Idealistic without regard to practicality
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Quotidian
Commonplace
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Rabble
混乱的人群
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Rabid
Extremely zealous or enthusiastic
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Raconteur
善于讲故事的人
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Racy
Lively
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Raffish
粗俗的
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Raffle
抽奖
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Rafter
Parallel beams that support a roof