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Question 1

outwit

Answer 1

瞒骗，以智取胜：surpass cunning

Question 2

overbearing

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专横傲慢的：arrogant；压倒一切的，（在力量或重要性上）势不可挡的；支配的，显著的：overwhelming in power

Question 3

overlap

Answer 3

（与…）部分重叠：same area

Question 4

overt

Answer 4

明显的，公开的：open

Question 5

overture

Answer 5

前言：introductory, preclude；序曲：introduction opera

Question 6

oxymoron

Answer 6

矛盾修饰法：combination contradictory

Question 7

pacify

Answer 7

使平静，安慰：ease the anger

Question 8

padding

Answer 8

夸张，废话：go beyond the facts

Question 9

paean

Answer 9

欢乐颂：joyous song praise

Question 10

painstaking

Answer 10

煞费苦心的：diligent care

Question 11

palatable

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感到愉悦满足的：pleasure or contentment

Question 12

palatial

Answer 12

宫殿般奢华的：ornateness

Question 13

pall

Answer 13

失去兴趣：interest attraction

Question 14

palliate

Answer 14

平息，减轻：less severe intense

Question 15

pallid

Answer 15

无生气的，缺乏活力的：lacking radiance vitality；苍白无血色的：pale

Question 16

palmy

Answer 16

繁荣的：prosperity

Question 17

palpable

Answer 17

摸得到的：capable touched；明显的，易觉察的：obvious

Question 18

palter

Answer 18

欺骗，讨价还价：insincerely deceitfully

Question 19

paltry

Answer 19

无价值的，微不足道的：importance；让人厌恶的，让人鄙视的：loathing and disgust

Question 20

pan

Answer 20

严厉批评：harsh criticism

Question 21

panache

Answer 21

炫耀：flamboyance

Question 22

pandemic

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大范围流行的：widespread

Question 23

pandemonium

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喧嚣，骚动：noise

Question 24

panegyric

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赞颂之词，颂文：eulogistic

Question 25

panoramic

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全景的：complete view

Question 26

parable

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寓言：teach a basic truth

Question 27

paradigm

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典范，模范：pattern

Question 28

paradise

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天堂，极乐世界：perfection and happiness；快乐，狂喜：pleasurable emotion

Question 29

paradox

Answer 29

表面矛盾实际可能正确的话，悖论：opposed to commonsense

Question 30

paragon

Answer 30

优秀模范：example；把…比作，显示相似：compare

Question 31

paramount

Answer 31

最重要的：chief importance

Question 32

paranoid

Answer 32

多疑的，对他人极端恐惧和怀疑的：extreme fear of distrust

Question 33

paraphrase

Answer 33

转述，意译，改写；in different words

Question 34

parch

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炽，烤，烤干：dry

Question 35

parenthesis 

Answer 35

间断：interruption

Question 36

pariah

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被排斥或鄙视的人：despised or rejected

Question 37

parity

Answer 37

相称，同等，平等：being equal

Question 38

parody

Answer 38

（以嘲笑原作作者的）模仿作品：imitated for ridicule；模仿（以嘲弄）：copy to make fun

Question 39

paroxysm

Answer 39

（感情、动作的）突发：outburst；（政治、社会领域呃）大动荡：disturbance

Question 40

parrot

Answer 40

（机械地）模仿，复制：imitate without understanding

Question 41

parry 

Answer 41

躲避（问题）：evade

Question 42

parsimonious

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过度节俭的，吝啬的：stinginess

Question 43

partial

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偏袒的，偏爱的：biased；部分的，不完整的：lacking

Question 44

particularize

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详述：give details

Question 45

partisan

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跟随者，信徒：follows；（狂热。坚定的）拥护者，支持者：excessively devoted；偏袒的：one side

Question 46

pastiche

Answer 46

（带嘲讽的）模仿：imitates with satirical intent；大杂烩：hodgepodge

Question 47

partition

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分割，划分：dividing

Question 48

patent

Answer 48

显而易见的，明显的：readily visible

Question 49

pathological

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不正常的，病态的：markedly abnormal

Question 50

patina

Answer 50

外表：superficial；（由内而外散发的）氛围，气场：appearance or aura