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Question 1

primp

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精心打扮：adorn finicky

Question 2

principal

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主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank

Question 3

pristine

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纯净的，质朴的，未被文明腐蚀的：pure, free from dirt or decay

Question 4

privation

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缺乏，穷困：lack

Question 5

probe

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深入调查：penetrating investigation

Question 6

probity

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正直：moral standards

Question 7

proclivity

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癖性，爱好：inclination

Question 8

procrastinate

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（因为懒散）拖延：put off laziness

Question 9

procure

Answer 9

获得，取得：get possession

Question 10

prod

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促使…行动：persuade

Question 11

prodigal

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挥霍的：spendthrift；败家子：spends freely

Question 12

prodigious

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巨大的：great in size；惊人的，了不起的：astonishment

Question 13

profane

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亵渎：treat abuse, irreverence, contempt；滥用：bad or improper use

Question 14

proffer

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献出，提供：offer

Question 15

proficient

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熟练的，精通的：advanced competence

Question 16

profligate

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挥金如土的，挥霍的：wasteful；败家子：spends money freely；堕落的人：below the normal moral standard

Question 17

profundity

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深奥，深刻：abstruse

Question 18

profusion

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丰富，大量：abundance；挥霍，浪费：wasteful

Question 19

prohibitive

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禁止的，阻止的：prohibit, restrain；（价格高得）抑制购买的：purchase

Question 20

proliferate

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快速繁殖；激增：grow or multiply by rapidly offspring

Question 21

prolix

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啰嗦的，冗长的：excessive length

Question 22

prologue

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序言：preface

Question 23

prolong

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延长，拖延：lengthen

Question 24

proofread

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正式宣布：make known

Question 25

promulgate

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校对：find errors and mark corrections

Question 26

propagate

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繁殖：increase；传播，宣传：spread out

Question 27

propensity

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倾向，癖好：inclination

Question 28

prophetic

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预言的，预示的：foretelling

Question 29

propitiate

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抚慰，劝解：appease

Question 30

propitious

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吉祥的：favorably happy outcome

Question 31

proponent

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建议者，支持者：support

Question 32

propriety

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礼节：conformity socially acceptable；适当，得体：suitable or fitting

Question 33

prosaic

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单调的，常见的：normal course of events

Question 34

proscribe

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禁止，排斥：forbid

Question 35

prosecution

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实行，执行：doing

Question 36

proselytize

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（使）改变信仰：change religious faith

Question 37

prospect

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探查，勘探：go into discovery；期待，期望的事物：looking forward to

Question 38

prosperous

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成功的，繁盛的：vigorous growth, well-being

Question 39

prostrate

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平躺（的），使平躺：lying flat；衰弱的，使衰竭：weakness

Question 40

protean

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善变的；多才多艺的：diversity, variety, versatile

Question 41

protocol

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正确的礼仪规范：correct conduct

Question 42

protract

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延长，拖长：lengthen, prolong

Question 43

protrude

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突出：project

Question 44

protuberant

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隆起的，凸出的：thrusting out

Question 45

provident

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节俭的：frugal, economical；有远见的：awareness for the future

Question 46

providential

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天意的，幸运（的）：divine intervention

Question 47

provincial

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狭隘（的）：limited perspective

Question 48

provisional

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临时的：temporary

Question 49

provisory

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有附带条件的；临时的：conditional

Question 50

provoke

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激怒：incite anger；驱使，激起：stir feeling