要你命你3000 (G-N) Flashcards
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gallant
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1) brave, bold
2) chivalrous, elevated, loft
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gambol
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to leap about playfully, cavort
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garish
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gaudy, blatant, flamboyant, glaring, marked by strident color
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gash
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incision, laceration, rip , tear
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gibe
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deride, jeer, ridicule, mock, sneer
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giddy
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1) frivolous, flighty, frothy, not serious
2) elated, euphoric, exhilarated
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gild
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polish to give deceptive appearance
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gladiator
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belligerent, fighter
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glitch
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fault, lapse, peccadillo, minor malfunction
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glutinous
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adherent, gluey, sticky
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glutton
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gourmand, a person who eats immoderate amount of food
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gobble
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devour, gorge, guzzle, swill
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grandstand
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to play or act to impress others
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grate
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1) rasping sound, abrade, scrape
2) irritate, gall, nettle, peeve
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gripe
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1) to carp, fuss, grumble
2) disturb, annoy, bother
constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back
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grisly
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appalling, dreadful, gruesome, horrifying, macabre
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grovel
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to crouch in fearful submission
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gull
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to cause to believe what is untrue, bamboozle, beguile, cozen, dupe, delude, hoodwink
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gush
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flow in great volume, outpour
water gushing from the hydrant
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grimace
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frown, scowl, a face expression with pain and disgust
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hack
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1)雇佣文人
2) to deal with sth skillfully, address, cope with, manoeuvre
just couldn’t hack the new job
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hale
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bouncing, fit, robust, sound
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half-baked
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daft, preposterous, not judicious, harebrained
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hard-bitten
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hardened, sturdy, tough, stout
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harrow
agonise, beset, torment
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hallow
consecrate, sacralise, sanctify
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harry
harass, disturb
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haven
a place of safety, asylum, harbor, refuge
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havoc
disarray, disarrangement, welter, demolishment, devastation
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hearken
attend, heed, mind
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jeremiad
diatribe, harangue, rant, philippic
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haunt
visit often, frequent
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hidebound
die-hard, conservative, favor established ideas
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hie
rush, hasten, hurry
| we had best hie home before the rain gets worse
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hovel
cabin, hut, a wretched house
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husk
to remove the natural covering, shell
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husky
1) big and muscular
| 2) coarse, grating, harsh, rusty
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idyll
frisk, frolic, gambol, revel, a carefree episode
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ignominy
discredit, dishonor, odium, obloquy 耻辱
| He spent the remainder of his life in ignominy after being involved in a bribery scandal.
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immanent
essential, inborn, inbred, indigenous, innate, ingrained
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immemorial
dating or surviving from the distant past
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imperative
1) compulsory, forced, obligatory 命令的
| 2) needing immediate attention, critical, emergent, exigent 迫切的
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imperious
1) autocratic, despotic 命令的
2) arrogant, bumptious, pompous, peremptory, presumptuous
3) compelling, dire, emergent 迫切的
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implacable
adamant, dogged, headstrong, intransigent 固执的, 无法平息的
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incandescent
1) beaming, brilliant, luminous
| 2) ardent, demonstrative, emotional, fervid
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incantation
spoken words with magic power, bewitchment, enchantment, glamour
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inconsequential
1) fallacious, illogical, invalid
| 2) frivolous, insignificant, minor, minute
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incursion
invasion, foray, raid
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indelible
ingrained, ineradicable
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indulgent
decadent, forbearing, sybaritic, tolerant 放纵
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inexorable
inflexible, adamant, odurate
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inkling
clue, cue, hint
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insolent
impertinent, impudent
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insentient
1) insensible, lacking perception
| 2) not having a deep understanding, unwise
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instate
appoint, designate, inaugurate, induct 任命
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instigate
arouse, foment, goad, incite
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insular
local, provincial, regional
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intemperate
immoderate, overindulgent, unrestrained, extreme
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intercessor
buffer, conciliator, intermediate
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interim
gap, interval, interlude, parenthesis
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inveigh
gripe, object, protest, remonstrate 漫罵
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inveigle
allure, bait, entice, win over by coaxing 誘騙
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invidious
1) abhorrent, detestable, repugnant 令人反感
| 2) covetous, envious, jealous
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invoke
1)enforce, effect
New train timetable has been invoked.
2)bring, catalyze, cause
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irate
apoplectic, choleric
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jabber
babble, blabber, drivel
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jape
jest, quip, banter
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jibe
accord, conform, agree
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jitters
nerves, shivers, butterflies, dither
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kindred
unanimous, amicable, compatible, friction-less
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knack
artifice, device, gambit, ploy
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kudos
1) credit, homage, honor, distinction
| 2) acclaim, accolade, applause
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laible
capricious, fluctuating, mercurial
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lampoon
burlesque, caricature, farce, parody
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lank
1) emaciated, lean, slender
| 2) flaccid, floppy, yielding 柔软松弛
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latitude
license, freedom, free hand
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legion
1) army, flock, herd, swarm
| 2) beaucoup, multi-fold, numerous
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libertine
backslider, decadent, debaucher, profligate
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limpid
1) clear, crystal
2) collected, composed, level, peaceful, placid
the limpid outlook of a man who is at peace with himself as he awaits death
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lithe
1) agile, gracile, nimble
| 2) flexible, limber, pliable
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loutish
boorish, churlish, clumsy, crude, uncivilized
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lugubrious
mournful, deploring, doleful, lamentable, melancholy
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lull
1) break, a momentary halt
2) balm, becalm, compose
The absence of attacks for such an extended period had lulled the nation into a false sense of security.
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lurch
careen, falter, stagger, stumble, teeter
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lurk
snake, steal, 潜伏
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macabre
appalling, atrocious, dreadful
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maculate
dot, besmirch, spot, stain, dirty
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malaise
decrepitude, feebleness,infirmity, sickliness
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malicious
malevolent, malign, despiteful, spiteful 恶意
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mangle
1) deform, distort, to injure with deep disfiguring wounds
| 2) ruin, spoil, screw up
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mangy
contemptible, despicable, execrable, sordid, squalid
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matriculate
admit, enroll, recruit, register
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measly
inconsiderable, minute, paltry, petty
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meet
applicable, apt, becoming, fitting
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mesh
ensnare, entoil, entrap, snare, tangle
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miff
aggravate, annoy, ire, enrage, vex
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mint
1) abundant amount
| 2) intact, original, perfect, pristine
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mire
dilemma, entangle, entrap, broil
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misdemeanor
infraction, infringnement, offense, peccadillo
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mite
hint, molecule, pittance, trace
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monologue
solo, soliloquy
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mosaic
montage, motley, variety, welter
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montage
collage, hodgepodge, medley, motley
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mottle
to mark spots or blotches of different colors, dapple, marble
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muffle
attenuate, dampen, mute, soften
| close the window to muffle outside noises
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mulish
immovable, intractable, obstinate
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mutter
gripe, grizzle, grouch, grumble, moan, repine抱怨
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grouch
gripe, grizzle, grumble, moan, repine, fuss, carp
| "there's not a lot to grouch about"抱怨
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natty
trimly neat and tidy, dapper
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nefarious
atrocious, degenerate, devious, heinous, miscreant, vicious
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nerve
1) bravery, guts, intrepidity, stamina
| 2) animate, cheer, embolden, encourage
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nettle
arouse anger, aggravate, exasperate, inflame
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nicety
accuracy, delicacy, finesses, precision
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nip
nibble, sip, mite, snap, hint
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notch
1) v-shaped cut
| 2) obtain through effort, attain, gain
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noxious
1) unwholesome, baneful, deleterious, pernicious
| 2) abhorrent, abominable, appalling, dreadful, hideous, loathsome
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nudge
encourage, exhort, goad, prod, prompt
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nugatory
inconsequential, inconsiderable, negligible
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obliging
accommodative, friendly , willing to do favour
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oblivious
not knowing, unwitting, insensible, incognizant
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obscure
1) ambiguous, arcane
2) not prominent or famous, uncelebrated
3) to make dim, indistinct
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obviate
forestall, preclude, avert
| The new treatment obviates the need for surgery.
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offhand
ad-lib, extemporary, improvised 臨時
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offish
aloof, detached
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offkey
strange, abnormal, out of accord of normal . 不寻常的，不合适的
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ominous
baleful, portentous, sinister, threatening, minatory
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opine
comment, note, reflect, express opinions
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oration
harangue, declamation, a speech in pompous manner
| （颇有野心、自高自大的）演说
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oust
deprive, displace, unthrone, drive out
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ostensible
apparent, seemingly
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overt
open and observable, not hidden
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oxymoron
combination of contradictory or incongruous words
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padding
embellishment, embroidery, hyperbole vs meiosis, understatement
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paean
joyous song or hymn of praise, accolade, eulogy
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pallid
ashen, ashy, wan, dull, lack of vitality 无生气的，缺乏活力的
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paltry
inconsequential, niggling, piddling, trifling
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panache
flamboyance in style 炫耀
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panegyric
eulogy, hymn, paean, accolade
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paroxysm
1) outburst of emotion, flush, eruption
| 2) bouleversement, cataclysm, violent disturbance 大动荡
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parsimonious
mean, mingy, miserly, stinting
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pastiche
1) motley, hodgepodge, medley
| 2) burlesque, caricature, parody
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patriot
loyalist, nationalist, partisan
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peck
abundance, bunch, mass, much, a considerable amount
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pen
jail, prison, encase, encage, immure
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peremptory
1) compulsory, forced, imperative
| 2) haughty, imperious, lofty, pompous
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peroration
conclusion, denouement, epilogue, finale
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persecute
agonize, anguish, harrow, torment
| people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith
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petrify
damp, dampen, deaden, ossify
| Pressure from family has petrified his once innovative mind.
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phenomenal
exceptional, extraordinary, rare
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philistine
市侩（注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人）
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pillory
abase, debase, degrade, humiliate 被示众嘲弄
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plangent
1) blaring, blasting, resonant, sonorous
| 2) doleful, lugubrious
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plateau
a stable level, stasis 稳定时期，平台期
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plumb
1) absolute, complete
2) examine deeply, measure the depth (fathom)
3) exactly vertical
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plump
advocate, champion, endorse, give full support
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ponderous
1) cumbersome, heavy, onerous
| 2) dreary, dull, monotonous
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portentous
baleful, direful, foreboding, inauspicious, menacing
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potentate
authority, monarch, ruler 君主
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pout
grump, sulk, show displeasure , pucker（特别是撅嘴）表示不悦
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prate
babble, chat, talk idly
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precipitate
1) cursory, headlong, hurried
| 2) accelerate, escalate, expedite
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preempt
displace, replace, supersede
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pregnant
meaningful, profound, significant
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privation
deprivation, loss
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propitiate
appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, placate
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prosaic
everyday, commonplace
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prostrate
debilitated, effete, enervated, languid, sapped
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providential
lucky, fluky, fortuitous
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provisory/ provisional
conditional, short-term, provisional
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prude
moralist, easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
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prudish
prim, 过分守礼
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puckish
devilish, waggish, mischievious
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pundit
savant, scholar, expert
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puny
diminutive, dwarfish, weak, inferior size
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purvey
supply, furnish (food)
