GKV 20

Question 1

partisan

(PAHR tuh zun)

Answer 1

党派

n. one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea

Question 2

patent

(PAYT unt)

Answer 2

专利

adj. obvious

Question 3

paternal

(puh TUR nul)

Answer 3

父系

adj. fatherly; fatherlike

Question 4

pathology

(puh THAHL uh jee)

Answer 4

病理

n. the science of diseases

Question 5

patriarch

(PAY tree ahrk)

Answer 5

族长

n. the male head of a family or tribe

Question 6

patrician

(puh TRISH un)

Answer 6

贵族

n. a person of noble birth; an aristocrat

Question 7

patronize

(PAY truh nyze)

Answer 7

光顾

v. to treat as an inferior; to condescend to

Question 8

paucity

((PAW suh tee)

Answer 8

稀缺

n. scarcity

Question 9

peccadillo

(pek uh DIL oh)

Answer 9

佩卡迪略

n. a minor offense

Question 10

pedantic

(puh DAN tik)

Answer 10

迂腐的

adj. boringly scholarly or academic

Question 11

pedestrian

(duh DES tree un)

Answer 11

行人

adj. unimaginative; banal

Question 12

pejorative

(pi JOR uh tiv)

Answer 12

贬义的

adj. negative; disparaging

Question 13

penchant

(PEN chunt)

Answer 13

嗜好

n. a strong taste or liking for something

Question 14

penitent

(PEN uh tunt)

Answer 14

忏悔

adj. sorry; repentant; contrite

Question 15

pensive

(PEN siv)

Answer 15

沉思的

adj. thoughtful and sad

Question 16

peremptory

(puh REMP tuh ree)

Answer 16

蛮横

adj. final; categorical; dictatorial

Question 17

perennial

(puh REN ee ul)

Answer 17

多年生

adj. continual; happening again and again or year after year

Question 18

perfidy

(PUR fuh dee)

Answer 18

背信弃义

n. treachery

Question 19

perfunctory

(pur FUNGK tuh ree)

Answer 19

敷衍

adj. unenthusiastic; careless

Question 20

peripatetic

(per uh peh TET ik)

Answer 20

游走的

adj. wandering; traveliong continually; itinerant

Question 21

periphery

(puh RIF uh ree)

Answer 21

周边

n. the outside edge of something

Question 22

perjury

(PUR jur ee)

Answer 22

伪证

n. lying under oath

Question 23

permeate

(PUR mee ayt)

Answer 23

渗透

v. to spread or seep through; to penetrate

Question 24

pernicious

(per NISH us)

Answer 24

有害

adj. deadly; extremely evil

Question 25

perquisite | (PUR kwuh zit)

Answer 25

额外的 *n.* a privilege that goes along with a job; a "perk"

Question 26

pertinent | (PUR tuh nunt)

Answer 26

相关的 *adj.* relevant; dealing with the matter at hand

Question 27

perturb | (pur TURB)

Answer 27

扰动 *v.* to disturb greatly

Question 28

peruse | (puh ROOZ)

Answer 28

细读 *v.* to read something

Question 29

pervade | (pur VAYD)

Answer 29

遍及 *v.* to spread throughout

Question 30

petulant | (PECH uh lunt)

Answer 30

任性的 *adj.* rude; cranky; ill-tempered