List 15&16 Flashcards
Perspicuous
Clearly expressed or presented
Perspicacious
Of acute mental vision
Pertinent
Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
Pervade
To beak the diffused throughout
Pestilential
引起瘟疫的
Petulant
Peevish 易怒的
Philanthropic
慈善的,博愛的
Philistine
庸俗的人
Phlegmatic
Unemotional
Phobia
An exaggerated illogical fear
Phonetic
About the sounds of human speech
Piety
Fidelity to parents, religious devotion to God
Pious
Showing deep respect for God
Pitcher
A container for liquids
Pitfall
陷阱
Pithy
言简意赅的
Placate
To soothe or mollify
Placebo
安慰剂
Placid
Serenely free of interruption
Plaintive
Melancholy
Platitude
A banal remark 陈词滥调
Plausible
Superficially reasonable
Plethora
Excess, superfluidity
Pliable
Supple enough to bend freely
Pliant
Easily influenced
Plump
Having full rounded usually pleasing form
Poise
To hold in equilibrium
Portend
To give an omen
Posthumous
Following or occurring after death
Postulate
To demand
Potable
Suitable for drinking
Potent
Having force, authority
Potshot
盲目射击
Pounce
The claw of a bird of prey
Pragmatic
Relating to matters of fact
Precarious
Dependent on uncertain premises 未证实的,不稳固的
Precipitate
To bring about abruptly
Precipitous
Very steep
Preclude
To rule out in advance , to exclude
Preconception
先入之见
Predecessor
前辈
Predispose
使预先有倾向
Premise
前提
Premonition
A feeling that is going to happen
Prerequisite
先决条件
Prerogative
特权
Prescient
有先见的
Prestigious
有名望的
Pretentious
夸耀的
Prevail
战胜
Prevalent
Widespread
Prig
自命清高者
Pristine
Belonging to the earliest period
Probity
Honesty
Proclivity
An inclination toward
Procurement
The obtaining be effort or careful attention
Prod
To poke , to stir up
Proficient
Skillful
Profuse
丰富的,浪费的
Promulgate
To out a law into action
Prone
俯卧的,倾向于
Proofread
To read and mark corrections
Propitious
Favorable, advantage
Proprietary
私有的
Prosaic
散文,无趣的
Proscribe
禁止
Prose
散文
Prostrate
俯卧的
Proselytize
皈依
Prototype
An original model
Protract
Prolong
Protrude
突出
Provident
深谋远虑的,突出的
Provision
A stock of needed supplies
Provisional
Temporary
Proximity
临近
Prudish
过分守礼的
pugnacious
好斗的
Puncture
刺穿
Pungent
辛辣的,尖锐的
Purport
Meaning implied 涵义
Quagmire
沼泽地
Quaint
Unusual and attractive
Qualm
疑惧
Quarantine
隔离检验期
Querulous
抱怨的
Quiescence
静止,沉寂
Raciness
生动活泼
Radiant
Vividly bright and shining
Radicalism
激进主义
Radically
In origin or essence
Rampant
猖獗的
Ramshackle
摇摇欲坠的
Rancid
Stinking
Rancor
Enmity
Ratify
To approve formally
Raucous
Harsh
Raze
To destroy completely
Reactionary
极端保守的
Rebuke
To criticize sharply
Recalcitrant
顽抗的
Recapitulate
To repeat the principal point
Recede
To move back
Recessive
隐性遗传的
Reciprocate
To make a return for Sth
Recluse
隐士
Recoil
To fall back under pressure
Recollect
To remember, to remind
Recondite
Difficult for understanding
Recourse
A turning to sb
Rectify
To correct by removing errors
Recuperate
To recover
Redeem
To atone for