List 22 Flashcards
Privation
Lack of what is needed for existence
Pristine
Free from dirt or decay
Probe
A penetrating investigation
Probity
Honesty, adherence to the highest ideals
Proclivity
癖好
Procrastinate
To put off doing something out of laziness
Procure
To get possession of
Prod
迫使,刺激
Prodigal
挥霍的
Prodigious
Enormous , great in size
Profane
亵渎
Proffer
To offer for acceptance
Proficient
Having an advanced degree of competence
Profligate
Reckless wasteful
Profusion
Abundance
Proliferate
To grow by rapidly producing offspring
Prolix
Tending to speak at excessive length
Prologue
The preface or introduction to a literary work
Prolong
To lengthen in extent
Proofread
校对
Promulgate
To make know by open declaration
Propagate
繁殖,传播
Propensity
倾向,癖好
Prophetic
Predictive
Propitiate
Appease, 劝解
Propitious
吉祥的
Proponent
An advocate
Propriety
礼节
Prosaic
Lacking in imagination
Proscribe
To prohibit
Prosecution
起诉
Proselytize
劝诱改宗
Prospect
勘探
Prosperous
Having success, flourishing
Prostrate
Lying flat
Protean
Displaying great diversity or variety