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Privation

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Lack of what is needed for existence

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Pristine

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Free from dirt or decay

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Probe

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A penetrating investigation

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Probity

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Honesty, adherence to the highest ideals

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Proclivity

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癖好

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Procrastinate

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To put off doing something out of laziness

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Procure

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To get possession of

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Prod

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迫使,刺激

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Prodigal

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挥霍的

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Prodigious

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Enormous , great in size

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Profane

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亵渎

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Proffer

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To offer for acceptance

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Proficient

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Having an advanced degree of competence

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Profligate

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Reckless wasteful

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Proliferate

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To grow by rapidly producing offspring

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Prolix

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Tending to speak at excessive length

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Prologue

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The preface or introduction to a literary work

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Prolong

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To lengthen in extent

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Proofread

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校对

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Promulgate

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To make know by open declaration

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Propagate

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繁殖,传播

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Propensity

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倾向,癖好

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Prophetic

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Predictive

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Propitiate

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Appease, 劝解

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Propitious

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吉祥的

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Proponent

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An advocate

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Propriety

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礼节

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Prosaic

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Lacking in imagination

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Proscribe

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To prohibit

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Prosecution

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起诉

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Proselytize

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劝诱改宗

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Prospect

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勘探

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Prosperous

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Having success, flourishing

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Prostrate

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Lying flat

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Protean

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Displaying great diversity or variety

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Protocol

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正确的礼仪规范

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Protract

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To draw out or lengthen in time

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Protrude

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突出

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Protuberant

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隆起的,突出的

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Provident

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Frugal, economical节俭的

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Providential

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天意的

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Provincial

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Narrow and self centered

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Provisional

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Temporary

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Provisory

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Conditional带有附加条件的

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Prowess

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Superior strength

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Prowl

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巡游以猎取食物

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Prude

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过分守礼的人

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Prudent

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Wise

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Prudish

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过分守礼

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Prune

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梅干,修剪

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Pry

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刺探

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Pseudonym

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假名

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Pucker

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噘嘴,使收缩

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Puckish

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淘气的,顽皮的

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Puerile

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Immature

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Puissance

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Power, might

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Pulchritude

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Beauty

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Pulverize

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研磨成粉

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Pun

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双关语

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Punctilious

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注意细节的,一丝不苟的

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Pundit

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A person who gives opinions in an authoritative

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Pungent

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Taste with a sharp acrid sensation

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Puny

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Inferior size, weak

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Purlieu

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A frequently visited place

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Purloin

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To steal

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Pervey

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To supply food

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Pusillanimous

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懦弱的,胆小得令人鄙视

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Quack

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A pretender to medical skill

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Quaff

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大口喝

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Quail

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To shrink back in fear

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Qualify

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Qualified support 有限的支持

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Quandary

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A state of doubt

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Quarantine

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To isolate from normal relations

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Quarry

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采石场

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Quash

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To put down or suppress forcibly

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Quaver

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To speak in a quivering voice

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Quell

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To put down forcibly

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Quench

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冷却,淬火

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining

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Quibble

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吹毛求疵

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Quiescent

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Being quiet

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Quixotic

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Idealistic without regard to practicality

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Quotidian

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Commonplace

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Rabble

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混乱的人群

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Rabid

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Extremely zealous or enthusiastic

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Raconteur

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善于讲故事的人

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Racy

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Lively

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Raffish

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粗俗的

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Raffle

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抽奖

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Rafter

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Parallel beams that support a roof