List 35&36 Flashcards

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Obsolete

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On longer in use

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Obstreperous

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Noisy

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Obtrude

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To force or impose

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Obtuse

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Dull, insensitive

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Obverse

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The front or main surface

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Occlude

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To prevent the passage of

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Occult

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Hidden, conceal

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Ocular

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Of the eye

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Odium

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Hatred

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Odometer

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汽车里程表

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Of fish

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Distant and reserved

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Ogle

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媚眼

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Ointment

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油膏

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Oleaginous

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Relating to oil

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Olfactory

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Of the sense of smell

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Omnipresent

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Present in all places at all times

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Omniscient

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Knowing all things

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Omnivorous

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杂食的,兴趣杂的

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Onset

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Beginning, attack, assault

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Onslaught

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A fierce attack

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Onus

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A difficult responsibility

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Ooze

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To leak out slowly

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Opulence

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Wealth, affluence

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Oracle

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神谕

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Ordain

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任命神职

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Ordinance

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A government statue of regulation

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Ornate

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Showy or flowery

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Ornery

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Having an irritable disposition

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Orotund

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洪亮的

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Orthodox

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正统的

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Oscillate

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To swing regularly

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Osmosis

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渗透,潜移默化

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Osseous

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多骨的

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Ostensible

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Apparent, seeming

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Ostracism

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排斥,放逐

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Other-directed

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Directed by others

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Oriose

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Useless

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Outfox

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To out wit, 以机智取胜

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Outlandish

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Very odd

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Outmaneuver

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以策略取胜

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Overbearing

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Arrogant, domineering

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Overhaul

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To check thoroughly

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Overreach

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To go to excess

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Overriding

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Chief, principal

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Oversee

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To watch, supervise

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Oversight

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疏忽

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Overthrow

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To throw over

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Overweening

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Arrogant

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Pagan

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A person who has little religion

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Palate

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Sense of taste

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Palaver

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Idle chatter

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Palette

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调色板

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Palliate

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To reduce pain

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Pallid

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Lacking liveliness

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Palpitate

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To beat rapidly

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Pall

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To become boring

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Pamper

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To treat with excess care

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Pandemonium

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A wild uproar

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Pander

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T cater to the low desires

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Pane

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窗格玻璃

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Parch

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To toast

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Paren

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To diminish or reduce

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Parley

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A conference with an enemy

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Parlous

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Full of danger

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Parry

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Evade

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Particularize

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To give the details of something one by one

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Partition

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Division

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Parturition

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分娩

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Passé

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Past one’s prime 已过盛年的

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Pastiche

A

混合拼凑的作品

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Patch

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一小片

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Pauper

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A very poor person

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Pavid

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Exhibiting fear, timid

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Pawn

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典当

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Peachy

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Unusually fine

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Peculate

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挪用公款

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Pedagogy

A

教育

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Peep

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偷看

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Peers

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Curious

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Pellucid

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Transparent

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Pelt

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To throw

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Penance

A

自我惩罚

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Pendulum

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钟摆

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Penury

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Severe poverty

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Perambulat

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巡视

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Perch

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栖息

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Percolate

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过滤出

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Peremptory

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不容反抗的

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Perfidy

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The quality of being faithless

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Perforate

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To make a hole through

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Periphrastic

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迂回的

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Perish

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Perishing

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Very cold

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Perjure

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To tell a lie under oath

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Perk

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恢复

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Persecute

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To oppress with ill treatment

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Persiflage

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挖苦

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Pertain

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To belong as a part

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Pertinacious

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Stubbornly persistent

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Peruse

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To read something in a careful way

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Perverse

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刚愎自用

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Pervert

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To corrupt

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Pervious

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Accessible, permeable

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Pester

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To harass with petty irritations

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Pettish

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Peevish

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Pharisaic

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伪善的

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Philately

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Stamp-collecting

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Phony

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Not genuine or real

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Picayunish

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Of little value

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Piddle

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To spend time aimlessly

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Piddling

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琐碎

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Piecemeal

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一件一件的

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Pigment

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天然色素

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Pilfer

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To steal in small quantities

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Piquant

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刺激的,开胃的

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Pique

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To arouse anger

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Piteous

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可怜的

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Pith

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The essential part

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Pittance

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微薄的薪酬

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Plagiarize

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剽窃,抄袭

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Plait

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编成辫

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Plangent

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凄惨的

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Plaster

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灰泥

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Platonic

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Theoretical

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Plaudit

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To praise

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Plebeian

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Of the common people

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Pledge

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A solemn promise

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Plenary

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全体出席的

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Pleonastic

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Using more words than necessary

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Plod

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To walk heavily

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Plough

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犁地

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Ploy

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A tacit

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Plumber

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管子工

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Plummet

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垂直落下

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Pluralist

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兼职者

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Plush

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Notably luxurious

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Poach

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偷猎

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Podium

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讲坛

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Polemic

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An aggressive attack

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Ponder

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To weigh in the mind

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Portentous

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Ominous

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Posit

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To assume the existence of

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Potation

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The act of drinking

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Potboiler

A

粗制滥造的文艺作品

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Potentate

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Sovereign

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Potentiate

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To make affective or active

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Pouch

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小袋

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Pound

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To strike heavily or repeatedly

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Prance

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To move about proudly and confidently

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Prank

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Trick

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Prate

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To talk long and idly

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Preamble

A

前言

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Precept

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箴言

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Precocious

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Premature

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Predilection

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A special liking that has become a habit

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Prefigure

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预示,预想

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Prehensile

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Capable of grasping or holding

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Premium

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保险费

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Preponderant

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To exceed

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Prepossessing

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Tending to create a favorable impression

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Preposterous

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Contradictory to nature or common sense

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Presage

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An intuition or feeling of the future

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Presentment

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预感

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Prestige

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威望,影响力

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Presumption

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放肆,傲慢,假定

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Pretext

A

借口

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Prevaricate

A

To deviate from the truth

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Prime

A

全盛时期

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Privation

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Lack of what is needed

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Probe

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To search into and explore

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Proceeds

A

The total amount brought in

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Procession

A

行列

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Proclaim

A

To declare officially

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Procrastinate

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To put off intentionally

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Procrustean

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强求一致

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Profane

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To treat with abuse

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Proffer

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To present for acceptance