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Question 1

propitious

Answer 1

propitious​ADJ. /吉利的；有利的/favorable; fortunate; advantageous. Chloe consulted her horoscope to see whether Tuesday would be a propitious day to dump her boyfriend.

Question 2

propound

Answer 2

propound​V. /提出/put forth for analysis. In your discussion, you have propounded several questions; let us consider each one separately.

Question 3

propulsive

Answer 3

propulsive​ADJ. /推进的；有推进力的/driving forward. The jet plane has a greater propulsive power than the engine-driven plane.

Question 4

proselytize

Answer 4

proselytize​V. /劝其改宗；改宗/convert to a religion or belief. In these interfaith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; we must respect all points of view.

Question 5

prosperity

Answer 5

prosperity ​N. /繁荣；好运/good fortune; financial success; physical well-being. Promising to stay together “for richer, for poorer,” the newlyweds vowed to be true to one another in prosperity and hardship alike.

Question 6

prostrate

Answer 6

prostrate​V. /弄倒；降伏/stretch out full on ground. He prostrated himself before the idol. alsoADJ.

Question 7

protégé

Answer 7

protégé​N. /被保护人/person receiving protection and support from a patron. Born with an independent spirit, Cyrano de Bergerac refused to be a protégé of Cardinal Richelieu.

Question 8

protocol

Answer 8

protocol​N. /协议/diplomatic etiquette. We must run this state dinner according to protocol if we are to avoid offending any of our guests.

Question 9

protract

Answer 9

protract​V. /延长/prolong. Seeking to delay the union members’ vote, the management team tried to protract the negotiations endlessly.

Question 10

protrude

Answer 10

protrude​V. /突出/stick out. His fingers protruded from the holes in his gloves. protrusion, N.

Question 11

protuberance

Answer 11

protuberance ​N. /隆起；突出；瘤/protrusion; bulge. A ganglionic cyst is a fluid-filled tumor that develops near a joint membrane or tendon sheath, and that bulges beneath the skin, forming a protuberance.

Question 12

provisional

Answer 12

provisional​ADJ. /临时的/tentative. Kim’s acceptance as an American Express card holder was provisional: before issuing her a card, American Express wanted to check her employment record and credit history.

Question 13

prowess

Answer 13

prowess​N. /非常勇猛/extraordinary ability; military bravery. Performing triple axels and double lutzes at the age of six, the young figure skater was world famous for her prowess on the ice.

Question 14

proxy

Answer 14

proxy​N. /代理/authorized agent. Please act as my proxy and vote for this slate of candidates in my absence.

Question 15

prude

Answer 15

prude​N. /规矩的人；正经人；故作正经的人/excessively modest person. The X-rated film was definitely not for prudes, prudish,ADJ.

Question 16

prune

Answer 16

prune​V. /切掉；修剪/cut away; trim. With the help of her editor, she was able to prune her overlong manuscript into publishable form.

Question 17

prurient

Answer 17

prurient​ADJ. /好色的；渴望的/having or causing lustful thoughts and desires. Aroused by his prurient impulses, the dirty old man leered at the sweet young thing and offered to give her a sample of his “prowess.”

Question 18

pseudonym

Answer 18

pseudonym​N. /假名；笔名/pen name. Samuel Clemens’ pseudonym was Mark Twain.

Question 19

pterodactyl

Answer 19

pterodactyl​N. /翼龙/extinct flying reptile. The remains of pterodactyls indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.

Question 20

puerile

Answer 20

puerile​ADJ. /幼稚的，孩子气的/childish. His puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.

Question 21

pugilist

Answer 21

pugilist​N. /拳击家/boxer. The famous pugilist Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammed Ali.

Question 22

pugnacity

Answer 22

pugnacity​N. /好斗的/combativeness; disposition to fight. “Put up your dukes!” he cried, making a fist to show his pugnacity. pugnacious,ADJ.

Question 23

pulchritude

Answer 23

pulchritude​N. /美丽；标致/beauty; comeliness. I do not envy the judges who have to select this year’s Miss America from this collection of female pulchritude.

Question 24

pulverize

Answer 24

pulverize​V. /磨碎；粉碎/crush or grind into dust. Before sprinkling the dried herbs into the stew, Michael first pulverized them into a fine powder.

Question 25

pummel

Answer 25

pummel​V. /用拳头打/beat or pound with fists. Swinging wildly, Pam pummeled her brother around the head and shoulders.

Question 26

punctilious

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punctilious​ADJ. /谨小慎微的；一丝不苟的/laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive to fine points (perhaps too much so). Percy is punctilious about observing the rules of etiquette whenever Miss Manners invites him to stay. punctiliousness.N.

Question 27

pungent

Answer 27

pungent​ADJ. /刺激的；辛辣的；尖锐的/stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic. The pungent odor of ripe Limburger cheese appealed to Simone but made Stanley gag.

Question 28

punitive

Answer 28

punitive​ADJ. /惩罚的/punishing. He asked for punitive measures against the offender.

Question 29

puny

Answer 29

puny​ADJ. /不显著的；不明显的；细微的/insignificant; tiny; weak. Our puny efforts to stop the flood were futile.

Question 30

purge

Answer 30

purge​V. /净化；清除；拉肚子/remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify. When the Communist government purged the party to get rid of members suspected of capitalist sympathies, they sent the disloyal members to labor camps in Siberia.

Question 31

purported

Answer 31

purported​ADJ. /传说的；谣传的/alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored. The purported Satanists sacrificing live roosters in the park turned out to be a party of Shriners holding a chicken barbecue.

Question 32

purveyor

Answer 32

purveyor​N. /承办商/furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer. As purveyor of rare wines and viands, he traveled through France and Italy every year in search of new products to sell.

Question 33

pusillanimous

Answer 33

pusillanimous​ADJ. /懦弱的；优柔寡断的/cowardly; fainthearted. You should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute.

Question 34

putrid

Answer 34

putrid​ADJ. /恶臭的；腐烂的/foul; rotten; decayed. The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the putrid smell when the bandages were removed. putrescence, N.

Question 35

pyromaniac

Answer 35

pyromaniac​N. /纵火狂/person with an insane desire to set things on fire. The detectives searched the area for the pyromaniac who had set these costly fires.

Question 36

quadruped

Answer 36

quadruped​N. /四足动物/four-footed animal. Most mammals are quadrupeds.

Question 37

quaff

Answer 37

quaff​V. /一饮而尽/drink with relish. As we quaffed our ale, we listened to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.

Question 38

quagmire

Answer 38

quagmire​N. /沼泽；湿地/soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself. Up to her knees in mud, Myra wondered how on earth she was going to extricate herself from this quagmire.

Question 39

quail

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quail​V. /懦弱；胆怯/cower; lose heart. The Cowardly Lion was afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.

Question 40

quaint

Answer 40

quaint​ADJ. /离奇古怪的；做的精巧的；过时的/odd; old-fashioned; picturesque. Her quaint clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric.

Question 41

qualms

Answer 41

qualms​N. /担心，害怕；担惊受怕；愧对良心/misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about matters of conscience. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen; I know she will handle it admirably.

Question 42

qualms

Answer 42

qualms​N. /担心，害怕；担惊受怕；愧对良心/misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about matters of conscience. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen; I know she will handle it admirably.

Question 43

quandary

Answer 43

quandary ​N. /两难的困境/dilemma. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura, she was in a quandary as to which school she should attend.

Question 44

quarry

Answer 44

quarry​N. /猎物；受害者/Victim; object of a hunt. The police closed in on their quarry.

Question 45

quarry

Answer 45

quarry​V. /挖掘出，寻找出/dig into. They quarried blocks of marble out of the hillside. also N.