SAT词汇串讲：宗教/生活习惯(四)

　　370.peerless: equality 无可匹敌的:同等

　　371.peevish: good-natured 脾气坏的:好脾气的

　　372.pejorative: laudatory 贬低的:赞美的

　　The campus police who monitored the demonstrations had little respect for the student protesters, generally speaking of them in__ terms.

　　A. hyperbolic B. euphemistic C. pejorative D. derivative E. uncertain

　　373.penchant: aversion 嗜好:厌恶

　　复习chant结尾的单词，复习四大趋势

　　374. penitent: unremorseful 后悔的:不后悔的

　　pent 词根，后悔，所以词语compunction，repent，penitent都表示后悔的意思。

　　375.penurious: lavish吝啬的:浪费的

　　pen本来表示羽毛，因为英国人用羽毛来做笔，所以pen有钢笔的意思，同时pen还表示钱财

　　376.peremptory: open to challenge不容反抗的:接受挑战的

　　参第一讲讲义

　　377.perish: survive 毁灭:幸存

　　378.perspicacious: dull 敏锐的:迟钝的

　　The contract negotiations were often surprisingly___, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counteraccusations.

　　A. perspicacious B. phlegmatic C. sedate

　　D. acrimonious E. propitious

　　379.pertinent: irrelevant 相关的:无关系的

　　380.philistine: aesthete 庸人:审美家

　　参第五讲

　　381.phlegmatic: lively/spirited/vivacious迟钝的，冷静的:活泼的

　　382.pinpoint: exam cursorily 精确地定位:粗略的检查

　　pinpoint：to discover or explain exactly the real facts about something or the cause of a problem

　　They need to pinpoint exactly what skills are necessary

　　383.placate: antagonize 抚慰:反抗

　　来自于词根plac，参见第一讲

　　384.plethora: dearth 过剩:缺乏

　　At the present time, we are suffering from ---of stories about the war; try writing about another subject.

　　 a calumny a dearth an insurgence

　　 a plethora an inhibition

　　In her writings about language, the poet Gloria Anzalda celebrates the ------- of English and Spanish dialects spoken by Mexican Americans, arguing that such -------lends an empowering flexibility to expression.

　　 multiplicity . . variety proliferation . . moderation ambivalence . . focus

　　 dearth . . depletion abridgment . . imitation

　　385.pliable: rigid柔软的:刚硬的

　　来自于ply，如apply，comply

　　pliant: obdurate 易受影响的:倔强的

　　Orangutans are___ apes: they typically conduct most of their lives up in the trees of tropical rain forests.

　　 indigenous

　　 transitory

　　 recessive

　　 pliant

　　 arboreal

　　386.polarize: coalesce 两极分化:结合

　　387.postulate: deny as false 假设是真的:否认为假的

　　The two-cultures approach postulates that difficulties in communication between men and women arise because of a clash of conversational styles.

　　388.precipitate: retard/dilatory 匆促的:减速/不慌不忙的

　　389.precipitous: level /gradually sloping陡峭的:逐渐倾斜

　　precursory: derivative 先驱的:衍生的

　　390.preeminent: negligible 卓越的:可忽略的，不重要的

　　391.prevalent: unusual 普遍的:与众不同的

　　Homework is prevalent predominantly in rural areas.

　　procrastination: diligence 推迟，拖延:勤勉

　　392.proficient: inept 精通的:无能的

　　Although just barely ---- as a writer of lucid prose, Jones was an extremely ---- editor who worked superbly with other writers in helping them improve the clarity of their writing.

　　 deficient.. muddling proficient.. contentious adequate.. capable

　　 appalling.. competent engaging.. inept

　　393.profundity: superficiality 深刻:肤浅

　　394.profuse: scanty 极其丰富的:缺乏的

　　395.prolong: truncate 延长:截短

　　396.propensity: aversion 倾向:厌恶

　　As a young physics instructor, Richard Feynman discovered that he had the gift of sharing his___ his subject and making that excitement____.

　　 passion for, contagious

　　 knowledge of, inaudible

　　 contempt for, praiseworthy

　　 propensity for, futile

　　 commitment to, impersonal

　　397.propitious: unfavorable 吉利的:不利的

　　398.prosperous: depressed 繁荣的:萧条的

　　399.prostrate: upright 伏地的:垂直的

　　400.protean: static 变化不定的:固定的