SAT宗教/生活习惯单词串讲(五).

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. hyperbolicB. euphemisticC. pejorativeD. derivativeE. uncertain

373．penchant: aversion 嗜好:厌恶

复习chant结尾的单词，复习四大趋势(propensity for, tendency to, disposition on, penchant for)

374. penitent: unremorsul 后悔的:不后悔的

pent 词根，后悔（变体punct），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. acrimoniousE. 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

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

(A) a calumny (B) a dearth(C) an insurgence

(D) a plethora (E) an inhibition

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

(A) multiplicity . . variety(B) proliferation . . moderation (C) ambivalence . . focus

(D) dearth . . depletion(E) abridgment . . imitation

385．pliable: rigid柔软的:刚硬的

来自于ply，如apply，comply（compliant 遵守的）

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.

(A) indigenous

(B) transitory

(C) recessive

(D) pliant

(E) 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．（1）precipitous: level /gradually sloping陡峭的:逐渐倾斜

（2）precursory: derivative 先驱的:衍生的

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

391．（1）prevalent: unusual 普遍的:与众不同的

Homework is prevalent predominantly in rural areas.

（2）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.

(A) dicient.. muddling(B) proficient.. contentious(C) adequate.. capable

(D) appalling.. competent(E) 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____.

(A) passion for, contagious

(B) knowledge of, inaudible

(C) contempt for, praiseworthy

(D) propensity for, futile

(E) 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