protract v. 延長, 拖延 (protract:length=throng:number)
protrude v. 使突出 (protrude/protuberant<>concave)
protuberant a. 突起的, 顯著的 (protuberant<>depressed/concave)
provident a. 節儉的, 深謀遠慮的 (provident<>profligate)
providential a. 幸運的 (providential<>unfortunate/mishap)
provincial a. 鄉下樸素的, 狹隘的 (provincial<>sophisticated) (provincial:cosmopolitan=bigot:tolerant)
provisional a. 暫時的 (provisional<>definitive)
provisory a. 有條件的, 暫時的 (provisory<>unconditional)
provocative a. 刺激的, 挑撥的 (taunt:provoke=plot:outwit)
provoke v. 激怒, 惹起 (attack:vanquished=goad:provoked)
prowess n. 英勇 (prowess<>timid)
prowl v. 為獵食徘徊, 潛行 (prowl:prey=reconnoiter:information)
proximal a. 最接近的 (distal<>proximal)
prude n. 過分正經的 (prude:proper=fanatic:devoted)
prudent a. 慬慎的, 精明的, 節儉的 (prudence:daredevil=sagacity:simpleton) (fool<>prudent)
prudish a. 過分規矩的 (prudish:propriety=finicky:quality)
prune n. 梅子乾, 修剪 (prune:plum=raisin:grape) (prune:hedge=trim:hair)
pry v. 刺探 (connive:cooperate=pry:watch) (prying:inquisitive=garish:colorful)
pseudonym n. 假名, 筆名 (pseudonym:name=mask:face)
psychology n. 心理學 (motivation:psychologist=fungi:ecologist)
pucker v. 收縮, 噘嘴 (astringent:pucker=coagulant:congeal) (pucker:mouth=squint:eye)
puckish a. 愛惡作劇的 (puckish<>sober/grave/staid)
puerile a. 幼稚的 (puerile<>sagacious)
puissance n. 權勢 (puissance<>powerlessness)
pulchritude n. 美麗 (ugliness/homeliness/hideous<>pulchritudinous)
pullet n. 小母雞, 小姑娘 (pullet:chicken=filly:horse)
pulverize v. 破壞, 粉碎 (pulverize<>solidify)
pun n. 俏皮雙關語 (pun:joke=supernova:star=termite白蟻:insect)
punch line n. 妙語, 最有力的一句話 (joke:punch line=plot情節:denouement結局)
punctilious a. 一絲不苟的 (punctilious<>remiss/slipshod)
pundit n. 博學者, 權威人士 (authoritativeness:pundits=allegiance:partisans)
pungent a. 刺激性的, 嚴厲的 (pungent:odor=caustic:comment) (pungency<>blandness)
puny a. 微不足道的 (measly:contemptibly=puny:weakly)
purchase n. 緊抓 (ballast:instability=purchase:slippery)
purebred a. 純血統的 (mongrel<>purebred)
purgatory n. 滌罪, 死後煉獄
purity n. 純淨 (purification:dross=desalinization:salt)
purlieu n. 常去的地方, 森林邊緣地 (taut:commodious=extraordinary:purlieu)
purloin v. 偷竊 (lurk:wait=purloin:appropriate=abscond:depart)
pursue v. 追趕
purvey v. 供給 (vendor:purvey=censor:expurgate)
pusillanimous a. 懦弱的 (pusillanimous<>stouthearted/dauntless/valiancy)
quack n. 冒牌醫生, 騙子, 呷呷叫 (uncouth:churl=flamboyant:quack) (quack<>honest practitioner)
quaff v. 大口喝 (quaff:sip=stride:mince)
quail v. 畏縮, 膽怯 (quail<>become resolute/give bold)
quaint a. 奇怪的
qualified a. 受限制的, 合格的 (qualified<>unreserved/absolute/categorical) (qualify:general=mitigate:severe)
qualm n. 疑慮, 擔心 (demur:qualms=waver:irresoluteness)
quandary n. 困惑 (quandary<>state of complete certainty) (quandary:perplex=??)
quarantine n. 隔離檢疫期 (quarantine:contact=embargo:commerce)
quarry n. 採石場, 獵物, 目標 (mine:ore=quarry:rock) (aspirant:quarry=hunter:prey)
quartet n. 四重唱 (quartet:singer=triptych:panel)
quash v. 鎮壓, 取消 (quash/quell<>engender/foment)
quatrain n. 四行詩 (quatrain:stanza=??)
quell v. 鎮壓, 取消 (quash/quell<>engender/foment) (irrepressible:quell=obdurate:move)
quench v. 冷浸, 熄滅 (damp:quench=tint:suffuse)
querulous a. 抱怨的, 多牢騷的 (querulous:words=profligate:money)
queue v. 排長隊
quibble n. 挑剔, 推託 (encomiast:eulogize=quibbler:cavil=faultfinding:criticize)
quiescent a. 平靜的 (quiescent<>rambunctious/tumult/action/restless activity)
quilt n. 補過的被子 (quilt:patch=??)
quip n. 諷刺語, 名言
quisling n. 背叛者 (jaggernaut:crush=quisling:betray)
quixotic a. 狂想的, 唐吉訶德式的 (quixotic:idealistic=touchy:sensitive)
quota n. 限額, 配額 (quota<>unlimited number)
quotidian a. 平凡的, 每日的 (quotidian<>remarkable/striking/extraordinary/unusual)
rabble n. 烏合之眾, 暴民 (people:rabble=items:hodgepodge)
rabid a. 瘋狂的, 猛烈的 (rabid<>logical/detached)
racketeer n. 敲詐者
raconteur n. 健談者, 善長講故事者 (raconteur:storytelling=wordsmith:writing)
racy a. 活潑生動的, 辛辣的 (tame<>racy)
radiant a. 光芒四射的 (lackluster<>radiant)
raffish a. 粗俗花俏的 (ingenuous:dissemble=raffish:preen)
raffle n. 彩卷售貨 (lottery:raffle=ticket:admission)
rafter n. 屋頂支柱 (roof:rafter=table:leg)
rage n. 狂怒 (irk:enrage=suggest:urge) (rage:anger=bigotry:dedication)
ragged a. 破爛的, 刺耳的 (cloth:ragged=furniture:rickety)
ragtime n. 滑稽的, 拉格泰姆音樂
rail v. 責罵, 欄杆 (rail:vehemence=entreat:urgency)
raisin n. 葡萄乾 (prune:plum=raisin:grape)
rakish a. 放蕩的 (rakish:restraint=slothful:assiduity)
ramble v. 漫步 (travel:ramble=draw:doodle)
rambunctious a. 騷亂的, 難控制的 (quiescent<>rambunctious/tumult/action/restless activity)
ramify v. 使分歧 (converge<>spread out/ramify)
rampart n. 壁壘, 城牆 (edifice:tower=barrier:rampart)
ramshackle a. 搖搖欲墜的 (ramshackle:soundness=garbled:clarity)
rancid a. 腐臭的 (=fetid, nidorous, noisome)
rancor n. 仇恨 (rancor<>goodwill/charitableness)
range n. 山脈, 射程, 行列
ranger n. 守林人, 騎警 (ranger:forest=curator:museum)
rank a. 惡臭的, 繁茂的
rankle v. 使疼痛, 使怨恨 (rankle/fester<>pacify/calm/mollify)
rant v. 咆哮 (fear:cower=anger:rant)
rapacious a. 過度貪婪的, 強奪的 (mania:enthusiasm=rapacity:covetous=distraught:troubled)
rapport n. 和睦, 意見一致 (rapport<>discord)
rapprochement n. 恢復友誼 (rapprochement<>estrangement)
rapscallion n. 流氓, 惡棍 (rapscallion:mischievous=sluggard:lazy)
rapt a. 全神貫注的 (intrepid:deter=rapt:distract)
rarefy v. 稀薄 (rarefy<>concentrate/condense/make denser) (rarefaction<>condensation)
rascal n. 流氓 (dastard:craven=rascal:mischievous)
rash a. 輕率的, 魯莽的 (rash:adventurous=obsessed:attracted) (rash:circumspective=imperious:servile)
raspy a. 刺耳的 (mellifluous<>raspy)
ratify v. 認可, 批准 (repeal:ratification=repatriate:emigration)
ratiocination n. 推理, 推論 (ratiocination:thinking=articulation:talking)
ration n. 配給, 定量 (ration:food=dose:medicine)
rationalize v. 找理由使合理化 (rationalization:plausible=obfuscation:indiscernible)
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