pontificate v. 自大傲慢地說 (pontificate:speak=strut:walk)
porcelain n. 瓷, 瓷器 (glaze:porcelain=varnish:wood=veneer:furniture)
pore n. 毛孔, 氣孔, 細孔 (pore:membrane=door:room)
porous a. 可滲透的, 多孔的 (porous:penetrate=fragile:break)
portentous a. 重要的, 驚奇的, 不祥的 (portentous<>inconsequential/insignificant/insipid/regular)
portfolio n. 公事包, 部長職務 (portfolio:securities=dossier:reports)
portrait n. 肖像, 人像, 半身像, 人物描寫
poseur n. 裝模作樣的人 (recluse:gregariousness=poseur:sincerity)
posit v. 假定, 認為 (posit<>deny as false)
possess v. 佔有 (cede<>possess) (preempt:precedence=acquire:possession)
posterity n. 後代
postscript n. 附言, 後記
postulate v. 假設是真的, 要求 (postulate<>deny as false)
posture v. 裝腔作勢 (posturer:unaffected=bigot:tolerant)
pot n. 捕魚簍捕捉鰻魚, 其他魚類或甲殼類動物用的捕具
potable a. 適於飲用的 (potable:beverage=habitable:dwelling)
potboiler n. 粗制文章 (doggerel:verse=potboiler:article)
potentate n. 當權者 (potentate:power=virtuoso:skill)
potentiate v. 加強, 賦與力量 (potentiate<>deactivate)
pout v. 撅嘴生氣 (grin<>pout) (pout:displeasure=wince:pain=smile:pleasure=sneer:contempt)
practitioner n. 從業者, 實踐者 (quack<>honest practitioner)
prairie n. 大草原, 牧場 (prairie:tree=albino:pigment)
prate v. 閒聊 (prate:speak=saunter:walk) (pontificate:pompous=scoff:derisive=bluster:loud=prate:aimless)
preach v. 傳道, 說教 (preacher:sermon=nitpicker:criticize=quibbler:cavil)
precarious a. 不安全的, 不穩定的 (precarious<>safe/stable) (precarious:stability=spent:efficacy)
precedent a. 前面的, 有前例的, 典範 (unique:precedent=unexceptionable:oppose)
precipice n. 懸崖, 災難邊緣 (precipitous<>level) (precipice:steepness=defile:narrowness)
precipitant n. 沈澱劑, 急促的 (solvent<>precipitant)
precipitate a. 促成, 匆忙的 (forestall<>abet/precipitate) (precipitate<>retard/dilatory/deliberate)
precipitation n. 降水<雨及雪>, 急躁 (snow:precipitation=hurricane:cyclone)
precipitous a. 陡峭的 (precipitous<>level/gradually sloping/slope slowly)
précis n. 概要, 大意 (cipher:cryptic=précis:concise)
preclude v. 預先排除, 阻止 (preclude<>to make possible/enclose)
precursor n. 先驅者 (precursor<>sequela/derivative)
predecessor n. 前輩, 以前的東西 (legacy:predecessor=gift:donor)
predestine v. 預定, 注定 (predestine<>leave to chance)
predilection n. 愛好, 偏袒 (predilection<>propensity to dislike)
preeminent a. 卓越的, 顯著的 (preeminence:importance=preponderance:weight) (preeminent<>negligibility) (efface<>aggrandize/blazon/emboss/bring to preeminent)
preempt v. 以先買權取得, 取代 (preempt:precedence=acquire:possession)
preen v. 打扮修飾, 整理羽毛 (preen<>rumple) (ingenuous:dissemble=raffish:preen=polite:snub)
preface n. 序文, 緒言, 前言 (preface<>epilogue/conclusive)
pregnant a. 含有深意的, 含蓄的, 懷孕的 (inane<>expressive/meaningful/pregnant/significant/weighty)
prejudice n. 偏見, 損害
preliminary a. 初步的, 開始的, 預備的
premeditated a. 預謀的 (premeditated<>offhand/spontaneous)
preoccupation n. 關注的事物 (preoccupation<>unconcern)
preponderant a. 有優勢的, 壓倒性的 (preponderant<>commensurate/subsidiary)
prepossessing a. 討人歡喜的, 有魅力的 (unprepossessing<>entrancing/winsome)
preposterous a. 荒謬的, 可笑的 (preposterous<>commonsensical)
presage v. 預言 (harbinger:presage=archetype:exemplify)
prescience n. 預知, 先見 (prescience:future=erudition:esoteric)
prescription n. 處方, 命令, 指示 (overdose:prescription=indiscretion:convention)
presentiment n. 預感, 預覺
preservative n. 防腐劑 (preservative:decay=anchor:drifting=seal:leakage)
press v. 極力勸說, 壓榨 (press<>withdrawal)
prestige n. 威望, 威信 (eclipse:prestige=enfeeble:vigor)
presumptuous a. 放肆的 (presumptuous:propriety=transgression:morality)
pretense n. 假裝, 藉口 (pretense:deceive=admonition:reprove)
pretentious a. 自負的, 狂妄的
preternatural a. 超自然的 (preternatural<>ordinary/prosaic)
prevail v. 戰勝, 流行 (prevail<>yielding)
prevalent a. 流行的, 普遍的 (prevalent<>unusual/absent)
prevaricate v. 撒謊, 搪塞 (equivocation:clarity=prevarication:truth) (philanthropist:endow=prevaricater:mislead)
prickly a. 易動怒的, 刺痛的 (prickly<>good natured)
primordial a. 原始的, 初發的 (primordial<>most recent)
primp v. 打扮, 裝飾 (gloat:smug=primp:vain)
principal a. 主要的, 首要的 (principal<>subordinate)
prissy a. 神經質的, 為小事顧慮的 (prissy<>desultory)
pristine a. 原始的, 純淨的 (pristine:decay=stable:fluctuation=still:movement)
privation n. 缺乏, 剝奪 (privation<>repletion)
privilege n. 特權, 優惠
probe v. 仔細探測 (probe:investigate=cavil:criticize)
probity n. 正直 (disinterested:partisanship=venal:probity) (probity<>unscrupulousness/shiftness)
proclivity n. 傾向, 氣質 (proclivity<>aversion/antipathy/disinclination)
procrastinate v. 耽擱, 拖延 (procrastination<>diligence) (equivocate:commitment=procrastinate:action)
proctor n. 監考人 (proctor:supervise=prodigal:squander)
procure v. 獲得, 促成 (procure<>relinquish)
prod v. 戳, 刺激 (doze:sleep=nudge:prod)
prodigal n. 浪子, 浪費的 (proctor:supervise=prodigal:squander)
prodigy / prodigious n. 神童, 奇蹟 (prodigy:person=miracle:occurrence) (prodigious:amaze=disgusting:sicken)
profane v. 褻瀆, 玷污 (profane<>treat relevantly/unviolated/inviolable)
proffer v. 提供給人接受 (proffer<>retain/withhold)
proficient a. 精通的, 熟練的 (proficient<>inept/incompetent)
profligate a. 浪費的 (profligate:money=querulous:words)
profound a. 深奧的, 深刻的 (demotic<>profound) (profundity<>superficiality)
profusion n. 豐富, 慷慨 (profusion<>paucity/scanty)
projection n. 凸出, 投射 (projection<>concavity)
proliferate v. 擴散 (proliferate<>decrease in mount/dwindle/barren)
prolix a. 囉嗦的, 冗長的 (prolix<>pithy)
prologue n. 序言 (prologue:novel=preamble:statute) (prologue<>epilogue)
prolong v. 延長 (prolong<>truncate)
prominent a. 卓越的 (prominent<>inconspicuous)
promote v. 促進, 創辦
prompt v. 迅速的, 激起 (guile:naif=tardy:prompt)
promulgate v. 發佈 (promulgate<>keep secret)
propagate v. 散播, 繁殖 (check<>propagate/goad/hasten) (propagation<>extirpation)
propensity n. 傾向, 習性 (propensity<>aversion)
prophetic a. 預言的, 先知的 (mentor:guidance=oracle:prophecy)
propitiate v. 安撫, 和解 (propitiate<>incense/antagonize/arouse hostility)
propitious a. 吉祥的 (unfavorable/inauspicious/untoward<>propitious)
proponent n. 建議者, 支持者 (proponent<>detractor)
propriety n. 適當 (indecorous:propriety=boorish:sensitivity)
prosaic a. 平凡的, 單調的 (preternatural/exceptional<>commonplace/prosaic)
proscribe v. 禁止, 排斥 (proscribe<>sanction/permission)
prose n. 散文 (epilogue:prose=finale:munic)
prosecution n. 起訴, 經營 (mediation:compromise=prosecution:conviction)
proselytize v. 改變信仰, 變節 (proselytizer:convert=salesperson:buy)
prospect v. 勘探, 尋找 (prospect:mineral=investigate:information)
prosperous a. 繁盛的, 順利的 (palmy:prosperity=draconian:severity)
prostrate a. 伏地的, 沮喪的 (prostrate<>erect/upright)
protean a. 千變萬化的 (circular:asymmetrical=protean:rigid)
protest v. 反對, 抗議 (protest:dissuade=supplicate:entreat)
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