opulent a. 富裕的, 充足的
oracle n. 神諭 (mentor:guidance=oracle:prophecy)
oration n. 演說, 致辭 (oration:heard=novel:read)
oratorio n. 清唱劇 (ditty:oratorio=anecdote:novel)
orchestra n. 管弦樂隊
ordeal n. 苦難, 折磨 (idyll:carefree=ordeal:difficult)
orient v. 確定方向, 使適應 (orient<>confuse)
original a. 有創意的, 原始的 (babble:sense=parrot:originality)
ornamentation n. 裝飾 (epitomize:brevity=embellish:ornamentation) (frieze:ornament=pillar:support)
ornithology n. 鳥類學 (ornithology:eagle=astronomy:planet)
orthodoxy n. 信奉正教 (religion:devoutness=canon:orthodoxy)
oscillate v. 使動搖, 振盪 (oscillate<>remain static/absence of variation)
ossify v. 硬化, 僵化 (ossify<>transcend conventions)
ossilate v. 使骨化, 使硬化 (ligneous:wood=osseous:bone)
ostentatious a. 誇示的, 華美的 (ostentatious<>meek/unassuming)
ostracism n. 放逐, 排斥 (pariah:ostracize=prisoner:confine)
oust v. 剝奪, 取代 (instate<>oust)
outfit n. 大場合穿的套裝 (trade:carpentry=clothing:outfit)
outgoing a. 外向的, 即將離去的 (extrovert:outgoing=perfectionist:exacting)
outlandish a. 古怪的, 奇異的 (outlandish<>conventional)
outmaneuver v. 以策略制勝, 智取 (outmaneuver<>yield)
outset n. 開端, 開始 (outset<>termination)
outshine v. 勝過, 強過 (fastidious:outshine=recalcitrant:resist)
outwit v. 瞞騙, 智取 (taunt:provoke=plot:outwit)
overbearing a. 傲慢的 (overbearing<>meek/unassuming)
overdose n. 配藥量過多
overexposure a. 過度暴露
overlap v. 重疊, 重復 (inconsonant:concord=scatter:overlap)
overlook n. 忽略, 俯瞰 (subtle:overlook=tractable:lead)
oversee v. 俯瞰, 檢查
overt a. 公開的 (clandestine:secretly=overt:openly)
overture n. 前奏曲, 初步提案 (overture/preamble:introduction=caveat:warning/cautionary)
overwhelm v. 淹沒, 受打擊, 制服, 壓倒
overwrought a. 過度緊張[興奮]的
oxymoron n. 矛盾修飾法 (apophasis:claim=oxymoron:paradox) (oxymoron:contradictory=mishap:catastrophic)
pace n. 步伐 (expedite:process=accelerate:pace)
pachyderm n. 厚皮動物, 遲鈍的人 (pachyderm:animal=ant:insect)
pacify v. 使平靜, 安慰 (solace:grief=pacification:anger)
pack n. 一群 (orchestra:musician=pack:wolf)
pact n. 契約, 協定
padding n. 墊充, 填料 (disguise:recognition=padding:damage=levee:flooding)
paean n. 讚美歌 (paean<>harshly lampoon) (paean:song=elegy:poem)
painstaking a. 辛苦的, 勤勉的 (slipshod<>painstaking)
palatable a. 普通美味的, 愉快的 (palatable:savory=discernible:manifest)
palatial a. 宮殿般的, 宏偉的 (hovel:palatial=metropolis:bucolic)
palette n. 調色板, 顏料 (palette:color=repertoire:play)
pall v. 失去興趣 (pall<>interest/intrigue)
palliate v. 減輕, 掩飾 (pain:analgesic=symptom:palliative)
pallid a. 蒼白的, 暗淡的 (pallid<>rubicund/piquant)
pallor n. 蒼白 (chaos:predictability=pallor:color)
palmy a. 繁榮的 (palmy:prosperity=draconian:severity)
palpable a. 明顯的, 易覺察的 (palpable<>subtle) (impalpable<>clear)
palpitate v. 持續急跳動 (grow:burgeon=beat:palpitate)
palter v. 欺騙 (palter:candor=diehard:budge)
paltry a. 無價值的 (paltry<>significant)
pan v. 嚴厲批評 (pan:harsh=barb:caustic)
panache n. 誇示, 炫耀 (panache<>humility/dullness/unremarkable behavior)
pancreas n. 胰腺 (insulin:pancreas=bile:liver)
pandemic a. 全國流行的 (pandemic<>limited)
pandemonium n. 喧嘩, 混亂 (pandemonium<>serene)
pander v. 迎合, 拉皮條
panegyric n. 讚揚, 誇大的頌詞 (panegyric:eulogize=lampoon:satirize)
panorama n. 全景, 概論 (panoramic<>narrow)
pantechnicon n. 搬家用大卡車 (pantechnicon:furniture=??)
panther n. 豹 (talon:eagle=claw:panther)
pantry n. 食品櫃, 餐具室 (pantry:food=armory:weapons=closet/wardrobe:clothes)
parable n. 寓言, 比喻 (parable:story=homily:lecture)
paradigm n. 典範 (anomaly:paradigmatic=blemish:flawless)
paradise n. 天堂 (pleasurable:paradisical=melodious:lyrical)
paradox n. 似非而是的論點, 自相矛盾的話 (paradox:contradictory=epigram:wise) (paradoxical<>common)
paragon n. 模範, 典型 (travesty<>paragon)
parallel a. 平行的, 相似的
paramount a. 最重要的, 最高權力的 (paramount<>ancillary)
paranoia n. 偏執狂 (suspicious:paranoid=admiring:idolatrous)
paraphrase v. 引申釋義 (paraphrase:verbatim=approximate:precise)
parasite n. 寄生蟲 (host:parasite=medium:bacterium)
parch v. 使乾透, 使冷乾皺縮 (steep<>parch)
parenthesis n. 插入語, 圓括號 (enclose:parentheses=separate:comma)
pariah n. 賤民, 被社會遺棄者 (pariah:ostracize=prisoner:confine)
parity n. 同等 (parity<>inequality/incommensurateness)
parlance n. 語法, 語調 (parlance:speak=gait:walk)
parochial a. 教區的, 地方性的, 狹小的
parody n. 模仿格式, 諷刺文章 (parody:style=mime:gesture)
paroxysm n. 發作, 突發 (paroxysm:sudden=ruse:deceived)
parquetry n. 鑲木地板 (fresco:wall=parquetry:floor)
parrot n. 模仿, 鸚鵡 (parrot:originality=babble:sense)
parry v. 擋開, 避開 (parry:question=shirk:duty)
parse v. 從語法上分析 (parse:grammatical=scan:metrical)
parsimony n. 過度節儉, 吝嗇 (parsimonious:profligacy=impetuous:hesitance)
partiality n. 偏袒 (partial<>dispassionate)
particularize v. 詳細說明 (particularize:details=illustrate:pictures)
partisan n. 黨羽 (dilettante:superficiality=partisan:bias) (allegiance:partisans=authoritativeness:pundits)
passionate a. 多情的, 熱烈的
pastiche n. 模仿, 混成曲 (pastiche<>original work)
patent a. 專利的, 顯著的, 新奇的 (patent<>abstruse/not evident/occult/recondite)
pathology n. 病理學 (demography:population=meteorology:weather=pathology:disease)
patina n. 外層部分, 銅綠鏽 (patina<>essential quality)
patrician n. 貴族 (base<>patrician)
patriot n. 愛國者 (patriot:country=partisan:course)
patronize v. 叫人領情, 贊助 (patronizing:condescending=peeved:annoyed)
paucity n. 少量, 缺乏 (paucity<>slew/plethora/profusion)
paunchy a. 大肚子的 (paunchy and awkward<>svelte)
pauper n. 貧民
pebble n. 小圓石 (colossus:figurine=boulder:pebble)
peccadillo n. 小過失 (peccadillo:sin=admonishment:castigation)
peck n. 輕啄, <口語>大量 (peck:kiss=glance:look)
peculiar a. 罕見的, 獨特的 (peculiar<>common)
pedagogue n. 教師 (pedagogue:indoctrinate=stickler:exacting)
pedant n. 學究式人物 (pedantic:learned=moralistic:principled)
pedestal n. 底座, 基礎 (pedestal:statue=foundation:house)
pedestrian a. 缺乏想像的, 呆板的, 行人 (pedestrian<>imaginative/marvelous/inspired)
pediatrics n. 小兒科 (pediatrics:children=dermatology:skin)
peel v. 剝落, 脫去 (topsoil:erode=paint:peel)
peep v. 小吱吱聲, 偷看 (peck:kiss=peep:sound)
peerless a. 出類拔萃的, 無可匹敵的 (peerlessness<>equality)
peeve v. 氣惱, 怨恨 (peeved=annoyed 無程度不同) (peeved:annoyed=patronizing:condescending)
pejorative a. 貶低的 (pejorative<>laudatory)
pelf n. 錢財, 不義之財 (experience:green=pelf:impecunious)
pellucid a. 清晰的 (venial:excuse=pellucid:understand) (murky<>clear/limpid/pellucid)
pen n. 雌天鵝 (swan:pen=sheep:ewe)
penalty n. 刑罰 (pardon:penalty=exempt:liability)
penchant n. 偏好, 傾向 (penchant<>aversion/dislike)
penetrate v. 穿透, 滲透, 看穿
penitent a. 悔過的 (penitent:obdurate=skeptic:credulous) (impenitent<>contrite)
pensive a. 沈思的, 憂傷的 (museful:ruminative=lamentable:pensive)
penury n. 貧窮 (penurious<>lavish/largesse)
perambulate v. 巡行 (foot:perambulate=eye:observe)
perceptible a. 可察覺的, 能感覺到的 (appreciable<>imperceptible) (invincible:conquer=negligible:perceive)
peremptory a. 專橫的, 不容反抗的 (peremptory:dispute=prohibitive:purchase)
perennial a. 永久的, 反覆的 (perennial<>ephemeral)
perfervid a. 非常熱心的 (perfervid<>impassive)
perfidy n. 不誠實, 背信 (exorbitant:moderation=perfidious:loyalty)
perforate v. 打孔 (perforate:hole=pleat:fold)
perfunctory a. 無創意的, 敷衍的 (insolently:veneration=perfunctorily:inspiration)
perilous a. 危險的, 冒險的 (perilous:danger=??)
perimeter n. 周長, 周界 (circle:perimeter=country:border)
periodical a. 周期的, 期刊 (magazine:periodical=mystery:fiction)
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