SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第169篇

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painstaking ADJ. /辛勤的/showing hard work; taking-Dreat care. The new high-frequency word list is the result of painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff.

palatable ADJ. /可接受的;美味的/agreeable; pleasing to the taste. Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were palatable to Jill.

paleontology N. /古生物学/study of prehistoric life. The paleontology instructor had a superb collection of fossils.

palette N. /调色板/board on which painter mixes pigments. At the present time, art supply stores are selling a paper palette that may be discarded after use.

pall V. /厌烦，腻味/grow tiresome. The study of word lists can eventually pall and put one to sleep.

palliate V. /减轻/lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses. Not content merely to palliate the patient's sores and cankers, the researcher sought a means of wiping out the disease. palliative,ADJ.

pallid ADJ. /苍白的，惨淡的/pale; wan. Because his job required that he work at night and sleep during the day, he had an exceptionally pallid complexion.

palpable ADJ. /易于领会的;明显的/tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable. The patient's enlarged spleen was palpable: even the first year medical student could feel it.

palpitate V. /拍动;跳动;搏动/throb; flutter. As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.

paltry ADJ. /不显著的;微小的/insignificant; petty; trifling. One hundred dollars for a genuine imitation Rolex watch! Lady, this is a paltry sum to pay for such a high-class piece of jewelry.

pan V. /剧烈批评;猛烈抨击/criticize harshly. Hoping for a rave review of his new show, the playwright was miserable when the critics panned it unanimously.

panacea N. /包治百病的药，灵丹妙药/cure-all; remedy for all diseases. The rich youth cynically declared that the panacea for all speeding tickets was a big enough bribe.

panache N. /华丽/flair; flamboyance. Many performers imitate Noel Coward, but few have his panache and sense of style.

pandemic ADJ. /广泛传播的，流行的/widespread; affecting the majority of people. They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach pandemic proportions.

pandemonium N. /喧嚣;混乱/wild tumult. When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passengers.

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