SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第191篇(附pdf下载)

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pomposity N. /夸大，华丽;浮夸;自大/self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt. Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say, we had to laugh at his pomposity and general air of parading his own dignity. POMPOUS,ADJ.

ponderous ADJ. /沉重的;笨重的;呆板的;冗长的/weighty; unwieldy. His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ponderous.

pontifical ADJ. /教皇的;主教的/pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious. From his earliest days at the seminary, John seemed destined for a high pontifical office. However, he sounded so pompous when he pontificated that he never was chosen pontiff after all.

pore V. /沉思;考察;深思熟虑;小孔，细口/study industriously; ponder; scrutinize. Determined to become a physician, Beth spent hours poring over her anatomy text.

porous ADJ. /筛子似的/full of pores; like a sieve. Dancers like to wear porous clothing because it allows the ready passage of water and air.

portend V. /预示/foretell; presage. The king did not know what these omens might portend and asked his soothsayers to interpret them.

portent N. /征兆/sign; omen; forewarning. He regarded the black cloud as a portent of evil.

portly ADJ. /健壮的;肥胖的;魁梧的/stately; stout. The overweight gentleman was referred to as portly by the polite salesclerk.

poseur N. /装模作样的人;邯郸学步/person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others. Some thought Salvador Dali was a brilliant painter; others dismissed him as a poseur.

posterity N. /子孙;后裔/descendants; future generations. We hope to leave a better world to posterity.

posthumous ADJ. /身后的;遗腹的(书出版于作者死后，孩子生于父亲死后)/after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death). The critics ignored his works during his lifetime; it was only after the posthumous publication of his last novel that they recognized his great talent.

postulate N. /前提;基于的假定/essential premise; underlying assumption. The basic postulate of democracy, set forth in the Declaration of Independence, is that all men are created equal.

potable ADJ. /可饮用的/suitable for drinking. The recent drought in the Middle Atlantic states has emphasized the need for extensive research in ways of making sea water potable. also N.

potent ADJ. /有效的/powerful; persuasive; greatly influential. Looking at the expiration date on the cough syrup bottle, we wondered whether the medication would still be potent. potency, N. 

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