SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第185篇

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pensive ADJ. /沉思默想的;忧心忡忡的/dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative. The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and deeply sighed.

penury N. /一贫如洗;穷困潦倒/severe poverty; stinginess. When his pension fund failed, George feared he would end his days in penury. He became such a penny pincher that he turned into a closefisted, penurious miser.

perceptive ADJ. /有洞察力的，警觉的;智慧的/insightful; aware; wise. Although Maud was a generally perceptive critic, she had her blind spots: she could never see flaws in the work of her friends.

percussion ADJ. /打击/striking one object against another sharply. The drum is a percussion instrument. also N.

perdition N. /毁灭/damnation; complete ruin. Praying for salvation, young Steven Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal perdition.

peregrination N. /旅程;旅行/journey. Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose peregrinations took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.

peremptory ADJ. /专制的;强硬的，专横的/demanding and leaving no choice. From Jack's peremptory knock on the door, Jill could tell he would not give up until she let him in.

perennial N. /终年的;的/something that is continuing or recurrent. These plants are hardy perennials and will bloom for many years. alsoADJ.

perfidious ADJ. /背信弃义的;不忠的/treacherous; disloyal. When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him, he reproached his perfidious friend. perfidy, N.

perforate V. /打孔/pierce; put a hole through. Before you can open the aspirin bottle, you must first perforate the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.

perfunctory ADJ. /肤浅的，不投入的;漠不关心的/superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm. The auditor's perfunctory inspection of the books overlooked many errors. Giving the tabletop only a perfunctory swipe with her dust cloth, Betty promised herself she'd clean it more thoroughly tomorrow.

perimeter N. /周长/outer boundary. To find the perimeter of any quadrilateral, we add the lengths of the four sides.

peripheral ADJ. /外围的/marginal; outer. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.

periphery N. /(圆形的)边缘/edge, especially of a round surface. He sensed that there was something just beyond the periphery of his vision.

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