SAT必备词汇：宗教及生活习惯常用词（十一)

370.peerless: equality 无可匹敌的:同等

371.peevish: good-natured 脾气坏的:好脾气的

372.pejorative: laudatory 贬低的:赞美的

The campus police who monitored the demonstrations had little respect for the student protesters, generally speaking of them in__ terms.

A. hyperbolic B. euphemistic C. pejorative D. derivative E. uncertain

373.penchant: aversion 嗜好:厌恶

复习chant结尾的单词，复习四大趋势(propensity for, tendency to, disposition on, penchant for)

374. penitent: unremorseful 后悔的:不后悔的

pent 词根，后悔(变体punct)，所以词语compunction，repent，penitent都表示后悔的意思。

375.penurious: lavish吝啬的:浪费的

pen本来表示羽毛，因为英国人用羽毛来做笔，所以pen有钢笔的意思，同时pen还表示钱财

376.peremptory: open to challenge不容反抗的:接受挑战的

参第一讲讲义

377.perish: survive 毁灭:幸存

378.perspicacious: dull 敏锐的:迟钝的

The contract negotiations were often surprisingly___, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counteraccusations.

A. perspicacious B. phlegmatic C. sedate

D. acrimonious E. propitious

379.pertinent: irrelevant 相关的:无关系的

380.philistine: aesthete 庸人:审美家

参第五讲

381.phlegmatic: lively/spirited/vivacious迟钝的，冷静的:活泼的

382.pinpoint: exam cursorily 精确地定位:粗略的检查

pinpoint：to discover or explain exactly the real facts about something or the cause of a problem

They need to pinpoint exactly what skills are necessary