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a. 不顯著的,微小的 insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless


Spelling Word: paltry
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n. 典範,模式 a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something


Spelling Word: paradigm
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a. 平行的,類似的,相似的 being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction


Spelling Word: parallel
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n. 點,微粒 a tiny piece of anything


Spelling Word: particle
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a. 家長的,族長的 a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line


Spelling Word: patriarchal
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v. 挪用(公款),侵吞,盜用 embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care


Spelling Word: peculate
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v. 傳播,流傳 spread or flow throughout; pervade


Spelling Word: permeate
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n. 墮落,曲解 the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement; an instance of abnormal activity


Spelling Word: perversion
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n. 語言學 study of language; investigation of language and its literature


Spelling Word: philology
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n. 虔誠 religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness


Spelling Word: piety