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a. 貴族的 belong to noble origin; having high birth


Spelling Word: patrician
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n. 少量,缺乏 scarcity; smallness of number; fewness


Spelling Word: paucity
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a. 透明,清澈,明白的 transparent; limpid; easy to understand


Spelling Word: pellucid
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a. 沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗長的 slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull


Spelling Word: ponderous
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a. 在前的 ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something


Spelling Word: preceding
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v. 消滅,杜絕 make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate


Spelling Word: preclude
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v. 把自己打扮漂亮,自我滿足 make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction


Spelling Word: preen
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n. 發射,導彈 a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object


Spelling Word: projectile
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n. 適當 fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness


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n. 蛋白質 any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells


Spelling Word: protein