overwrought ADJ. /歇斯底里的/extremely agitated; hysterical. When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she
became too overwrought to work and had to leave the office early.
pachyderm N. /皮厚的动物(如大象)/thick-skinned animal. The elephant is probably the best-known pachyderm. pacifist N. /和平主义者/one opposed to force; antimilitarist. Shooting his way through the jungle, Rambo was clearly
not a pacifist.
Word List 34 pacify -peccadillo
pacify V. /安抚;平静/soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue. Dentists criticize the practice of giving fussy children sweets
to pacify them.
pact N. /和约;条约/agreement; treaty. Tweedledum and Tweedledee made a pact not to quarrel anymore. paean N. /欢乐歌;赞美歌/song of praise or joy. Paeans celebrating the victory filled the air.
painstaking ADJ. /辛勤的/showing hard work; taking-Dreat care. The new high-frequency word list is the result of
painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff.
palatable ADJ. /可接受的;美味的/agreeable; pleasing to the taste. Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his
overcooked casseroles were palatable to Jill.
paleontology N. /古生物学/study of prehistoric life. The paleontology instructor had a superb collection of fossils. palette N. /调色板/board on which painter mixes pigments. At the present time, art supply stores are selling a paper
palette that may be discarded after use.
pall V. /厌烦，腻味/grow tiresome. The study of word lists can eventually pall and put one to sleep.
palliate V. /减轻/lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses. Not content
merely to palliate the patient's sores and cankers, the researcher sought a means of wiping out the disease. palliative, ADJ.
pallid ADJ. /苍白的，惨淡的/pale; wan. Because his job required that he work at night and sleep during the day, he had an
exceptionally pallid complexion.
palpable ADJ. /易于领会的;明显的/tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable. The patient's enlarged spleen was
palpable: even the first year medical student could feel it.
palpitate V. /拍动;跳动;搏动/throb; flutter. As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more
erratically.
paltry ADJ. /不显著的;微小的/insignificant; petty; trifling. One hundred dollars for a genuine imitation Rolex watch! Lady,
this is a paltry sum to pay for such a high-class piece of jewelry.
pan V. /剧烈批评;猛烈抨击/criticize harshly. Hoping for a rave review of his new show, the playwright was miserable
when the critics panned it unanimously.
panacea N. /包治百病的药，灵丹妙药/cure-all; remedy for all diseases. The rich youth cynically declared that the panacea
for all speeding tickets was a big enough bribe.
panache N. /华丽/flair; flamboyance. Many performers imitate Noel Coward, but few have his panache and sense of
style.
pandemic ADJ. /广泛传播的，流行的/widespread; affecting the majority of people. They feared the AIDS epidemic would
soon reach pandemic proportions.
pandemonium N. /喧嚣;混乱/wild tumult. When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the
passengers.
pander V. /低级趣味的;拉皮条/cater to the low desires of others. The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of
pandering to the masses' taste for violence.
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