英文解释： verb: to yearn for
例句： Standing forlornly by the window, she pined for her lost love.
GMAT核心词汇 pinnacle
英文解释： noun: the highest point
例句： At its pinnacle, the Roman Empire extended across most of the landmass of Eurasia, a feat not paralleled to the rise of the British Empire in the 18th and 19th century.
GMAT核心词汇 piquant
英文解释： adjective: having an agreeably pungent taste
例句： The chef, with a mere flick of the salt shaker, turned the bland tomato soup into a piquant meal.
GMAT核心词汇 pith
英文解释： noun: the most essential part of something
例句： When Cynthia hears a speaker presenting a complex argument, she is always able to discard the irrelevant details and extract the pith of what the speaker is trying to convey.
GMAT核心词汇 pithy
英文解释： adjective: concise and full of meaning
例句： I enjoy reading the Daodejing for its pithy and insightful prose; it always gives me something to think about.
GMAT核心词汇 pittance
英文解释： noun: a small amount (of money)
例句： Vinny’s uncle beamed smugly about how he’d offered his nephew fifty dollars for his Harvard tuition; even twice the amount would have been a mere pittance.
GMAT核心词汇 placate
英文解释： verb: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
例句： I was able to placate the angry mob of students by promising to bring cookies on Monday.
GMAT核心词汇 placid
英文解释： adjective: not easily irritated
例句： Doug is normally placid, so we were all shocked to see him yelling at the television when the Mets lost the game.
GMAT核心词汇 platitude
英文解释： noun: a trite or obvious remark
例句： The professor argued that many statements regarded as wise in previous times, such as the Golden Rule, are now regarded as mere platitudes.
GMAT核心词汇 plodding
英文解释： adjective: (of movement) slow and laborious
例句： Charlie may seem to run at a plodding pace, but he is an ultramarathoner, meaning he runs distances of up to 100 miles, and can run for ten hours at a stretch.
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