1.preserve v.保持，维持(to protect, maintain)；野生动物保护区(an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural animals)
联想记忆：pre(前)+serve(服务)--提前提供服务--维持
例：The local residents determined to preserve their religion and way of life.//A wildlife preserve is being planned for 3,000 rhinoceroses(犀牛).
派生词：preservative(n．防腐剂)

2.preside v.(over)担任主席，主持（会议等）(to act as chairman at a conference, meeting, etc.)
联想记忆：pre(前)+side(坐)--坐在前面--担任主席
例：The council president presided over the meeting.
派生词：presidential(a.总统的)

3.pressboard n.压制板(a strong highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber)
分拆记忆：press(压)+board(板)--压出的板--压制板

4.prestige n.威信，声望(fame)
联想记忆：pres(看作president总统)+tige(看作tiger老虎)--总统和老虎两者都是有威信、威望的--威信，威望
例：Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.
派生词：prestigious(a．有威信的，有影响力的)

5.prestigious n.有名望的,有威信的(having prestige; honored)
词根记忆：来自prestige(n．威信；魅力)
例：Kitchen is one of the most prestigious cooking-related magazines.

6.presume v.假定，推测（to assume）
例：The underlying economic forces of industrialism were presumed to be gender-blind.
派生词：presumably( ad.据推测，大概)

7.presuppose v.以…为先决条件（to require as a condition）
词根记忆：pre(预先)+suppose(假定)--预先假定--以…为先决条件
例：Effective prevention presupposes early diagnosis.
派生词：presupposition(n.预想：先决条件)

8.pretax a．（纳）税前的(before tax has been deducted)
词根记忆：pre(前)+tax(税)--税前的
例：pretax income税前收入

9.prevail v.战胜；盛行(to predominate)

联想记忆：pre(前)+vail(=val力量)--力量在别人之前--战胜
例：This activism and the views underlying it came to prevail in the United States labor movement.
派生词：prevailing(a．流行的；一般的)
同根词：prevalence(n．流行；普遍)