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发信人: gutentag (Bonjour), 信区: foreign_lg
标 题: GRE常考形容词(1)
发信站: 听涛站 (Thu Feb 22 21:02:50 2001), 转信
GRE常考单词(形容词)
aboriginal :: being the first of its kind in a region: primitive: native
abortive :: unsuccessful: fruitless
abstemious :: temperate: sparing in drink, etc.
abstruse :: obscure: profound: difficult to understand
acetic :: vinegary
acidulous :: slightly sour: sharp: caustic
acquiescent :: accepting passively
acrid :: sharp: bitterly pungent
acrimonious :: stinging: caustic
actuarial :: calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
adamant :: hard: inflexible
addle :: rotten: muddled; crazy
adept :: expert at
adipose :: fatty
adroit :: skillful
adventitious :: accidental: casual
adverse :: unfavorable: hostile
aesthetic :: artistic: dealing with or capable off appreciation of the
beautiful
affected :: artificial: pretended
agape :: openmouthed
aggregate :: sum: total
aghast :: horrified
albeit :: although
alimentary :: supplying nourishment
alluvial :: pertaining to soil deposits left by rivers, etc.
aloof :: apart; reserved
ambiguous :: doubtful in meaning
ambulatory :: able to walk
amenable :: readily managed; willing to be led
amiable :: agreeable; lovable
amicable :: friendly
amorphous :: shapeless
amphibian :: able to live both on land in water
ample :: abundant
amuck :: in a state of rage
analogous :: comparable
ancillary :: serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
animated :: lively
anomalous :: abnormal; irregular
anonymous :: having no name
antediluvian :: antiquated; ancient
anthropoid :: manlike
apathetic :: indifferent
apocryphal :: not genuine; sham
apposite :: appropriate; fitting
apprehensive :: fearful; discerning
aquiline :: curved; hooked
arable :: fit for plowing
arbitrary :: fixed or decided; despotic
archaic :: antiquated
arduous :: hard; strenuous
aromatic :: fragrant
arrant :: thorough; complete; unmitigated
ascetic :: practicing self-denial; austere
ashen :: ash-colored
asinine :: stupid
askance :: with a sideway or indirect look
askew :: crookedly; slanted; at an angle
assiduous :: diligent
astral :: relating to the stars
astute :: wise; shrewd
astringent :: binding; causing contraction
atheistic :: denying the existence of God
athwart :: across; in opposition
atypical :: not normal
auspicious :: favoring success
austere :: strict; stern
autonomous :: self-governing
auxiliary :: helper, additional or subsidiary
averse :: reluctant
avid :: greedy; eager for
avuncular :: like an uncle
awry :: distorted; crooked
azure :: sky blue
bacchanalian :: drunken
baleful :: deadly; destructive
balmy :: mild; fragrant
banal :: hackneyed; commonplace; trite
baneful :: ruinous; poisonous
bantering :: good-natured ridiculing
baroque :: highly ornate
beatific :: giving bliss; blissful
belated :: delayed
bellicose :: warlike
benevolent :: generous; charitable
benighted :: overcome by darkness
benign :: kindly; favorable; not malignant
bereft :: deprived of; lacking
berserk :: frenzied
bicameral :: two-chambered, as a legislative body
biennial :: every two years
bilious :: suffering from indigestion; irritable
bizarre :: fantastic; violently contrasting
bland :: soothing; mild
blasphemous :: profane; impious
blatant :: loudly offensive
bleak :: cold; cheerless
blighted :: suffering from a disease; destroyed
blithe :: gay; joyous
bloated :: swollen or puffed as with water or air
bogus :: counterfeit; not authentic
boisterous :: violent; rough; noisy
bombastic :: pompous; using inflated language
bootless :: useless
bountiful :: generous; showing bounty
brazen :: insolent
bristling :: rising like bristles; showing irritation
brusque :: blunt; abrupt
bucolic :: rustic; pastoral
bumptious :: self-assertive
buxom :: plump; vigorous; jolly
cadaverous :: like a corpse; pale
callous :: hardened; unfeeling
calorific :: heat-producing
canny :: shrewd; thrifty
capacious :: spacious
capricious :: fickle; incalculable
captious :: faultfinding
carnal :: fleshly
carnivorous :: meat-eating
carping :: finding fault
catholic :: broadly sympathetic; liberal
caustic :: burning; sarcastically biting
celestial :: heavenly
celibate :: unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
centigrade :: measure of temperature used widely in Europe
centrifugal :: radiating; departing from the center
cerebral :: pertaining to the brain of intellect
chaffing :: bantering; joking
chaotic :: in utter disorder
chary :: cautiously watchful
chaste :: pure
checkered :: marked by changes in fortune
chimerical :: fantastic; highly imaginative
choleric :: hot-tempered
chronic :: long established as a disease
churlish :: boorish; rude
ciliated :: having minute hairs
circuitous :: roundabout
circumspect :: prudent; cautious
clairvoyant :: having foresight
clandestine :: secret
clarion :: shrill trumpetlike sound
climactic :: relating to the highest point
cogent :: convincing
cognate :: allied by blood; of the same or kindred nature
coincident :: occurring at the same time
colossal :: huge
combustible :: easily burned
comely :: attractive; agreeable
commensurate :: equal in extent
commodious :: spacious and comfortable
compatible :: harmonious; in harmony with
complacent :: self-satisfied
complaisant :: trying to please; obliging
compliant :: yielding
concentric :: having a common center
concise :: brief and compact
concurrent :: happening at the same time
condign :: adequate; deservedly severe
congenital :: existing at birth
conjugal :: pertaining to marriage
connubial :: pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
consummate :: complete
contentious :: quarrelsome
contiguous :: adjacent to; touching upon
contingent :: conditional
contrite :: penitent
contumacious :: disobedient; resisting authority
conversant :: familiar with
convivial :: festive; gay; characterized by joviality
copious :: plentiful
corporeal :: bodily; material
corpulent :: very fat
corrosive :: eating away by chemicals or disease
cosmic :: pertaining to the universe; vast
covert :: secret; hidden; implied
covetous :: avaricious; eagerly desirous of
coy :: shy; modest; coquettish
crabbed :: sour; peevish
crass :: very unrefined; grossly insensible
craven :: cowardly
crestfallen :: dejected; dispirited
cryptic :: mysterious; hidden; secret
culinary :: relating to cooking
cursory :: casual; hastily done
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