GRE常考单词——形容词.doc

GRE常考形容词 aboriginal : being the first of its kind in a region: abortive : unsuccessful: fruitlessabstemious : temperate: sparing in drink, etc.abstruse : obscure: profound: difficult to understandacetic : vinegaryacidulous : slightly sour: sharp: causticacquiescent : accepting passivelyacrid : sharp: bitterly pungentacrimonious : stinging: causticactuarial : calculating; pertaining to insurance statisticsadamant : hard: inflexibleaddle : rotten: muddled; crazyadept : expert atadipose : fattyadroit : skillfuladventitious : accidental: casualadverse : unfavorable: hostileaesthetic : artistic: dealing with or capable off appreciation of the beautifulaffected : artificial: pretendedagape : openmouthedaggregate : sum: totalaghast : horrifiedalbeit : althoughalimentary : supplying nourishmentalluvial : pertaining to soil deposits left by rivers, etc.aloof : apart; reservedambiguous : doubtful in meaningambulatory : able to walkamenable : readily managed; willing to be ledamiable : agreeable; lovableamicable : friendlyamorphous : shapelessamphibian : able to live both on land in waterample : abundantamuck : in a state of rageanalogous : comparableancillary : serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliaryanimated : livelyanomalous : abnormal; irregularanonymous : having no nameantediluvian : antiquated; ancientanthropoid : manlikeapathetic : indifferentapocryphal : not genuine; shamapposite : appropriate; fittingapprehensive : fearful; discerningaquiline : curved; hookedarable : fit for plowingarbitrary : fixed or decided; despoticarchaic : antiquatedarduous : hard; strenuousaromatic : fragrantarrant : thorough; complete; unmitigatedascetic : practicing self-denial; austereashen : ash-coloredasinine : stupidaskance : with a sideway or indirect lookaskew : crookedly; slanted; at an angleassiduous : diligentastral : relating to the starsastute : wise; shrewdastringent : binding; causing contractionatheistic : denying the existence of Godathwart : across; in oppositionatypical : not normalauspicious : favoring successaustere : strict; sternautonomous : self-governingauxiliary : helper, additional or subsidiaryaverse : reluctantavid : greedy; eager foravuncular : like an uncleawry : distorted; crookedazure : sky bluebacchanalian : drunkenbaleful : deadly; destructivebalmy : mild; fragrantbanal : hackneyed; commonplace; tritebaneful : ruinous; poisonousbantering : good-natured ridiculingbaroque : highly ornatebeatific : giving bliss; blissfulbelated : delayedbellicose : warlikebenevolent : generous; charitablebenighted : overcome by darknessbenign : kindly; favorable; not malignantbereft : deprived of; lackingberserk : frenziedbicameral : two-chambered, as a legislative bodybiennial : every two yearsbilious : suffering from indigestion; irritablebizarre : fantastic; violently contrastingbland : soothing; mildblasphemous : profane; impiousblatant : loudly offensivebleak : cold; cheerlessblighted : suffering from a disease; destroyedblithe : gay; joyousbloated : swollen or puffed as with water or airbogus : counterfeit; not authenticboisterous : violent; rough; noisybombastic : pompous; using inflated languagebootless : uselessbountiful : generous; showing bountybrazen : insolentbristling : rising like bristles; showing irritationbrusque : blunt; abruptbucolic : rustic; pastoralbumptious : self-assertivebuxom : plump; vigorous; jollycadaverous : like a corpse; palecallous : hardened; unfeelingcalorific : heat-producingcanny : shrewd; thriftycapacious : spaciouscapricious : fickle; incalculablecaptious : faultfindingcarnal : fleshlycarnivorous : meat-eatingcarping : finding faultcatholic : broadly sympathetic; liberalcaustic : burning; sarcastically bitingcelestial : heavenlycelibate : unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercoursecentigrade : measure of temperature used widely in Europecentrifugal : radiating; departing from the centercerebral : pertaining to the brain of intellectchaffing : bantering; jokingchaotic : in utter disorderchary : cautiously watchfulchaste : purecheckered : marked by changes in fortunechimerical : fantastic; highly imaginativecholeric : hot-temperedchronic : long established as a diseasechurlish : boorish; rudeciliated : having minute hairscircuitous : roundaboutcircumspect : prudent; cautiousclairvoyant : having foresightclandestine : secretclarion : shrill trumpetlike soundclimactic : relating to the highest pointcogent : convincingcognate : allied by blood; of the same or kindred naturecoincident : occurring at the same timecolossal : hugecombustible : easily burnedcomely : attractive; agreeablecommensurate : equal in extentcommodious : spacious and comfortablecompatible : harmonious; in harmony withcomplacent : self-satisfiedcomplaisant : trying to please; obligingcompliant : yieldingconcentric : having a common centerconcise : brief and compactconcurrent : happening at the same timecondign : adequate; deservedly severecongenital : existing at birthconjugal : pertaining to marriageconnubial : pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial stateconsummate : completecontentious : quarrelsomecontiguous : adjacent to; touching uponcontingent : conditionalcontrite : penitentcontumacious : disobedient; resisting authorityconversant : familiar withconvivial : festive; gay; characterized by jovialitycopious : plentifulcorporeal : bodily; materialcorpulent : very fatcorrosive : eating away by chemicals or diseasecosmic : pertaining to the universe; vastcovert : secret; hidden; impliedcovetous : avaricious; eagerly desirous ofcoy : shy; modest; coquettishcrabbed : sour; peevishcrass : very unrefined; grossly insensiblecraven : cowardlycrestfallen : dejected; dispiritedcryptic : mysterious; hidden; secretculinary : relating to cookingcursory : casual; hastily donedank : dampculpable : deserving blamedauntless : bolddebonair : friendly; aiming to pleasedeciduous : falling of as of leavesdecorous : properdecrepit : worn out by agededucible : derived by reasoningdefeatist : attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcomedefinitive : final; completedefunct : dead; no longer in use or existencedeleterious : harmfuldelusive : deceptive; raising vain hopesdemoniac : fiendishdemure : grave; serious; coydeprecatory : disapprovingderanged : insanederelict : abandonedderogatory : expressing a low opiniondespicable : contemptibledestitute : extremely poordesultory : aimless; jumping arounddevious : going astray; erraticdevoid : lackingdevout : piousdexterous : skillfuldiabolical : devilishdiaphanous : sheer; transparentdigressive : wandering away from the subjectdilatory : delayingdire : disastrousdiscernible : distinguishable; perceivablediscerning : mentally quick and observant; having insightdisconsolate : saddiscordant : inharmonious; conflictingdiscrete : separate; unconnecteddiscursive : digressing; ramblingdisheveled : untidydisingenuous : not naive; sophisticateddisinterested : unprejudiceddisjointed : disconnecteddisparate : basically different; unrelateddispirited : lacking in spiritdisputatious : argumentative; fond of argumentdissolute : loose in moralsdistrait : absentmindeddistraught : upset; distracted by anxietydiurnal : dailydivers : several; differingdiverse : differing in some characteristics; variousdocile : obedient; easily manageddogmatic : positive; arbitrarydolorous : sorrowfuldormant : sleeping; lethargic; torpiddorsal : relating to the back of an animaldoughty : courageousdour : sullen; stubborndroll : queer and amusingdubious : doubtfulearthy : unrefined; coarseebullient : showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasmecclesiastic : pertaining to the churcheerie : weirdeffectual : efficienteffeminate : having womanly traitseffete : worn out; exhausted; barrenefflorescent : floweringeffulgent : brilliantly radianteffusive : pouring forth; gushingegregious : gross; shockingelegiacal : like an elegy; mournfulelusive : evasive; baffling; hard to graspelusory : tending to deceive expectations; elusiveemaciated : thin and wastedeminent : high; loftyenamored : in loveencomiastic : praising; eulogisticephemeral : short-lived; fleetingequable : tranquil; steady; uniformequivocal : doubtful; ambiguouserrant : wanderingerudite : learned; scholarlyesoteric : known only to the chosen fewestranged : separatedethereal : light; heavenly; fineethnic : relating to raceseulogistic : praisingeuphonious : pleasing in soundevanescent : fleeting; vanishingevasive : not frank; eludingexecrable : very badexemplary : serving as a model; outstandingexiguous : small; minuteexorbitant : excessiveexotic : not native; strangeexpeditiously : rapidly and efficientlyextant : still in existenceextemporaneous : not planned; impromptuextraneous : not essential; externalextrinsic : external; not inherent; foreignexuberant : abundant; effusive; lavishfacetious : humorous; jocularfacile : easy; expertfactious : inclined to form factions; causing dissensionfactitious : artificial; shamfain : gladlyfallacious : misleadingfallible : liable to errfallow : plowed but not sowed; uncultivatedfancied : imagined; unrealfanciful : whimsical; visionaryfantastic : unreal; grotesque; whimsicalfastidious : difficult to please; squeamishfatuous : foolish; inanefawning : courting favor by cringing and flatteringfeasible : practicalfelicitous : apt; suitably expressed; well chosenfell : cruel; deadlyfervent : ardent; hotfervid : ardentfetid : malodorousfickle : changeable; faithlessfictitious : imaginaryfilial : pertaining to a son daughterfinicky : too particular; fussyfinite : limitedfitful : spasmodic; intermittentflaccid : flabbyflagging : weak; droopingflagrant : conspicuously wickedflamboyant : ornatefledgling : inexperiencedflorid : flowery; ruddyfoolhardy : rashfoppish : vain about dress and appearanceforensic : suitable to debate or courts of lawformidable : menacing; threateningfortuitous : accidental; by chancefractious : unrulyfrantic : wildfraudulent : cheating; deceitfulfraught : filledfrenetic : frenzied; franticfrenzied : madly excitedfrolicsome : prankish; gayfroward : disobedient; perverse; stubbornfrowzy : slovenly; unkempt; dirtyfulsome : disgustingly excessivefunereal : sad; solemnfurtive : stealthyfustian : pompous; bombasticgarbled : mixed up; based on false or unfair selectiongarish : gaudygenteel : well-bred; elegantgermane : pertinent; bearing upon the case at handghastly : horribleglib : fluentglossy : smooth and shiningglutinous : sticky; viscousgluttonous : greedy for foodgnarled : twistedgory : bloodygossamer : sheer; like cobwebshazardous : dangeroushazy : slightly obscureheedless : not noticing; disregardingheinous : atrocious; hatefully badheterogeneous : dissimilarhibernal : wintryhindmost : furthest behindhirsute : hairyhistrionic : theatricalhoary : white with agehomespun : domestic; made at homehomogeneous : of the same kindhorticultural : pertaining to cultivation of gardenshumane : kindhumdrum : dull; monotonoushumid : damphypercritical : excessively exactinghypocritical : pretending to be virtuous; deceivinghypothetical : based on assumptions or hypothesesiconoclastic : attacking cherished traditionsigneous : produced by fire; volcanicignoble : of lowly origin; unworthyignominious : disgracefulillimitable : infiniteimmaculate : pure; spotlessimminent : impending; near at handimmune : exemptimmutable : unchangeableimpassive : without feeling; not affected by painimpeccable : faultlessimpecunious : without moneyimpending : nearing; approachingimpenitent : not repentantimperious : domineeringimpermeable : impervious; not permitting passage through its substanceimpertinent : insolentimpervious : not penetrable; not permitting passage throughimpetuous : violent; hasty; rashimpious : irreverentimplacable : incapable of being pacifiedimplicit : understood but not statedimpolitic : not wiseimpregnable : invulnerableimpromptu : without previous preparationimprovident : thriftlessinalienable : not to be taken away; nontransferableinane : silly; senselessinanimate : lifelessinarticulate : speechless; producing indistinct speechincarnate : endowed with flesh; personifiedincessant : uninterruptedinchoate : recently begun; rudimentary; elementaryincipient : beginning; in an early stageincisive : cutting; sharpinclement : stormy; unkindinclusive : tending to include allincognito : with identity concealed; using an assumed nameincommodious : not spaciousincompatible : inharmoniousinconsequential : of trifling significanceincontrovertible : indisputableincorporeal : immaterial; without a material bodyincorrigible : uncorrectableindefatigable : tirelessindigenous : nativeindigent : poorindisputable : too certain to be disputedindomitable : unconquerableindubitably : beyond a doubtindulgent : humoring; yielding; lenientineffable : unutterable; cannot be expressed in speechinept : unsuited; absurd; incompetentinexorable : relentless; unyielding; implacableinfallible : unerringinfamous : notoriously badinfinitesimal : very smallinflated : enlarged with air or gasingenuous : naive; young; unsophisticatedinherent : firmly established by nature or habitinimical : unfriendly; hostileiniquitous : unjust; wickedinnate : inborninnocuous : harmlessinordinate : unrestrained; excessiveinsatiable : not easily satisfied; greedyinscrutable : incomprehensible; not to be discoveredinsensate : without feelinginsidious : treacherous; stealthy; slyinsipid : tasteless; dullinsolent : haughty and contemptuousinsular : like an island; narrow-mindedinsuperable : insurmountable; invincibleinsurgent : rebelliousinterminable : endlessintermittent : periodic; on and offintransigent : refusing any compromiseintrepid : fearlessintrinsic : belonging to a thing in itself; inherentintrovert : inclined to think more about oneselfinured : accustomed; hardenedinverse : oppositeinveterate : deep-rooted; habitualinvidious : designed to create ill will or envyinvulnerable : incapable of injuryirascible : irritable; easily angerediridescent : exhibiting rainbowlike colorsironical : resulting in an unexpected and contrary mannerirreconcilable : incompatible; not able to be resolvedirrelevant : not applicable; unrelatedirremediable : incurable; uncorrectableirreparable : not able to be corrected or repairedirreverent : lacking proper respectirrevocable : unalterableitinerant : wandering; travelingjaded : fatigued; surfeitedjaundiced : yellowed; prejudiced; enviousjocose : giving to jokingjocular : said or done in jestjocund : merryjudicious : wise; determined by sound judgmentlackadaisical : affectedly languidlaconic : brief and to the pointlaggard : slow; sluggishlambent : flickering; softly radiantlaminated : made of thin plates or scaleslanguid : weary; sluggish; listlesslascivious : lustfullatent : dormant; hiddenlateral : coming from the sidelaudatory : expressing praiselavish : liberal; wastefullecherous : impure in thought and act; lustful; unchastelethal : deadlylethargic : drowsy; dulllewd : lustfullibelous : defamatory; injurious to the good name of a personlibidinous : lustfullicentious : wanton; lewd; dissolutelimpid : clearlinguistic : pertaining to languagelithe : flexible; supplelivid : lead-colored; black and blue; enragedloath : averse; reluctantloquacious : talkativelucent : shininglucid : bright; easily understoodlucrative : profitablelugubrious : mournfulluminous : shining; issuing lightlunar : pertaining to the moonlurid : wild; sensationalluscious : pleasing to taste or smelllustrous : shiningluxuriant : fertile; abundant; ornatemacabre : gruesome; grislyMachiavellian : crafty; double-dealingmagnanimous : generousmagniloquent : boastful; pompousmalevolent : wishing evilmalicious : dictated by hatred or spitemalignant : having an evil influence; virulentmalleable : capable of being shaped by poundingmammoth : giganticmandatory : obligatorymaniacal : raving madmanifest : understandable; clearmarital : pertaining to marriagemaritime : bordering on the sea; nauticalmartial : warlikematernal : motherlymaudlin : effusively sentimentalmauve : pale purplemeddlesome : interferingmediocre : ordinary; commonplacemellifluous : flowing smoothly; smoothmendacious : lying; falsemenial : suitable for servants; lowmercantile : concerning trademercenary : interested in money or gainmercurial : fickle; changingmeretricious : flashy; tawdrymetallurgical : pertaining to the art of removing metals from oresmetaphysical : pertaining