GRE常考形容词（十八）
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pendulous :: hanging; suspended pennate :: having wings or feathers personable :: attractive perspicuous :: plainly expressed pharisaical :: pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical physiological :: pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms picaresque :: pertaining to rogues in literature piebald :: mottled; spotted plangent :: plaintive; resounding sadly platonic :: purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire plausible :: having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious postprandial :: after dinner potable :: suitable for drinking prehensile :: capable of grasping or holding premonitory :: serving to warn prognathous :: having projecting jaws prophylactic :: used to prevent disease provincial :: pertaining to a province; limited psychopathic :: pertaining to mental derangement purblind :: dim-sighted; obtuse putative :: supposed; reputed queasy :: easily nauseated; squeamish reactionary :: recoiling from progress; retrograde recherch?:: choice, sought after; rare resilient :: elastic; having the power of springing back resurgent :: rising again after defeat, etc. reticulated :: covered with a network; having the appearance of a mesh rustic :: pertaining to country people; uncouth saltatory :: relating to leaping sanctimonious :: displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness sartorial :: pertaining to tailors sensuous :: pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses septic :: putrid; producing putrefaction sequacious :: eager to follow; ductile serried :: standing shoulder to shoulder; crowded sibylline :: prophetic; oracular simpering :: smirking somatic :: pertaining to the body; physical sophomoric :: immature; shallow staccato :: played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound stalwart :: strong, brawny; steadfast statutory :: created by statute or legislative action stereotyped :: fixed and unvarying representation stertorous :: having a snoring sound stilted :: bombastic; inflated suave :: smooth; bland subjective :: occurring or taking place within the subject; unreal subliminal :: below the threshold substantive :: essential; pertaining to the substance sudorific :: pertaining to perspiration sumptuary :: limiting or regulating expenditures supernal :: heavenly; celestial supple :: flexible; pliant tantamount :: equal taut :: tight; ready temerarious :: rash tendentious :: having an aim; designed to further a cause tenebrous :: dark; gloomy tessellated :: inlaid; mosaic timorous :: fearful; demonstrating fear traumatic :: pertaining to an injury caused by violence tutelary :: protective; pertaining to a guardianship unilateral :: one-sided untoward :: unfortunate; annoying ursine :: bearlike; pertaining to a bear valedictory :: pertaining to farewell verbatim :: word for word vermicular :: pertaining to a worm vertiginous :: giddy; causing dizziness viable :: capable of maintaining life vitreous :: pertaining to or resembling glass |
