GRE常考形容词（十六）
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vicarious :: acting as a substitute; done by a deputy vindictive :: revengeful virile :: manly virulent :: extremely poisonous viscid :: sticky; adhesive viscous :: sticky; gluey visionary :: produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical vitriolic :: corrosive; sarcastic vituperative :: abusive; scolding vivacious :: animated; gay vociferous :: clamorous; noisy volatile :: evaporating rapidly; lighthearted; mercurial voluble :: fluent; glib voluptuous :: gratifying the senses voracious :: ravenous vying :: contending waggish :: mischievous; humorous; tricky wan :: having a pale or sickly color; pallid wanton :: unruly; unchaste; excessive wary :: very cautious whimsical :: capricious; fanciful; quaint wily :: cunning; artful winsome :: agreeable; gracious; engaging witless :: foolish; idiotic wizened :: withered; shriveled worldly :: engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual abysmal :: bottomless acephalous :: headless adulterated :: made impure or spoiled by the addition of inferior materials affable :: courteous afferent :: carrying toward the center agrarian :: pertaining to land or its cultivation amoral :: nonmoral analgesic :: causing insensitivity to pain anthropomorphic :: having human form or characteristics apocalyptic :: prophetic; pertaining to revelations apropos :: with reference to; properly aseptic :: preventing putrefaction or blood poisoning by killing bacteria auroral :: pertaining to the aurora borealis beholden :: obligated; indebted bestial :: beastlike; brutal bifurcated :: divided into two branches; forked boorish :: rude; clownish brackish :: somewhat saline brindled :: tawny or grayish with streaks or spots callow :: unfledged; youthful capillary :: having a very fine bore centripetal :: tending toward the center colloquial :: pertaining to conversational or common speech comatose :: in a coma; extremely sleepy convoluted :: coiled around; involved; intricate crepuscular :: pertaining to twilight crotchety :: eccentric; whimsical cursive :: flowing, running degraded :: lowered in rank; debased deliquescent :: capable of absorbing moisture from the air and becoming liquid demotic :: pertaining to the people didactic :: teaching; instructional dispassionate :: calm; impartial distaff :: female doddering :: shaky; infirm from old age dulcet :: sweet sounding dynamic :: active; efficient embryonic :: undeveloped; rudimentary emeritus :: retired but retained in an honorary capacity empirical :: based on experience empyreal :: celestial; fiery endemic :: prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area |
