GRE常考形容词（十三）
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puissant :: powerful; strong; potent pulmonary :: pertaining to the lungs punctilious :: laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise pungent :: stinging; caustic punitive :: punishing puny :: insignificant; tiny; weak pusillanimous :: cowardly; fainthearted putrid :: foul; rotten; decayed querulous :: fretful; whining quiescent :: at rest; dormant quixotic :: idealistic but impractical quizzical :: bantering; comical; humorously serious rabid :: like a fanatic; furious rampant :: rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained rancid :: having the odor of stale fat rapacious :: excessively grasping; plundering rarefied :: made less dense of a gas raucous :: harsh and shrill ravening :: rapacious; seeking prey ravenous :: extremely hungry recalcitrant :: obstinately stubborn reciprocal :: mutual; exchangeable; interacting recondite :: abstruse; profound; secret recumbent :: reclining; lying down completely or in part recurrent :: occurring again and again redolent :: fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor redoubtable :: formidable; causing fear redundant :: superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious refractory :: stubborn; unmanageable refulgent :: radiant regal :: royal remediable :: reparable remedial :: curative; corrective remiss :: negligent remunerative :: compensating; rewarding reparable :: capable of being repaired repellent :: driving away; unattractive replete :: filled to capacity; abundantly supplied reprehensible :: deserving blame resonant :: echoing; resounding; possessing resonance resplendent :: brilliant; lustrous restive :: unmanageable; fretting under control retentive :: holding; having a good memory retroactive :: of a law which dates back to a period before its enactment retrograde :: going backwards; degenerating rheumy :: pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes ribald :: wanton; profane rife :: abundant; current risible :: inclined to laugh; ludicrous risqu?:: verging upon the improper; off-color roan :: brown mixed with gray or white robust :: vigorous; strong rococo :: ornate; highly decorated roseate :: rosy; optimistic rubicund :: having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid ruddy :: reddish; healthy-looking rudimentary :: not developed; elementary rueful :: regretful; sorrowful; dejected ruthless :: pitiless sacerdotal :: priestly sacrilegious :: desecrating; profane sacrosanct :: most sacred; inviolable sadistic :: inclined to cruelty saffron :: orange-colored; colored like the autumn crocus sagacious :: keen; shrewd; having insight salient :: prominent saline :: salty sallow :: yellowish; sickly in color salubrious :: healthful salutary :: tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome sanguinary :: bloody sanguine :: cheerful; hopeful sapid :: savory; tasty; relishable |
