GRE常考形容词（十二）
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pert :: impertinent; forward pertinacious :: stubborn; persistent pertinent :: suitable; to the point perverse :: stubborn; intractable pervious :: penetrable pestilential :: causing plague; baneful petulant :: touchy; peevish phlegmatic :: calm; not easily disturbed pied :: variegated; multicolored pious :: devout piquant :: pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating piscatorial :: pertaining to fishing pithy :: concise; meaty placid :: peaceful; calm plaintive :: mournful plauditory :: approving; applauding plebeian :: common; pertaining to the common people plenary :: complete; full plenipotentiary :: fully empowered plumb :: checking perpendicularity; vertical poignant :: keen; piercing; severe politic :: expedient; prudent; well devised polyglot :: speaking several languages portentous :: ominous; serious portly :: stately; stout posthumous :: after death potential :: expressing possibility; latent practicable :: feasible practical :: based on experience; useful pragmatic :: practical; concerned with practical values precarious :: uncertain; risky precedent :: preceding in time, rank, etc. precipitate :: headlong; rash precipitous :: steep precocious :: developed ahead of time predatory :: plundering preeminent :: outstanding; superior prefatory :: introductory preposterous :: absurd; ridiculous pretentious :: ostentatious; ambitious prim :: very precise and formal; exceedingly proper primordial :: existing at the beginning of time; rudimentary pristine :: characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled privy :: secret; hidden; not public prodigal :: wasteful; reckless with money prodigious :: marvelous; enormous profligate :: dissipated; wasteful; licentious prolific :: abundantly fruitful prolix :: verbose; drawn out promiscuous :: mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular prone :: inclined to; prostrate propitious :: favorable; kindly propulsive :: driving forward prosaic :: commonplace; dull provident :: displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies prurient :: based on lascivious thoughts puerile :: childish pugnacious :: combative; disposed to fight |
