GRE常考形容词（十一）
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notorious :: outstandingly bad; unfavorably known noxious :: harmful nugatory :: futile; worthless nutrient :: providing nourishment obdurate :: stubborn obese :: fat oblique :: slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line obnoxious :: offensive obsequious :: slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic obsolete :: outmoded obtrusive :: pushing toward obtuse :: blunt; stupid occult :: mysterious; secret; supernatural odious :: hateful odoriferous :: giving off an order odorous :: having an odor officious :: meddlesome; excessively trying to please olfactory :: concerning the sense of smell ominous :: threatening omnipotent :: all-powerful omniscient :: all-knowing omnivorous :: eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything onerous :: burdensome opalescent :: iridescent opaque :: dark; not transparent opportune :: timely; well chosen opprobrious :: disgraceful ornate :: excessively decorated; highly decorated ostensible :: apparent; professed; pretended ostentatious :: showy; pretentious overt :: open to view palatable :: agreeable; pleasing to the taste palatial :: magnificent pallid :: pale; wan palpable :: tangible; easily perceptible paltry :: insignificant; petty parsimonious :: stingy; excessively frugal passive :: not active; acted upon pastoral :: rural patent :: open for the public to read; obvious pathetic :: causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching pecuniary :: pertaining to money pedantic :: showing off learning; bookish pell-mell :: in confusion; disorderly pellucid :: transparent; limpid; easy to understand pendant :: hanging down from something pendent :: suspended; jutting; pending penitent :: repentant pensive :: dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness penurious :: stingy; parsimonious peremptory :: demanding and leaving no choice perennial :: lasting perfidious :: basely false perforce :: of necessity perfunctory :: superficial; listless; not thorough peripatetic :: walking about; moving permeable :: porous; allowing passage through pernicious :: very destructive perpetual :: everlasting perspicacious :: having insight; penetrating; astute |
