GRE考试真题常见形容词词汇1

　　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

　　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