以下是近几年gre考试真题中经常出现和常考的形容词词汇，不单是gre考试，很多英语考试中经常考察形容词的英译英。接下来的几天，小编会按照字母开头的顺序整理一些gre考试真题常见形容词词汇，供大家复习用。
cadaverous :: like a corpse; pale
callous :: hardened; unfeeling
calorific :: heat-producing
canny :: shrewd; thrifty
capacious :: spacious
capricious :: fickle; incalculable
captious :: faultfinding
carnal :: fleshly
carnivorous :: meat-eating
carping :: finding fault
catholic :: broadly sympathetic; liberal
caustic :: burning; sarcastically biting
celestial :: heavenly
celibate :: unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
centigrade :: measure of temperature used widely in Europe
centrifugal :: radiating; departing from the center
cerebral :: pertaining to the brain of intellect
chaffing :: bantering; joking
chaotic :: in utter disorder
chary :: cautiously watchful
chaste :: pure
checkered :: marked by changes in fortune
chimerical :: fantastic; highly imaginative
choleric :: hot-tempered
chronic :: long established as a disease
churlish :: boorish; rude
ciliated :: having minute hairs
circuitous :: roundabout
circumspect :: prudent; cautious
clairvoyant :: having foresight
clandestine :: secret
clarion :: shrill trumpetlike sound
climactic :: relating to the highest point
cogent :: convincing
cognate :: allied by blood; of the same or kindred nature
coincident :: occurring at the same time
colossal :: huge
combustible :: easily burned
comely :: attractive; agreeable
commensurate :: equal in extent
commodious :: spacious and comfortable
compatible :: harmonious; in harmony with
complacent :: self-satisfied
complaisant :: trying to please; obliging
compliant :: yielding
concentric :: having a common center
concise :: brief and compact
concurrent :: happening at the same time
condign :: adequate; deservedly severe
congenital :: existing at birth
conjugal :: pertaining to marriage
connubial :: pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
consummate :: complete
contentious :: quarrelsome
contiguous :: adjacent to; touching upon
contingent :: conditional
contrite :: penitent
contumacious :: disobedient; resisting authority
conversant :: familiar with
convivial :: festive; gay; characterized by joviality
copious :: plentiful
corporeal :: bodily; material
corpulent :: very fat
corrosive :: eating away by chemicals or disease
cosmic :: pertaining to the universe; vast
covert :: secret; hidden; implied
covetous :: avaricious; eagerly desirous of
coy :: shy; modest; coquettish
crabbed :: sour; peevish
crass :: very unrefined; grossly insensible
craven :: cowardly
crestfallen :: dejected; dispirited
cryptic :: mysterious; hidden; secret
culinary :: relating to cooking
culpable :: deserving blame
cursory :: casual; hastily done
GRE，全称Graduate Record Examination，中文名称为美国研究生入学考试，适用于除法律与商业外的各专业。由美国教育考试服务处(Educational Testing Service，简称ETS)主办，GRE是美国、加拿大的大学各类研究生院（除管理类学院，法学院）要求申请者所必须具备的一个考试成绩，也是教授对申请者是否授予奖学金所依据的最重要的标准。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。感谢您阅读《形容词词汇》一文，出国留学网(liuxue86.com)编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。
