三、形容词

1. absent: absent without leave; an absent way; absent from the lunch;
in the absence of a will; high rate of absenteeism

2. academic: academic qualification; academic approach; a police academy instructor

3. advisable: be not advisable to drink too much;
doubt about the advisability of moderation

4. aggressive: aggressive behavior; an aggressive and competitive executive

5. agreeable: agreeable occupations; an agreeable person

6. alert: alert to danger; an alert neighbor;
a security alert

7. alien: alien residents;
hire illegal aliens for child care

8. applicable: gave applicable examples to support her argument; an applicable rule

9. arrogant: an arrogant contempt for the weak; an arrogant person

10. artificial: artificial satellite; an artificial smile

11. awkward: an awkward silence; face some awkward questions

12. beneficial: have a beneficial effect on their learning; climate beneficial to the health

13. bleak: a bleak prospect; bleak winds of the north atlantic; a bleak hillside

14. brief: write a brief description of a typical problem;
brief reporters on the new legislation;
the news in brief

15. brilliant: a brilliant artist; a brilliant success

16. brutal: a brutal murderer; a brutal winter in the arctic; the brutal facts

17. chronic: a chronic disease; a chronic alcoholic; a chronic storage of food

18. clumsy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy person

19. coarse: a jacket made of very coarse cloth; a man with coarse manners

20. commercial: commercial company;
the repetition of the same commercial on television