Personal Description Adjectives
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Created by:
sophilo on April 9, 2009
Subjects:
AP English Literature and Composition
Classes:
Literature Sets, BeckhornLA, Beckhorn10, Vocabulary Builders
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Romanian | English |
|---|---|
 amiable | friendly |
| alienated | disaffected, unhappy, bitter |
| aloof | disconnected, apethetic |
| altruistic | generous, charitable, servant |
| anemic | sluggish, no energy |
| assuaged | satisfied "i'm good" |
| anti-romantic | realistic, non emotional, rational |
| battered | beat up |
| belligerent | angry, coming out of the corner fighting, bellicose |
| benign | harmless, not poisonous |
| bigoted | prejudiced |
| callous | rough, unsensitive |
| catatonic | in a state of stupor, shock, and rigidity |
| competent | capable |
| conscienctious | caring, scrupulous |
| physiognomy | your facial looks |
| constrained | limited, confined |
| dauntless | courageous, fearless |
| despondent | depressed, sad |
| demure | intriguing, sultry, coy |
| didactic | teaching, instructional |
| diminutive | small in form |
| incorrigible | unchangable, not dexterous |
| lithe | healthy, full of life |
| mawkish | dramatic, exceptionally emoitional |
| negligable | of little or no consequence |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| pious | seeking the spiritual |
| prodigious | large in quantity |
| reprimanded | connected, straightforward out |
| salient | tasty |
| vindictive | vengeful |
| virile | full of life, fecund |
| mirthful | full of happiness |
| effeminate | womanly, ONLY USED to refer to a MAN |
| charlatan | quack, fake |
| congenital | what you were born with |
| stupefaction | smacked silly stopped dead in tracks |
| pervasive | widespread panic |
| verisimilitude | the act of being REAL |
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