Adjectives Flashcards
awake
adjective
4.
waking; not sleeping.
5.
vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger.
bent
1.
curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
2.
determined; set; resolved (usually followed by on ): to be bent on buying a new car.
chief
6.
highest in rank or authority: the chief priest; the chief administrator.
7.
most important; principal: his chief merit; the chief difficulty.
feeble
adjective, fee·bler, fee·blest.
1.
physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
2.
weak intellectually or morally: a feeble mind.
3.
lacking in volume, loudness, brightness, distinctness, etc.: a feeble voice; feeble light.
4.
lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness: feeble resistance; feeble arguments.
fertile
adjective
1.
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil.
2.
bearing or capable of bearing offspring.
3.
abundantly productive: a fertile imagination.
4.
producing an abundance (usually followed by of or in ): a land fertile of wheat.
5.
conducive to productiveness: fertile showers.
foolish
adjective
1.
resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
2.
lacking forethought or caution.
3.
trifling, insignificant, or paltry.
hollow
adjective
1.
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
2.
having a depression or concavity: a hollow surface.
3.
sunken, as the cheeks or eyes.
4.
(of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep: a hollow voice.
5.
without real or significant worth; meaningless: a hollow victory.
kind
adjective, kind·er, kind·est.
1.
of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
2.
having, showing, or proceeding from benevolence: kind words.
3.
indulgent, considerate, or helpful; humane (often followed by to ): to be kind to animals.
4.
mild; gentle; clement: kind weather.
5.
British Dialect . loving; affectionate.
loose
adjective
1.
free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2.
free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3.
uncombined, as a chemical element.
4.
not bound together: to wear one’s hair loose.
5.
not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.
shut
adjective
9.
closed; fastened up: a shut door.
stiff
adjective
1.
rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
2.
not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.
3.
(of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
4.
strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent’s jaw.
5.
strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.
stright
adjective, straight·er, straight·est.
1.
without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
2.
exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table.
3.
(of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
4.
evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders.
5.
without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking.
tight
adjective
1.
firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
2.
drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut.
3.
affording little or no extra room; fitting closely, especially too closely: a tight collar.
4.
difficult to deal with or manage: to be in a tight situation.
5.
of such close or compacted texture, or fitted together so closely, as to be impervious to water, air, steam, etc.: a good, tight roof.
