Exquisite Adjectives Flashcards
Adroit
Clever and resourceful
Adamant
A very hard substance: unyielding
Amatory
Sexual
Animistic
Quality of recurrence
Antic
Clownish
Arcadian
Serene
Baleful
Deadly, foreboding
Bellicose
Quarrelsome (it’s synonym belligerent can also be a noun)
Bilious
Unpleasant, peevish
Boorish
Crude and insensitive
Calamitous
Disastrous
Caustic
Corrosive or sarcastic: a corrosive substance
Cerulean
Sky blue
Comely
Attractive
Concomitant
Accompanying
Contumacious
Rebellious
Corpulent
Obese or excessively fat
Crapulous
Immoderate in appetite
Defamatory
Maliciously misrepresenting
Didactic
Conveying information or moral instruction
Dilatory
Causing delay or tardy
Dowdy
Shabby, old-fashioned: an unkempt woman
Efficacious
Producing a desired effect
Effulgent
Brilliantly radiant
Egregious
Conspicuous or incredibly/morally wrong
Endemic
Peculiar to an area
Equanimous
Even or balanced: equal
Execrable
Wretched, detestable
Fastidious
Overly delicate, showing great attention to detail
Feckless
Weak, irresponsible
Fecund
Prolific or inventive
Friable
Brittle
Fulsome
Abundant or overdone
Garrulous
Wordy and talkative
Guileless
Naive
Gustatory
Concerned with the tasting or the sense of taste.
Heuristic
Learning through trial-and-error or problem solving