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ED
ADJEC
TIVES
50
ADJECTIVES YOU CAN
USE TOBE MORE
CHARISMATIC
,
CHARMING
AND
ELOQUENT.
ENGLISH WITH VENYA
A comprehensive guide to
impressiveadjectives.
PART 1
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(NOUN)

HOW IT
WORKS
REMEMBER!
ADJECTIVES LIKE TO WORK WITH
NOUNS.
THEY GIVE US MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOUN
AND MAKE IT MORE
INTERESTING.
ADJECTIVE:
WHAT IT MEANS
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
MAN
HANDSOME
BORING
MOVIE
(ADJECTIVE)
(ADJECTIVE)
(NOUN)
LEARNING TIP:
FOCUS ON
A COUPLE OF THEM AT A
TIME
AND TRY TO USE THEM
ASMUCH AS POSSIBLE,
EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO FORCE
IT
. THIS IS THE FASTEST WAY
TOLEARN AND AQUIRE NEW
ACTIVE VOCABULARY.
THEY ARE CONNECTED EVEN IF
THE ORDER IS REVERSED.
HE IS A
HANDSOME
MAN
THAT
MAN
IS
HANDSOME
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AMBITIOUS:
HAVING A STRONG
DESIRE FOR SUCCESS
ORACHIEVEMENT
SARAH IS AN
AMBITIOUS
STUDENT WHO ALWAYS
AIMSFOR THE TOP
GRADES.
AMIABLE:
FRIENDLY AND
PLEASANT
THE
AMIABLE
RECEPTIONIST
GREETED EACH GUEST
WITHA WARM SMILE.
ANXIOUS:
FEELING WORRIED OR
UNEASY
ABOUTSOMETHING
TOM FELT
ANXIOUS
BEFORE AN IMPORTANT
JOBINTERVIEW.
BAFFLED:
CONFUSED OR
PUZZLED
THE COMPLEX
INSTRUCTIONS LEFT
THE STUDENTS
BAFFLED
.
BLISSFUL:
EXTREMELY HAPPY
AND JOYFUL
THE NEWLYWEDS SPENT
A
BLISSFUL
HONEYMOON ON
ATROPICAL ISLAND.
CAPTIVATING:
ATTRACTING AND
HOLDING INTEREST
ORATTENTION
HE
TOLD SUCH A
CAPTIVATING
STORY THAT KEPT
THEAUDIENCE
ENGAGED UNTIL THE
END.
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CHARISMATIC:
DISPLAYING CHARM
AND
ATTRACTIVENESSTHA
T INSPIRES DEVOTION
IN OTHERS
THEIR
CHARISMATIC
LEADER ALWAYS
MOTIVATES
ANDINSPIRES THEM.
COZY:
WARM,
COMFORTABLE,
INVITING
THE CABIN IN THE
WOODS WAS
COZY
, WITH A
CRACKLINGFIREPLACE.
DAZZLING:
EXTREMELY BRIGHT,
IMPRESSIVE
ORBEAUTIFUL
THE NIGHT SKY WAS
FILLED WITH
DAZZLING
STARS.
DILIGENT:
HARDWORKING,
CAREFUL AND
PERSISTENT
THE
DILIGENT
STUDENT
CONSISTENTLY GOT
HIGH GRADES.
ECLECTIC:
SELECTING OR
CHOOSING FROM
DIFFERENTSOURCES
OR STYLES
HER
ECLECTIC
TASTE IN MUSIC
RANGED
FROMCLASSICAL TO
HIP-HOP.
ELOQUENT:
FLUENT AND
PERSUASIVE IN
SPEAKINGAND/OR
WRITING
HE IS SO
ELOQUENT
. I COULD LISTEN TO
HIM SPEAK FORDAYS!
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EXUBERANT:
FULL OF ENERGY,
EXCITEMENT,
ANDENTHUSIASM
THE TEAM WAS
EXUBERANT
AFTER WINNING THE
GAME.
FICKLE:
LIKELY TO CHANGE
FREQUENTLY OR
UNEXPECTEDLY
THE WEATHER IN LA IS
SO
FICKLE
. IT GOES FROM
SUNNYTO SUPER COLD
ALL IN ONE DAY.
GULLIBLE:
EASILY DECEIVED OR
TRICKED. TOO
TRUSTING
HE IS SO
GULLIBLE
. HE BELIEVES EVERY
LIE SHE TELLS HIM.
HARMONIOUS:
FORMING A PLEASING
OR
CONSISTENTWHOLE
THE SONG HAD A
HARMONIOUS
BLEND OF LIVE
INSTRUMENTSAND
VOCALS.
IMPECCABLE:
FLAWLESS, PERFECT,
WITHOUT
ANYMISTAKES
HER PRESENTATION
WAS
IMPECCABLE
, IMPRESSINGEVERYONE
IN THE ROOM.
JOVIAL:
CHEERFUL, FRIENDLY
AND FULL OF HIGH
SPIRITS
MARK'S
JOVIAL
PERSONALITY MADE
HIM THE LIFE OFTHE
PARTY.
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LIVELY:
FULL OF LIFE, SPIRIT
AND ENERGY
THE AUDIENCE WAS
VERY
LIVELY
DURING THE SHOW.
LUMINOUS:
EMITTING LIGHT,
BRIGHT OR SHINING
THE MOON CAST A
LUMINOUS
GLOW OVER THE QUIET
LAKE.
METICULOUS:
WITH GREAT
ATTENTION TO
DETAIL, PRECISE
THE ARTIST WAS
METICULOUS
IN EVERY STROKE OF
THEBRUSH.
NOSTALGIC:
WITH SENTIMENTAL
LONGING FOR THE
PAST
LISTENING TO OLD
SONGS MADE HER FEEL
NOSTALGIC
ABOUTHER YOUTH.
OUTLANDISH:
APPEARING OR
SOUNDING
BIZARRE,UNFAMILIAR
OR STRANGE
HE SHOWED UP IN AN
OUTLANDISH
OUTFIT AND
DREWEVERYONE’S
ATTENTION.
PENSIVE:
DEEP IN THOUGHT
(OFTEN WITH A HINT
OFSADNESS)
SHE SAT BY THE
WINDOW, LOOKING
PENSIVE
AS SHEWATCHED THE
RAIN.
ASTUTE:
PERCEPTIVE, ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING
THE
ASTUTE
DETECTIVE SOLVED THE
CASE IN RECORD TIME.
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RESILIENT:
ABLE TO RECOVER
QUICKLY FROM
DIFFICULTCONDITIONS
OR SITUATIONS
SHE IS SO
RESILIENT
. EVEN AFTER 5
REJECTIONS, SHEWAS
ABLE TO LAND THE HER
DREAM JOB.
SINCERE:
GENUINE, HONEST AND
TRUTHFUL
HIS APOLOGY DIDN’T
FEEL
SINCERE
.
TACTFUL:
CONSIDERATE WHEN
DEALING WITH
OTHERS
THE MANAGER WAS
ABLE TO REMAIN
TACTFUL
EVEN WHENDEALING
WITH A RUDE
CUSTOMER.
UBIQUITOUS:
PRESENT, APPEARING,
OR FOUND
EVERYWHERE
IN MODERN CITIES,
ELECTRIC CARS ARE
UBIQUITOUS.
VIBRANT:
FULL OF ENERGY,
LIVELY OR BRIGHT
THE
VIBRANT
COLORS OF THE
FLOWERS BROUGHT
LIFE TOTHE GARDEN.
WHIMSICAL:
PLAYFUL, UNUSUAL
THE
WHIMSICAL
DECORATIONS ADDED A
TOUCH OFMAGIC TO
THE PARTY.
ZEALOUS:
DEVOTED WITH A LOT
OF ENTHUSIASM
THE
ZEALOUS
VOLUNTEERS WORKED
TIRELESSLY FOR
THECHARITY.
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ADEPT:
VERY SKILLED OR
PROFICIENT IN A
PARTICULARFIELD OR
AREA
THE CHEF WAS
ADEPT
AT CREATING
EXQUISITE DESSERTS.
COMPOSED:
CALM, NOT EASILY
DISTURBED
EVEN IN A CRISIS, SHE
REMAINED
COMPOSED
ANDFOCUSED.
ELATED:
VERY VERY VERY
HAPPY AND EXCITED
WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP LEFT
THE TEAM
ELATED
ANDPROUD.
FACETIOUS:
DEALING WITH
SERIOUS SITUATIONS
BY
USINGINAPPROPRIATE
HUMOR
HIS
FACETIOUS
COMMENTS LIGHTENED
THE
TENSEATMOSPHERE.
INQUISITIVE:
CURIOUS AND EAGER
TO LEARN
I HAVE AN
INQUISITIVE
MIND, THAT’S WHY I
ASK A LOTOF
QUESTIONS.
OMINOUS:
GIVING THE
IMPRESSION THAT
SOMETHINGBAD OR
UNPLEASANT IS
ABOUT TO TAKE
PLACE
THE DARK CLOUDS AND
THUNDER WERE
OMINOUS
SIGNSOF AN
APPROACHING STORM.
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PALPABLE:
ABLE TO BE TOUCHED,
FELT OR PERCEIVED
EVERYONE WAS SO
STRESSED THAT THE
TENSION IN THEROOM
WAS
PALPABLE
.
TENACIOUS:
BEING PERSISTENT IN
MAINTAINING
ORSTICKING TO
SOMETHING
EVEN IN A CRISIS, SHE
REMAINED
COMPOSED
ANDFOCUSED.
UNASSUMING:
MODEST AND HUMBLE,
NOT
DRAWINGATTENTION
TO ONESELF
DESPITE HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS, HE
REMAINED
UNASSUMING
ANDAPPROACHABLE.
CONCISE:
PRESENTING
INFORMATION
CLEARLY IN A
FEWWORDS
HER
CONCISE
SUMMARY CAPTURED
THE MAIN POINTS
OFTHE REPORT.
NONCHALANT:
CASUAL, SHOWING
LACK OF CONCERN
THE ACTOR APPEARED
NONCHALANT
ABOUT THECRITICISM
OF HIS PERFORMANCE.
JADED:
WORN OUT AND
LACKING ENTHUSIASM
AFTER YEARS OF
WORKING IN THE SAME
JOB, HEBECAME
JADED
AND UNINTERESTED.
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CONSCIENTIOUS:
DILIGENT, CAREFUL
WITH A SENSE OFDUTY
THE
CONSCIENTIOUS
EMPLOYEE ALWAYS
COMPLETEDTASKS
WITH METICULOUS
ATTENTION.
ENIGMATIC:
MYSTERIOUS AND NOT
EASY TO
UNDERSTANDOR
INTERPRET
THE
ENIGMATIC
SMILE ON HER FACE
HINTED AT A
HIDDENSECRET.
INEFFABLE:
TOO GREAT OR
EXTREME TO BE
EXPRESSED INWORDS
THE BEAUTY OF THE
SUNSET WAS
INEFFABLE
, LEAVINGEVERYONE IN
AWE.
FLATTERING:
COMPLIMENTARY OF
SOMETHING
THIS DRESS ISN’T VERY
FLATTERING
. CAN YOU WEAR
ADIFFERENT ONE?
INCISIVE:
ANALYTICAL AND
CLEAR-THINKING,
FOCUSED
THE CRITIC PROVIDED
AN
INCISIVE
ANALYSIS OF THEFILM,
HIGHLIGHTING ITS
STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES.
REVERENT:
SHOWING DEEP
RESPECT AND AWE
THE AUDIENCE
LISTENED IN
REVERENT
SILENCE TO
THEPOWERFUL SPEECH.
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