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Which adjective describes a state of being absorbed or deeply engrossed?
Which adjective describes a state of being absorbed or deeply engrossed?
What does the term 'quixotic' primarily signify?
What does the term 'quixotic' primarily signify?
Which of the following adjectives describes someone who is excessively flattering?
Which of the following adjectives describes someone who is excessively flattering?
Identify the term that means to be overly concerned or anxious, often leading to nervous excitement.
Identify the term that means to be overly concerned or anxious, often leading to nervous excitement.
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Which adjective conveys a sense of being self-righteous or hypocritical?
Which adjective conveys a sense of being self-righteous or hypocritical?
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What does the word 'skepticism' imply, given the definitions in the content?
What does the word 'skepticism' imply, given the definitions in the content?
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Which adjective describes an individual who is isolated or cloistered from others?
Which adjective describes an individual who is isolated or cloistered from others?
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What does 'sullen' suggest about a person's demeanor?
What does 'sullen' suggest about a person's demeanor?
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What does 'ambiguous' mean?
What does 'ambiguous' mean?
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Which word describes someone who is overly friendly and agreeable?
Which word describes someone who is overly friendly and agreeable?
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What does 'ardour' signify?
What does 'ardour' signify?
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What is the meaning of 'cynical'?
What is the meaning of 'cynical'?
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Which word means 'cruel or insensitive'?
Which word means 'cruel or insensitive'?
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What does 'garrulous' mean?
What does 'garrulous' mean?
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What does 'implacable' refer to?
What does 'implacable' refer to?
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Which of the following is a synonym for 'doleful'?
Which of the following is a synonym for 'doleful'?
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What is the meaning of 'jubilant'?
What is the meaning of 'jubilant'?
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What does 'obsequious' indicate?
What does 'obsequious' indicate?
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Which word describes something that is 'bitter or scathing'?
Which word describes something that is 'bitter or scathing'?
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What does 'plucky' mean?
What does 'plucky' mean?
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What does 'melancholy' refer to?
What does 'melancholy' refer to?
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Which word means 'to pacify or conciliate'?
Which word means 'to pacify or conciliate'?
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Flashcards
Unctuous
Unctuous
Showing excessive flattery or insincerity; trying too hard to please.
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous
Having or showing a callous disregard for the feelings or suffering of others.
Fulsome
Fulsome
Expressing or characterized by excessive or effusive enthusiasm, often insincere or artificial.
Overwrought
Overwrought
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Remonstrate
Remonstrate
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Reproachful
Reproachful
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Pertinacious
Pertinacious
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Sanctimonious
Sanctimonious
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Agog
Agog
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Ambiguous
Ambiguous
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Appeasement
Appeasement
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Ardour
Ardour
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Acquiescent
Acquiescent
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Arbitrary
Arbitrary
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Appraise
Appraise
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Adulatory
Adulatory
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Animosity
Animosity
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Assiduous
Assiduous
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Autonomous
Autonomous
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Astute
Astute
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Assuaging
Assuaging
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Altruistic
Altruistic
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Auspicious
Auspicious
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives
- Agog: enthralled
- Ambiguous: cryptic/uncertain
- Appeasement: pacification/conciliation
- Ardour: enthusiasm
- Acquiescent: passive
- Arbitrary: whimsical/chance
- Appraise: estimate/judge
- Adulatory: complimentary/laudatory
- Animosity: hostility/hate/contempt
- Assiduous: hardworking
- Autonomous: independent/self-reliant
- Astute: preceptive/insightful/adroit
- Assuaging: comforting/soothing/making less severe/encouraging
- Altruistic: unselfishly concerned to the welfare of others/charitable/philanthropic
- Auspicious: promising success/favourable/favoured by fame
- Abrasive: harsh/rough/no need
- Affable: friendly/pleasant to talk to
- Brusque: blunt/surly
- Bemused: confused + slightly amused
- Blundering: awkward
- Bereft: devoid
- Benevolent: generous
- Belated: late/slow
- Beatific: joyful
- Brassy: vulgar/loud-to-the-senses
- Bewildered: shocked + confused
- Brooding: discouraged/forlorn
- Chagrin: displeasure
- Confounded: confused
- Chastened: admonished/conscience-stricken
- Curt: abrupt/rude
- Callous: cruel/insensitive
- Conniving: evil/conspiring
- Cowed: afraid
- Caustic: bitter/scathing/sarcastic
- Churlish: crude/boorish
- Crudite: raw
- Cogent: effective
- Contrite: remorseful
- Cogitative: thoughtful
- Covert: clandestine/surreptitious/secretly
- Corpulent: fat
- Credulous: naïve
- Chagrined: abashed
- Cloying: sentimental
- Consternated: to dismay/confuse/terrify
- Contemptuous: disrespectful/disdainful
- Cynical: distrust in human sincerity/integrity
- Diplomatic: conciliatory/tactful/politic
- Defiant: disobedient
- Disgruntled: unhappy/disappointed
- Deranged: insane/unbalanced/unhinged
- Daunted: overwhelmed
- Discomfited: uncomfortable
- Doleful: mournful
- Diffident:
- Dour: gloomy/grim
- Demurred: disagreed/hesitate
- Discomposed: distraught
- Discountenanced: rejected/opposed
- Doting: indulgent/serving
- Didactic: educational/erudite
- Deferential: considerate
- Dyspeptic: crabby/cantankerous/petulant
- Dogmatic: opinionated/dictatorial
- Disparaging: criticising/belittling/reproachful/derogatory
- Dismayed: perturbed/alarmed
- Derisive: mocking
- Deferred: delayed/postponed
- Digressive: rambling/departing from main subject
- Domineering: inclined to rule in an arbitrarily/despotically
- Despotic: dictatorial
- Disingenuous: insincerely/ lack of frankness/hypocritically
- Defamatory: unjustified injury of good reputation of someone/derogatory
- Equanimous: even/stable
- Erudite: well educated
- Edifying: enlightening/illuminating
- Exacerbate: worsen/annoy
- Explicit: specific/unambiguous
- Emphatic: strongly expressive
- Fervid: enthusiastic
- Facetious: kidding
- Feisty: spirited
- Frenzied: extremely/wildly enthusiastic/uncontrolled
- Forlorn: sad from feeling of abandonment/loneliness
- Figurative: symbolic/figure-of-speech
- Flippant: lacking seriousness or sincerity/frivolous
- Frivolous: lacking seriousness
- Galled: annoyed
- Glib: slick/smooth/readily fluent often thoughtlessly
- Genial: affable/friendly
- Gregarious: friendly
- Garrulous: excessively loquacious/talkative
- Heedless: carless/thoughtless/indifferent/apathetic
- Haughty: arrogant
- Hale: healthy
- Harrowing: frightening/dangerous
- Hysterical: uncontrollably emotional
- Haggard: worn/weakened
- Insubordinate: rebellious
- Incongruous: absurd/bizarre
- Impotent: powerless
- Idiosyncratic: eccentric
- Insolent: disrespectful
- Inept: unskilful/incompetent
- Implacable: cruel/merciless
- Imprudent: thoughtless/without thought/careless
- Irascible: crabby/irritable
- Inimical: antagonistic/contrary
- Impish: mischievous
- Irreverent: disrespectful
- Insouciant: casual/easy-going
- Indelicate: vulgar/obscene
- Insightful: perceptive/understanding/intelligent
- Impetuous: unthinking/involuntary
- Ingratiating: fawning/servile/seeking favour by flattery
- Ineffectual: without decisive effect/without satisfactory
- Ire: angry/intensely emotional state if displeased/ wrath
- Jaundiced: prejudiced
- Jesting: joking/clowning
- Jubilant: immense joy/satisfaction
- Jocular: funny
- Lithe: grateful (Note: likely a typo, should be 'lithe' = supple)
- Languid: lethargic
- Lewd: indecent/vulgar
- Loquacious: talkative
- Lucid: evident/obvious/intelligible
- Laudatory: complimentary
- Malleable: impressionable/adaptable/flexible
- Meek: shy/compliant/submissive
- Maudlin: teary/over-emotional
- Moribund: stagnant
- Magnanimous: charitable/kind/generous
- Mirthful: merciful (Note: likely a typo, should be 'Mirthful' = merry)
- Musing: pensive
- Mordant: sarcastic/sardonic
- Mollifying: bland
- Melancholy: sad in gloomy/pensive way
- Morose: sullen/gloomy
- Memento: serves as a reminder of person or past event
- Moody: unreasonable irritation
- Non-plussed: confused/confounded
- Neurotic: obsessive/compulsive
- Needling: sarcastic/sardonic
- Ornery: mean
- Obsequious: submissive/grovelling
- Obstreperous: noisy/uncontrolled/boisterous
- Overweening: arrogant
- Overwrought: paranoid/nervous excitement & anxiety
- Overbearing: domineering/arrogant
- Perverse: troublesome
- Plucky: brave
- Plaintive: pathetic/mournful
- Pandering: indulging
- Petulant: moody/crabby/cantankerous
- Parsimonious: close/tight €
- Prudish: coy/reserved
- Perfunctory: involuntary/automatic
- Punctilious: careful/finicky
- Pompous: arrogant/egotistical
- Pernicious: dangerous/harmful
- Punitive: punishing
- Pithy: brief/forceful & meaningful in expression
- Pious: religious/dedicated
- Prostrate: submissive
- Phlegmatic: unemotional/apathetic
- Placating: conciliatory/willing to end disagreements/appeased/pacified
- Pragmatic: sensible
- Paranoid: overwrought/nervous excitement & anxiety
- Pertinacious: resolute/stubborn/obstinate
- Patronising: arrogant/condescending
- Probing: exploring in a searching way/perceptive/insightful
- Prying: interfering/meddling/unnecessarily curious (intrusive)
- Perceptive: insightful/intelligent
- Piqued: offended/resentful after slight or indignity
- Quixotic: idealistic
- Rapt: engrossed/absorbed
- Remonstrate: to argue
- Reticent: reserved/unsociable/secretive/quiet
- Resolute: determined
- Recreant: cowardly/yielding
- Rambunctious: noisy/boisterous
- Refined: cultured/civilised
- Reproachful: disapproved/disappointed
- Relief: pleasant & relaxed when something unpleasant stops or does not happen
- Spurning: ignoring
- Stoic: enduring/philosophic
- Sanguine: optimistic
- Splenetic: angry
- Senescent: aged/elderly
- Supercilious: arrogant
- Sanctimonious: self-righteous/hypocritical
- Sequestered: isolated/cloistered/reclusive/sheltered
- Seraphic: angelic
- Staid: restrained/dignified
- Scathing: nasty/critical in remarks
- Shrewd: clever/intelligent
- Saccharine: ingratiating/cloyingly agreeable
- Snide: derogatory in nasty, insinuating manner
- Sneering: mocking/condemnation/sarcastic
- Sullen: ill-humoured/morose
- Skirmishing: fighting/in combat
- Tactless: blunt
- Titillated: aroused/enthusiastic
- Taunting: reproaching/challenging in scornful way/insulting way
- Tentative: experimental
- Trepidation: tremulous fear/alarm/perturbation
- Unperturbed: composed/calm
- Unscrupulous: immoral
- Unfeigned: sincere/genuine
- Unctuous: excessively flattering or ingratiating
- Uncouth: clumsy/uncultivated
- Unsparing: generous/ruthless
- Uninhibited: candid/unrestrained/fee/easy
- Unerring: accurate throughout/no error/flaw/not going astray or off-topic
- Vigilant: attentive
- Vapid: flat/dull
- Virulent: pernicious/lethal
- Vindictive: hateful
- Verbose: wordy
- Vindicated: cleared/pardoned/freed
- Wistful: contemplative
- Wheedling: fulsome
- Whimsical: playful/fanciful
- Witty: funny & clever – unique/intentive humour
- World-weary: distrust in human sincerity/integrity
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Test your knowledge of adjectives with this engaging vocabulary quiz! Each question will challenge you to understand and apply various adjectives in context. Enhance your language skills and expand your word power with this fun exercise.
