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This document provides a list of English verbs and adjectives, suitable for improving writing skills in English language lessons.

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GOOD ENGLISH WORDS TO WRITE Verbs: 1.​ Apologize – express regret for something done wrong 2.​ Admonish – warn or reprimand someone firmly 3.​ Ascertain – find out for certain, make sure of 4.​ Augment – make something greater by adding to it 5.​ Commence – begin or start 6.​ Concur – ag...

GOOD ENGLISH WORDS TO WRITE Verbs: 1.​ Apologize – express regret for something done wrong 2.​ Admonish – warn or reprimand someone firmly 3.​ Ascertain – find out for certain, make sure of 4.​ Augment – make something greater by adding to it 5.​ Commence – begin or start 6.​ Concur – agree or have the same opinion 7.​ Disclose – reveal or make known 8.​ Engender – cause or give rise to 9.​ Elucidate – make something clear, explain 10.​ Expedite – speed up the process of 11.​ Facilitate – make an action or process easier 12.​ Mitigate – make less severe, serious, or painful 13.​ Negotiate – discuss something formally to reach an agreement 14.​ Obfuscate – deliberately make something unclear or confusing 15.​ Persevere – continue despite difficulties 16.​ Rectify – correct or put something right 17.​ Scrutinize – examine or inspect closely 18.​ Substantiate – provide evidence to support or prove the truth of 19.​ Undermine – weaken or damage something 20.​ Vindicate – clear someone of blame or suspicion 21.​ Improvise – create and perform spontaneously or without preparation 22.​ Collaborate – work jointly on an activity or project 23.​ Contradict – assert the opposite of a statement made by someone 24.​ Devise – plan or invent by careful thought 25.​ Dominate – have control over something 26.​ Evade – escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery 27.​ Exemplify – be a typical example of 28.​ Inhibit – prevent or slow down an action or process 29.​ Invalidate – make something unsound or erroneous 30.​ Meditate – focus one's mind for a period of time for relaxation or spiritual purposes 31.​ Neglect – fail to care for properly 32.​ Perceive – become aware of or understand something 33.​ Propagate – spread or promote an idea or cause 34.​ Reiterate – say something again or repeatedly 35.​ Supplement – add an extra element or amount to something 36.​ Transcend – go beyond the limits of something 37.​ Validate – check or prove the accuracy of something 38.​ Accumulate – gather together an increasing quantity of something 39.​ Advocate – publicly recommend or support 40.​ Anticipate – regard something as probable, expect or predict 41.​ Apprehend – arrest someone for a crime, or understand or grasp something 42.​ Atone – make amends or reparation for wrongdoing 43.​ Commend – praise formally or officially 44.​ Corroborate – confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding 45.​ Culminate – reach a climax or point of highest development 46.​ Delineate – describe or portray something precisely 47.​ Deter – discourage someone from doing something by instilling doubt or fear 48.​ Embrace – accept or support a belief, theory, or change willingly and enthusiastically 49.​ Empower – give someone the authority or power to do something 50.​ Enrich – improve or enhance the quality of something 51.​ Evoke – bring or recall a feeling, memory, or image to mind 52.​ Illuminate – light up or clarify something 53.​ Implement – put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect 54.​ Inculcate – instill an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction 55.​ Induce – succeed in persuading or leading someone to do something 56.​ Innovate – make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods or ideas 57.​ Instigate – bring about or initiate something 58.​ Interrogate – ask questions of someone closely or formally 59.​ Intrigue – arouse the curiosity or interest of 60.​ Manipulate – control or influence someone or something cleverly or unscrupulously 61.​ Manifest – show or demonstrate a quality or feeling clearly 62.​ Motivate – provide someone with a reason for doing something 63.​ Pacify – quell the anger or agitation of 64.​ Proclaim – announce officially or publicly 65.​ Propel – drive, push, or cause something to move forward 66.​ Refrain – stop oneself from doing something 67.​ Replicate – make an exact copy of something 68.​ Restrain – prevent someone from doing something 69.​ Salvage – rescue or recover something of value from ruin or destruction 70.​ Surpass – exceed or go beyond 71.​ Sustain – strengthen or support physically or mentally 72.​ Testify – give evidence as a witness in a law court 73.​ Thrive – grow or develop well, prosper 74.​ Unravel – investigate and solve or explain something complicated 75.​ Uplift – improve the moral, spiritual, or physical condition of something or someone 76.​ Usurp – take a position of power or importance illegally or by force 77.​ Verify – make sure or demonstrate that something is true, accurate, or justified 78.​ Wield – hold and use a weapon or tool, or have and exercise power or influence 79.​ Withstand – remain undamaged or unaffected by 80.​ Yield – produce or provide a result, or give way to arguments or pressure 81.​ Bolster – support or strengthen 82.​ Circumvent – find a way around an obstacle 83.​ Discern – perceive or recognize something 84.​ Eradicate – destroy completely 85.​ Exonerate – absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing 86.​ Implicate – show someone to be involved in a crime 87.​ Invigorate – give strength or energy to 88.​ Obscure – keep from being seen, conceal 89.​ Placate – make someone less angry or hostile 90.​ Reciprocate – respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one 91.​ Rejuvenate – make someone or something look or feel younger, fresher, or more lively 92.​ Reproach – express disapproval or disappointment 93.​ Sabotage – deliberately destroy or damage something 94.​ Subdue – overcome, quieten, or bring under control 95.​ Traverse – travel across or through 96.​ Vacillate – alternate or waver between different opinions or actions 97.​ Vilify – speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner 98.​ Wane – decrease in size, extent, or degree 99.​ Endure – suffer something painful or difficult patiently 100.​ Forgo – go without something desirable Nouns: 1.​ Ambition – a strong desire to achieve something 2.​ Anomaly – something that deviates from what is standard or expected 3.​ Aspirant – a person with ambitions to achieve something 4.​ Candidness – the quality of being straightforward and honest 5.​ Clarity – the quality of being clear and easy to understand 6.​ Compassion – sympathetic concern for the sufferings of others 7.​ Conundrum – a confusing and difficult problem or question 8.​ Deference – humble submission and respect 9.​ Dexterity – skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands 10.​ Diligence – careful and persistent work or effort 11.​ Discretion – the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing confidential information 12.​ Elixir – a magical or medicinal potion 13.​ Eloquence – fluent or persuasive speaking or writing 14.​ Empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another 15.​ Enigma – a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand 16.​ Equilibrium – a state of balance 17.​ Euphoria – a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness 18.​ Facet – one side of something many-sided 19.​ Fortitude – courage in pain or adversity 20.​ Gratitude – the quality of being thankful 21.​ Inception – the establishment or starting point of something 22.​ Integrity – the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles 23.​ Maverick – an unorthodox or independent-minded person 24.​ Metamorphosis – a change of form or nature 25.​ Nuance – a subtle difference in meaning or expression 26.​ Omnipotence – the quality of having unlimited or very great power 27.​ Ordeal – a painful or horrific experience 28.​ Pandemonium – wild and noisy disorder or confusion 29.​ Paradox – a statement that contradicts itself but may nonetheless be true 30.​ Perception – the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses 31.​ Philosophy – the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence 32.​ Plausibility – the quality of seeming reasonable or probable 33.​ Proficiency – a high degree of competence or skill 34.​ Prognosis – a forecast of the likely outcome of a situation 35.​ Prospect – the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring 36.​ Quintessence – the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class 37.​ Rationale – a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action 38.​ Repercussion – an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event 39.​ Resilience – the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties 40.​ Saturation – the state of being thoroughly soaked with liquid 41.​ Serendipity – the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way 42.​ Skepticism – a skeptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something 43.​ Solace – comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness 44.​ Surveillance – close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal 45.​ Symbiosis – interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association 46.​ Talisman – an object thought to have magical powers and bring good luck 47.​ Tension – the state of being stretched tight or mental or emotional strain 48.​ Transcendence – existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level 49.​ Tribulation – a cause of great trouble or suffering 50.​ Unity – the state of being united or joined as a whole 51.​ Utopia – an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect 52.​ Veneration – great respect or reverence 53.​ Viability – the ability to work successfully or the capacity to live and grow 54.​ Vigor – physical strength and good health 55.​ Vivacity – the quality of being attractively lively and animated 56.​ Zeal – great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective 57.​ Abundance – a very large quantity of something 58.​ Affinity – a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something 59.​ Allegiance – loyalty or commitment to a group or cause 60.​ Anticipation – the action of expecting something or predicting a future event 61.​ Apprehension – anxiety or fear that something bad will happen 62.​ Arbitration – the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute 63.​ Aspiration – a hope or ambition of achieving something 64.​ Benevolence – the quality of being well-meaning and kind 65.​ Commendation – praise or an award for good behavior or work 66.​ Consolation – comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment 67.​ Disparity – a great difference 68.​ Dissonance – lack of harmony among musical notes, or disagreement or incongruity 69.​ Emancipation – the process of being set free from restrictions or control 70.​ Exacerbation – a worsening or intensification of a problem or situation 71.​ Grievance – a real or imagined cause for complaint 72.​ Hypothesis – a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence 73.​ Impediment – a hindrance or obstruction in doing something 74.​ Impetus – the force or energy with which a body moves; a stimulus 75.​ Implication – the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated 76.​ Inception – the beginning or start of something 77.​ Indifference – lack of interest, concern, or sympathy 78.​ Intervention – the action of coming between to alter a result or course of events 79.​ Legacy – something handed down by a predecessor 80.​ Malfunction – failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner 81.​ Mandate – an official order or commission to do something 82.​ Manifestation – an event, action, or object that clearly embodies something 83.​ Moratorium – a temporary prohibition of an activity 84.​ Obligation – a duty or commitment 85.​ Paradigm – a typical example or pattern of something; a model 86.​ Premise – a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred 87.​ Qualm – an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear 88.​ Refuge – a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble 89.​ Remorse – deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed 90.​ Resurgence – an increase or revival after a period of little activity 91.​ Retrospect – a survey or review of past events 92.​ Rigor – strictness, severity, or harshness 93.​ Saga – a long, involved story or series of incidents 94.​ Sanctuary – a place of refuge or safety 95.​ Tenacity – the quality of being able to grip something firmly; determination 96.​ Trepidation – a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen 97.​ Triviality – lack of seriousness or importance 98.​ Ubiquity – the fact of appearing everywhere or being very common 99.​ Whimsy – a playful or fanciful idea 100.​ Wilderness – an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region Adjectives: 1.​ Abundant – existing or available in large quantities; plentiful 2.​ Adventurous – willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences 3.​ Aesthetic – concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty 4.​ Affluent – having a great deal of money; wealthy 5.​ Ambiguous – open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning 6.​ Arduous – involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring 7.​ Astute – having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people 8.​ Benevolent – well-meaning and kindly 9.​ Candid – truthful and straightforward; frank 10.​ Capricious – given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior 11.​ Charming – delightful; very pleasing 12.​ Cognizant – having knowledge or being aware of 13.​ Compelling – evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way 14.​ Comprehensive – complete and including everything that is necessary 15.​ Conspicuous – standing out so as to be clearly visible; attracting notice or attention 16.​ Contentious – causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial 17.​ Cordial – warm and friendly 18.​ Cumbersome – large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy 19.​ Diligent – showing care and effort in one's work or duties 20.​ Discreet – careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions 21.​ Diverse – showing a great deal of variety; very different 22.​ Eloquent – fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing 23.​ Emotional – arousing strong feelings 24.​ Empathetic – showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another 25.​ Enigmatic – difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious 26.​ Essential – absolutely necessary; extremely important 27.​ Evasive – tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly 28.​ Exemplary – serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind 29.​ Exuberant – filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement 30.​ Fascinating – extremely interesting 31.​ Frugal – sparing or economical with regard to money or food 32.​ Generous – willing to give and share; unselfish 33.​ Genuine – truly what something is said to be; authentic 34.​ Gratifying – giving pleasure or satisfaction 35.​ Impeccable – in accordance with the highest standards; faultless 36.​ Impressive – evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill 37.​ Incredible – impossible to believe; extraordinary 38.​ Indispensable – absolutely necessary; essential 39.​ Innovative – introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking 40.​ Insightful – having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive 41.​ Intrepid – fearless; adventurous 42.​ Irresolute – uncertain; indecisive 43.​ Judicious – having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense 44.​ Lamentable – deserving to be criticized or regretted 45.​ Magnificent – very beautiful and impressive 46.​ Meticulous – showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise 47.​ Motivated – having a strong reason to act or accomplish something 48.​ Nostalgic – characterized by or exhibiting feelings of nostalgia 49.​ Obsolete – no longer produced or used; out of date 50.​ Opulent – ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish 51.​ Pensive – engaged in deep or serious thought 52.​ Perceptive – having or showing sensitive insight 53.​ Perilous – full of danger or risk 54.​ Plausible – seeming reasonable or probable 55.​ Precious – of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly 56.​ Prodigious – remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree 57.​ Profound – very great or intense; having deep meaning 58.​ Progressive – favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas 59.​ Pristine – in its original condition; unspoiled 60.​ Radiant – sending out light; shining or glowing brightly 61.​ Resilient – able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions 62.​ Rigorous – extremely thorough and accurate 63.​ Sanguine – optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation 64.​ Serene – calm, peaceful, and untroubled 65.​ Skeptical – not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations 66.​ Sophisticated – having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge 67.​ Spontaneous – performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination 68.​ Subtle – making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something 69.​ Sublime – of such excellence or beauty as to inspire great admiration 70.​ Superficial – existing or occurring at or on the surface; not profound or thorough 71.​ Timid – showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened 72.​ Turbulent – characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm 73.​ Unequivocal – leaving no doubt; unambiguous 74.​ Unprecedented – never done or known before 75.​ Vibrant – full of energy and life 76.​ Whimsical – playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way 77.​ Zealous – having or showing zeal; passionate 78.​ Altruistic – showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others 79.​ Befuddled – unable to think clearly; confused 80.​ Brilliant – exceptionally clever or talented 81.​ Cynical – believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity 82.​ Dapper – neat and trim in dress and appearance 83.​ Desolate – deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness 84.​ Ebullient – cheerful and full of energy 85.​ Fastidious – very attentive to detail; hard to please 86.​ Heinous – utterly odious or wicked 87.​ Impulsive – acting or done without forethought; spontaneous 88.​ Jubilant – feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph 89.​ Keen – having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm 90.​ Luminous – full of or shedding light; bright or shining 91.​ Magnanimous – very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful 92.​ Noble – having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles 93.​ Obstinate – stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action 94.​ Perturbed – anxious or unsettled; upset 95.​ Quaint – attractively unusual or old-fashioned 96.​ Radiant – emitting or reflecting light; shining 97.​ Savvy – shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment 98.​ Tactful – having or showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with others 99.​ Uplifting – inspiring happiness or hope 100.​ Voracious – wanting or devouring great quantities of food or having a very eager approach to an activity

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