Tag: Adjective

Adjective:   Exigent    (EK-suh-junt)Definition:1. Requiring immediate aid or action.2. Requiring or calling for much: demanding.Sample sentence: The computer technician complained that customers' requests were...

Adjective: Benevolent (buh-NEV-uh-lunt)Definition:1. Marked by or disposed to doing good; also, organized for the purpose of doing good.2. Marked by or suggestive...

Adjective: Halcyon (HAL-see-un)Definition:1. Calm, peaceful2. Happy, golden3. Prosperous, affluentSample sentence: Although Grandma spoke longingly of the halcyon days of her childhood, Jamie suspected...

Adjective: Tempestuous (tem-PESS-chuh-wus)Definition: Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: turbulent, stormySample sentence: Because the player's relationship with his manager had grown more...

Adjective: Fugacious (fyoo-GAY-shus)Definition: Lasting a short time: evanescentSample sentence: The rock band's rise in popularity turned out to be fugacious, and within two...

Adjective: Insipid (in-SIH-ped)Definition:1. Lacking in taste or savor: tasteless.2. Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge.Sample sentence: The soup was insipid,...

Adjective: Proficient (pruh-FISH-unt)Definition: Well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge.Sample sentence: When he attended an outdoor adventure camp, Mark became...

Adjective: Recalcitrant (rih-KAL-suh-trunt)Definition:1. Obstinately defiant of authority or restraint.2. Difficult to manage or operate, not responsive to treatment: resistant.Sample sentence: Anna's doctor ordered...

Adjective: Agog (uh-GAHG)Definition: Full of intense interest or excitement: eagerSample sentence: Everyone was agog over the rumor that a famous actress would be...

Adjective: Torrid (TOR-id)Definition:1. Parched with heat especially of the sun: hot: giving off intense heat: scorching2. Ardent, passionateSample sentence: As she cleaned out...