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, peaceful 2. Happy, golden 3. Prosperous, affluent Sample 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, stormy Sample sentence: Because the player's relationship with his manager had grown more...

Adjective: Fugacious (fyoo-GAY-shus) Definition: Lasting a short time: evanescent Sample 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: eager Sample 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: scorching 2. Ardent, passionate Sample sentence: As she cleaned out...