VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

crowd – a large group of people
eg. there was a large crowd of people around the subway station

nearby
near
eg. my office is in JingAn temple and my house is nearby.
eg2. my office is in JingAn temple and my house is near there.

sharp / bright / intelligent / wise / witty (funny)

alluring – tempting because they’re beautiful

trustworthy – able to be trusted

cultured – has experience with other cultures

headstrong / determined – to have a strong will

dynamic

hilarious – hil air ee ous – very funny

impartial – in the middle, not on either side

industrious – able to use resources effectively 

likeable – able to be liked – very lovely person

obedient – easy to follow orders 

painstaking – super careful detailed focus / almost to the point of pain

receptive – can easily accept new information / learn things from others

reflective
eg. the feedback we get is reflective of the professionalism that we show 

rhetorical – it doesn’t need an answer

righteous – reye chious – “to stand on your high horse” 

self-assured – confident 

succinct – clear and easy to understand

unbiased – in the middle

upbeat – high energy feeling + positive 

zany – weird and funny

Positive Personality Adjectives
A – E
Personality Adjectives
adaptable
adorable
agreeable
alert
alluring
ambitious
amused
boundless
brave
bright
calm
capable
charming
cheerful
coherent
comfortable
confident
cooperative
courageous
credible
cultured
dashing
dazzling
debonair
decisive
decorous
delightful
detailed
determined
diligent
discreet
dynamic
eager
efficient
elated
eminent
enchanting
encouraging
endurable
energetic
entertaining
enthusiastic
excellent
excited
exclusive
A – E
Personality Adjectives
 E – P
Personality Adjectives
exuberant
fabulous
fair
faithful
fantastic
fearless
fine
frank
friendly
funny
generous
gentle
glorious
good
happy
harmonious
helpful
hilarious
honorable
impartial
industrious
instinctive
jolly
joyous
kind
kind-hearted
knowledgeable
level
likeable
lively
lovely
loving
lucky
mature
modern
nice
obedient
painstaking
peaceful
perfect
placid
plausible
pleasant
pleasant
plucky
 E – P
Personality Adjectives
P – Z
Personality Adjectives
productive
protective
proud
punctual
quiet
receptive
reflective
relieved
resolute
responsible
rhetorical
righteous
romantic
sedate
seemly
selective
self-assured
sensitive
shrewd
silly
sincere
skilful
smiling
splendid
steadfast
stimulating
successful
succinct
talented
thoughtful
thrifty
tough
trustworthy
unbiased
unusual
upbeat
vigorous
vivacious
warm
willing
wise
witty
wonderful
zany
zealous

P – Z
Personality Adjectives
Negative Personality Adjectives
A – F
Personality Adjectives
abrasive
abrupt
abusive
afraid
aloof
ambiguous
angry
annoyed
anxious
arrogant
ashamed
awful
bad
belligerent
bewildered
boorish
bored
boring
callous
careless
clumsy
combative
confused
cowardly
crazy
creepy
cruel
cynical
dangerous
deceitful
defeated
defective
defiant
demonic
depressed
deranged
disagreeable
disillusioned
disturbed
domineering
draconian
embarrassed
envious
erratic
evasive
evil
faded
fanatical
A – F
Personality
 F – R
Personality Adjectives
fierce
filthy
finicky
flashy
flippant
foolish
forgetful
frantic
fretful
frightened
furtive
greedy
grieving
grouchy
gruesome
grumpy
guarded
gullible
helpless
hesitant
homeless
horrible
hungry
hurt
ignorant
ill
irresolute
jealous
jittery
lacking
lazy
lonely
malicious
materialistic
mean
mysterious
naive
nasty
naughty
nervous
noisy
obnoxious
outrageous
panicky
pathetic
possessive
quarrelsome
repulsive
F – R
Personality
R – W
Personality Adjectives
ruthless
sad
scary
secretive
selfish
silly
slow
sneaky
snobbish
sore
spendthrift
squeamish
stingy
strange
sulky
tacky
tense
terrible
testy
thick-skinned
thoughtless
threatening
tight
timid
tired
tiresome
troubled
truculent
typical
undesirable
unsuitable
unsure
upset
uptight
vague
vengeful
venomous
volatile
voracious
vulgar
wary
wasteful
weak
weary
wicked
worried
worthless
wretched
R – W
Personality