Adjectives

Adjectives provide further description for nouns, adverbs add on to verbs. It's how we know the
woman was gorgeous or the sunset was glittering.

Adorable Kooky Concerned Organic Grim

Intrepid Brave Mediocre Flustered Precious
Adventurous Lanky Concrete Ornate Handsome
Joyful Bright Mellow Focused Puzzled
Acclaimed Lazy Conventional Ordinary Handy
Jubilant Brilliant Miserable Foolhardy Questionable
Accomplished Limp Delirious Powerless Intelligent
Keen Composed Nocturnal Gregarious Quirky
Acrobatic Luxurious Demanding Practical
 Adverbs
They can also modify other adverbs, as well as adjectives. Adverbs can be used to describe concepts
such time, place, circumstance, manner, or degree.

Angrily Normally Dutifully Tragically Kindly

Meagerly Begrudgingly Rashly Greedily Zealously

Apathetically Pointlessly Eagerly Vacantly Lazily

Methodically Blissfully Seriously Hastily

Amusingly Quickly Faintly Vividly

Neglectfully Coolly Tactfully Intelligently

Assertively Rapidly Frivolously Weirdly

Gerunds
Gerunds belong on the same branch of the family tree as adjectives and adverbs. Gerunds are created
out of verbs, but function as nouns. Take a look at this sentence:

"Do you mind my borrowing your hair straighteners?" It seems like borrowing should be the verb, right?
In fact, borrowing is the gerund, acting as a noun, and mind is the verb.

In English, gerunds end in -ing. Gerunds can be descriptive words because are often used to describe
the actions of an individual.

In the examples below, baking is first up. Here's an example of baking functioning in a sentence as a
gerund: "The party's success was all due to my baking of the apple pies." Enjoy this sampling:

Baking Mixing Driving Swinging Joking

Nailing Crying Running Hammering Walking

Biking Painting Eating Talking Jumping

Making Diving Swimming Hiking Writing

Cooking Preparing Getting Trying Laughing

 Ability - Condition
able mighty durable sure jerky competent

confident stable important busy robust forceful

gentle assured outstanding easy victorious lively

lucky daring strong intense cautious shy

smooth heavy brainy relaxed fearless concerned

adequate modern dynamic tame knotted gallant

courageous steady influential careful secure loose

hardy authoritative powerful effective virile skillful

manly determined super inquisitive clever

spirited heroic brave rich firm

alive open eager tough light

curious stouthearted innocent capable sharp

healthy bold real energetic zealous

Anger - Hostility
Agitated Savage Nasty Hateful Defiant Bullying

Combative Aggressive Spiteful Obstinate Impatient Enraged

Evil Cool Annoyed Terse Perturbed Insensitive

Irritated Furious Creepy Belligerent Vindictive Resentful

Rude Mean Harsh Cruel Blunt Wicked

Aggravated Severe Obnoxious Hostile Disagreeable Callous

Contrary Angry Tense Outraged Inconsiderate Envious

Fierce Cranky Arrogant Vicious repulsive Intolerant

Mad Hard Cross Biting Violent Rough

wrathful

Depression - Sadness - Gloom

Abandoned Mishandled destroyed terrible jilted worthless

Depressed Sad homeless burned pitiful degraded

Forsaken Alone mournful dismal unloved estranged

Low Despised stranded humiliated debased lonely

Ruined Grim blue overlooked down rejected

Alien Mistreated discarded tired trodden wrecked

Desolate Scornful hopeless cheapened kaput dejected

Gloomy awful obsolete downcast rebuked excluded

Miserable despondent tearful hurt whipped lonesome

Rundown hated bored pathetic defeated reprimanded

Alienated moody discouraged unhappy dreadful demolished

Despairing sore horrible crushed loathed forlorn

Glum battered ostracized downhearted regretful lousy

rotten

Distress
Affected ridiculous disturbed unlucky offended disgusted

displeased touchy imprisoned clumsy strained helpless

hindered awkward silly foolish unsatisfied perplexed

puzzled distrustful ungainly nauseated constrained swamped

tormented impatient bewildered speechless grief weary

anguished sickened doubtful unpopular pained disliked

dissatisfied troubled lost confused suspicious

impaired baffled skeptical futile unsure

 Fear - Anxiety
Afraid Intimidated timid frantic shy desperate

Dreading Panicky anxious jumpy upset horrified

Insecure Terrified fearful shaky dangerous

Overwhelmed alarmed Jittery uneasy hesitant

Tense embarrassed scared bashful on edge

Agitated jealous uncomfortable frightened strained

Eerie restless apprehensive nervous worrying

Inability - Inadequacy
anemic incompetent unfit frail sickly defective

disabled puny catatonic inferior unsound impotent

incapable uncertain fragile shivering defeated Mummified

powerless broken inept unqualified helpless strength less

unablea exposed shaky crippled meek vulnerable

shamed ineffective unimportant harmless small

exhausted shaken cowardly insecure useless