ADJECTIVES TO

DESCRIBE
YOURSELF
1. For an interview.
1DILIGENT/ HARDWORKING 
2MOTIVATED/ DETERMINED 

3 DRIVEN prompted to do something what driven/prompted you to study your carrer?

4AMBITIOUS 
5COLABORATIVE   willing to work together   
6PUNCTUAL     to be on time  
7. EFFICIENT to work quickly in an organized way 
8. DETAIL ORIENTED   camilo accountant 
9PERSONABLE,  AFFABLE AMICABLE    easy to talk 
10ENTHUSIASTIC
11 ADAPTABLE 
12 INNOVATIVE   to come up with different ideas to solve a problem
13 ORGANIZED to arrange things in a methodical way
14 EXPEREINCED    to be able to get involved successfully
15. METHODICAL 
16 RESPONSIBLE 
17 RELIABLE    people can count on you 
18INSIGHTFUL what does insigful mean, what does it mean? It means
19 ARTICULATE    to be concise speak short and sweet 
20 PROACTIVE 

15 ADVANCED ADJECTIVES
1FRANK    direct not hold back
2BOISTEROUS     loud energetic   ruidoso 
3PERSISTENT 
4 UNASSUMING the students unassuming behavior meant that the teacher didn’t notice 
5 INTIMIDATING   AUSTERE 
6PRAGMATIC reasonable 
7 PRETENTIOUS   intentando presumir cristian espinosa 
8 CYNICAL 
9COCKY
10 CONCEITED    rave about  EXTOLL 
11 VAIN
12 DIPLOMATIC 
13 AFFABLE
14 CHATTY
15 KLUTZ   clumsy foolish awkward

100 adjectives  
Positive 
Alejandra is easy -going    laid –back, nonchalant, happy –go- lucky
Calm
Humble 
Level headed

Bossy        
Talkative    habla M   charlatan 
Negative 
Impatient 
### Cheeky 
Stubborn
Naughty travieso 
Bad temper
Emotional 
Mean 
Rude 
Dishonest 
Untidy
####MONEY negative
Miser
Spendthrift 
Mean -   stingy 
Tight-fisted       thrifty 
 POWERFUL
ADJECTIVES
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” MARK
TWAIN
Avoid using the following words: bad, good, small, big, nice, and beautiful.
Good (beneficial, a positive impact effect on, advantageous)
Walking 30 minutes every single day can have a positive impact on your
health)

Bad (atrocious, detrimental, harmful, unhealthy, have a negative

impact)
Not sleeping properly can be for your health in the long run
The weather is bad  (atrocious, awful, miserable,  terrible )

Eating junk food can be detrimental for your health

Small (tiny, minute, minuscule)
The glass smashed /shattered into tiny pieces
Big (gigantic, colossal, huge, massive)
Beautiful (stunning, striking, exquisite, splendid, awesome, in awe,
breathtaking gorgeous)
When I perched on the top of the mountain, I could appreciate a breathtaking
view of the whole city

Nice (  pleasurable enjoyable  fantastic wonderful tremendous)

Excellent (wonderful, impressive, tremendous, brilliant, superb)
How was the concert?
He rendered a tremendous performance.

-AVOID USING VERY WHEN DESCRIBING ADJECTIVES

1. I am happy- I am content
2. I am very happy – I am thrilled
3. I am very hungry- I am starving
4. I am very tired- I am weary/ knackered/ worn out/ exhausted /shattered.
5. I am mentally tired/ I am burned out/ fried
6. She is very nervous because of the exam – she is jittery because of the exam
7. I am very thirsty- I am parched, so I will buy a vive 100.
8. I feel lazy after a heavy lunch- I feel sluggish after a heavy lunch
9. This idea is very ridiculous- the idea is preposterous/ absurd
10. The coffee is very hot- the coffee is scalding
11. The weather is very hot- the weather is scorching it is a real scorcher
12. The food is very good - the food is mouth-watering/ tasty/ delicious
13. I am very cold- I am shivering
14. I am very hot - I am sweltering
15. I am busy - I am overwhelmed/ tied up/ swamped/ have a full schedule
16. Trasmilenio is always very crowded- transmilenio is jam packed so much so that many
people narrowly get into the buses.
17. It is very important – it is essential/ vital
18. You did a very good job- you did an outstanding /superb job
19. I have a terrible headache- I have an excruciating headache
20. His piano performance was perfect - his piano performance was / flawless/ spotless/
impeccable/
 21. mindblowing
22. The earthquake was very damaging / the earthquake was devastating
23. Strange , weird, awkward
24. I had a hectic schedule
25. I am tipsy I am little dizzy
26. I am sober

ADVANCED ADJECTIVES
1. Germane    pertinente  
2. Preposterous   ridiculo
3. Perfunctory   a perfunctory smile  indiferente  leo asked a perfuctory questions to
students before the class was over 
4. Truculent Harold was standoffish   she seems standoffish but she is shy   poco
amigable truculent   agressivo     
5. -austere
6. Capricious 
7. -defamatory 
8. -quintessential 
9. -esoteric 
10. -nascent gene there is a nascent problem 

###ADVANCED SUSTANTIVES
1. 1QUID PROQUO
2. 2CATCH 22
3. 3DICHOTOMY
 4. 4EPITOME  CR 7 IS THE EPITOME OF A THICK SKINNED PERSON. 
5. 6MYRIAD   
6. 7SYCOPHANT Leo is not a sycophant   adulador cosy up  suck  extol  
7. 8 CREDENCE you will have little credence  if you change 

8. Give credence    have the credence

9. THE ZENITH 
10. MALAISE
11. DILETANTE   amateur   know a little about a topic. 

10 AMAZING ADJECTIVES
UBIQUITOUS 
CUMBERSOME BURDENSOME  difficult to handle
FACETIOUS
ARDUOUS  requires exertion  strenous effort 
PRESUMPTOUS   
PENSIVE
CIRCUITOUS
CONSCIENTIOUS 
METICULOUS
CONVOLUTED 
UNCANNY 

CONSPICIOUS OUTLANDISH 
1. Give or take
S LANGS
2. Get off my back!!!!
3. Ish
4. Bromance
5. Babe
6. Bring it on!!!
7. Let’s get even
8. A Smart- aleck  flip the bird
9. Get out of here    si como no
10. It is my bad
11. No way
12. For Pete s sake
13. Holly shit
14. It is my bad!!!!
15. I am zonked I am exhausted
16. Get out of here!!!! No te creo, a lo bien , en serio
17. No way en serio???
18. The party is going to be Lit “LPM “
19. Have a blast pasarla una chimba
20. Go bananas
21. What’s the tea?
22. You are a screw up /fuck up!!
23. I screwed up,  I messed up, / I blew it /i fucked up 
24. I blew the interview 
25. Damn rayos !!!

26. I get tongue tied

27. It is all good
28. Throw somebody under the bus. Don’t throw me under the bus by telling Gene
that I am teaching you slangs
29. Sooner or later
30. Take off. I will take off as I am tired

31. He quit smoking cold turkey  de golpe    

IDIOMS WITH PARTS
OF THE BODY
1. ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE
2. HEAD AND SHOULDERS
3. PULL YOUR LEG facetious
4. GIVE HIM/ HER THE COLD SHOULDER
5. If people put you down for everything you do give them the cold shoulder unless
you are doing something wrong
6. To make dreams come true
7. SHAKE A LEG  to hustle
8. We need to get downtown ASAP, SHAKE A LEG!!
9. BREAK A LEG luck
10. Daniel has just married . I wish him to break a leg.
11. DON’T TURN YOUR DEAF EAR!!!!!!!
12. Tell me what you did at school. don’t turn your deaf ear
13. AM ARM AND A LEG
14. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD
15. CHANGE OF HEART
16. BUTTERFIES IN MY STOMACH
17. NO BRAINER
18. A Would you like to go with me to new York with everything paid?
19. B Dude , it is no brainer !
20. ALL EARS
21. GIVE A HAND
22. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
23. GET OFF MY CHEST
24. GIVE THE COLD SHOULDER
25. BY HEART
26. AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOICE
27. UNDER MY THUMB
28. HAVE THE UPPER HAND
29. OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE
30. TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN    TO SHRUG IT OFF 
31. KEEP YOUR CHIN UP
32. EYE TO EYE
33. FACE TO FACE
34. GIVE A HAND 
35. HANDS DOWN
36. AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS
37. RUB ELBOWS WITH
38. PLAY BY EAR  ARBITRARY.
39. SCRATCH YOUR BACK

40. AS A RULE OF THUMB

41. A GOOD HEAD ON ONES SHOULDERS 

42. A HEART OF GOLD
43. FROM MY HEART OF HEARTS
44. BOTTLENECK
45. HANDS DOWN 
46. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 
47. THICK-SKINNED PERSON
48. THIN SKINNED PERSON
49. HEAVY HEARTED 
Verbs and adjectives related to emotions
GESTURES
COLLOCATIONS with take make at in on

make ends  meet     hold down  three 

make the best of a     bad situation 

makedo      manage    scrape by      get by 

make sense   of  

make noise       severance package 
make fun of 
#### make   lights  of       downplay   
make too much    indulge 
##make sure   make certain  

make space for   dar paso a 

#########make headway  

####### take   effects     many uninformed  patients overdosed   

take for granted  
take charge    take the lead   of   command   acchieve succes and growth  ne inchange of 
take into consideration  account
take measures      take active measures   take the necessary steps 
take actions 
take with a grain of salt 
take advantage of   
######take the time  to   
take responsibility 

in advance of              in line  with   in agreement with    in line    bajo control 
which  in turn ,    in consequence  ,                           in essence
in general  particular , the test measure peoples knowled 
                         in effect   indeed 
in theory  in practice                      in all likelyhood 

##in common                        in sucession   students lined up  in succession 

in a row  
something takes time 
have a book on hand , the situation is well in hand in control , the aid is at hand

#####on board
on purpose
on behalf of on track to /for streamline
on guard against on no account
on account of
on demand
on schedule behind the schedule
on budget
on good bad terms
on the whole

## it safe to assume say   that   se puede decir sin temor a equivocarse que 
the backbone lo mas importante
#####to streamline  
#####to undo  
to hoax   burlarse de alguien 
subjective   objective 
##### arqubly podria decirse que 
cater catty-corner from   
doable 
undoable
twist  my ankle
strain my ankle

verbs to employ in the proficient

exam
-account for form te total of something the people training at viva account for the 15 % of
the population which do physical excersice
discipline
uphold
lose out
tough it out
draw on knowledge
adapt
streamline
undo
betow
tap into capitalize on sacar provecho sacarle el jugo a algon
backfire
digress veer
dissect
backpedal
backslide
ascertain make sure that
be saddled to estar encartado con
collapse
recupérate
for fear of
###opt for /to
####result in
####be grounded in
be meant to
#############DEPLOY
####Deplete
###Replenish
Cast light on
Cast doubt on
Rebut
Illustrate demonstrate
Claim
State
Point out
Ponder think carefully
Posit suggest
Wallow
Endorse respaldar
Asignar Allot
Sponsor
Be apt to
Sidetrack deflect veer
Bounce back
#####curtail disruptive
#### deviate from the plan
Portray
Depict
Get across
####Entail
Emcompass
Dawdle
####Dwindle
##stem from
###hinge on upon based on

##entice somebody into doing lure attract

Facilitate
Follow through
Cater
Be bound to
Distort
Ease
Foster

Gear to
Hinder from
Prevail from
Jeopardize
Have the odds attacked against you
Embrace
Seize
Hustle the hustle and bustle of
Establish
Fathom
Elicit
Enquire about indagar
Request solocitar make a request
Fend for
Go riots
Go deep
Instill rub off on by
Incorporate
Wreak havoc cause estragos
Cr 7 wreaked his anger on his car
Lose track of
Keep track of
Grow on start liking somebody

floating around  there are some rumours

floating around. 
##follow suit 
#   give weight      his opinion   place importance 
the weight of his opinion u
###go riots
##go  run deep   estar muy arraigado  u¿n problema 
give  aquote  give an estimate   whats the quoute
##give rise to   cause    make som  happen
grow out of 
grow on 
H##inder    /hamper /obstruct 
hold accountable for hacer responsable a alguien por 
hustle

impugn question   /in question  are you impugning my capacities as an english

instill in      inculcar        instill confidenmvce into me 
 teacher
##### jeopardize   my career
##keep track of
lean towards   i havent decided yet , but iam leaning towards music 
##lose track of 
live with  union libre . 
loom in the horizon
#####loom large 
lie  with 
magnify make a problem bigger that it is 
mold  someone charecter   clay 
mend   unravel   on the mend    en recuperacion   curar  una operacion  herida   arreglar 
costuras 
obliterate
##offset
3##outstripe  the demand outstripped the supply 
outgrow   outgrowth resultado   ser mas alto quwe 
#outweigh 
# ponder
3#posit 
make out  come along  
#outwork 
outlay  desembolsar 
##outdo     outdo yourself 
##offset
Overlap
oversee supervise   superintend  manage 
overlook  disregard 
overthrow   derrocar 
###disect 
play up t your strengths
pass off 
placate 
3##permeate   backfill
profit
pawn  edmpeñar
profit sacar provecho de alguien 
pin somthing  down ,     identify 
quail  flinch  tremble 
quibble petty trivial    pettymindedc
opt for    prefer   decide for 
outnumber   close in on him pin hin down 
plow ahead 
3#peruse
preserve   preservar 
3##pinpoint   your weeknesess 
pan out  pan up over 
posit
prevent  from  hinder  from   
read up on
read into lines 
reciprocate   he is not reciprocate
redeem    a morgage   pay  off 
#####reiterate  
remark 
###relinquish
repudiate
####rescind 
regulate
####resit   recuperar una materia
right a wrong   enmendar    enderezar 
#######settle    diosita told me she would settle me the money she owes me   pay the
money that you owe
serve   in prison   cumplir en prision 
#sharpen  my skills 
steer clear of   mantenerse alejado 
solidify   consolidate
seal     sellar
ship   to send a package through mail 
###sidetrack digress the topic 
soar   incrementarse dramaticamente 
a tenfold 
spell trouble  cause something bad to happen in the future. 
spike    peak   alcanzar el punto maximo antes de bajar 
swerve  veer 
#swindle    blackmail   chantajear 
skyrocket 
seize
shed lights on 
signify  mean  indicate 
stonewall
33skyrocket
speak up for     
scroll up down     when i say 
soak up the    dish coth 
soak   drench   puddle charco 
let the beans  soak overnight  dejar en remojo 
##spell troubles
###steer clear from
steer   you into 
###stem from 
strain forzar  tener una contractura  o esguince o
sustain minimal damaged was sustained   recibido 
sway   into  influence  my vote wont be swayed 
tangle untangle   distangle 
tackle 
talk down      dump down
talk   someone out of  
tarnish  spoil   stain smear  campaign 
upset the pizza upset my stomach
throng  thousands of people were thronged  amontonado 
throb   my head throb and my body aches
thwart      frustrad boicoteado  desbaratado estropeado
trigger    set off   c 2 
TRACK DOWN 
TRACE BACK FROM 
tumble    over   down    trip over  
###twist  information  c2   malinterpretar informacion 
unlearn   desaprender 
##underestimate 
undermine undermine somebody’s confidence/authority/position/credibility
to deliberately say or do things that make someone appear less impressive or less important
They had spoken secretly to journalists  in an effort to undermine the leadership.

undertake   promise   
underpin argue  support  
usher in   abrir paso  .
 
3##uphold 
venture   have you ever venture into an abandoms house
weed out    descartar cross out  
whats to be expected to be done 
sit feel f have anxiety ear and wallow in 
wallow  it wont do good to wallow remain in this state 

###weigh weighing up  the pros and cons 

weigh risks / benefits /factors 
####weigh heavily on   not seizing oportunities with women   at university weaighed on
leonardo in getting a girlfriend when he turned 30 years 
##wreak   havoc"    
##yield   ceder el paso   yield the cars go uphill  if you go downhill 
yield  good resulst  prodicir    cultivo 

yield to  the way to get rid of temptation is yield to it 

liability is a burden  liability accountability    hold accountable for 
ADVANCED ADVERBS AND SUSTANTIVES TO HELP YOU SOUND SMART

VERBS RELATED TO
EMOTIONS
1. Release Pent up emotions
2. Well up not hold back tears Tears start to well up .

3. Choke back hold back tears

4. David welled up after seeing her mother again. However carlos choked back his tears
5. Burst into tears/ burst out crying
6. Break down
7. Wallow in . Remain in unhappiness and enjoy it self pityness
8. Let /blow off steam
9. Hold back
10. Open up to
11. Vent
12. Bottle up

13. Fester
14. Release Pent up emotions

15. Get off my chest

16. It gets me
17. I was deeply moved
18. To my dismay
19. It saddens me
20. He was grieving mourning

21. It strikes me
22. What strikes me about
23. Be blown away
24. Be astounded
25. Be bewildered
26. Be elated
27. Be enraptured/mesmerized /riveted by
28. Be infactuated
29. astounded   staggered 
30. bewildered   desconcertar 
31. stunned
32. amazed
33. astonished 
34. jorge was deeply moved 

35. i was deeply stirred by her performance 

 GESTURES
1. Flip the bird!!
2. High five
3. Shake hands
4. Raise your hand
5. Thumbs up!
6. Nod your head
7. Nod off
8. Startle
9. Sit up upright /straight
10. Hands on your hips
11. Rub your eyes
12. Blush
13. Tickle
14. Giggle
15. Grin at
16. Wink at
17. Frown
18. Blink
19. Squint
20. Cringe
21. Roll
22. Tilt /cock your head
23. Chin nod  
24. Stroke your chin
25. Pout
26. Stomp your feet
27. Slap your fingers
28. Clench
29. Clutch
30. Shrug your shoulders
31. Hunch over
32. Lean over
33. Fiddle
34. Fidgeting
35. Slumping
36. Fumble
37. Hiding your face 

38. flinch   recoil

39. choke

40. tap their finger

41. slouch   hunch over 

42. dazzle 

43. jiggle when cooking scrambled eggs , give it a jiggle

44. wedge

LOOK WAYS
1. tilt  at     cock   
2. look at ,
3. watch  tv
4. watch an entire action
5. see notice
6. spot
7. stare  at 
8. glare  at 
9. scowl at /frown
10. sneak a glance
11. glance 
12. browse  look around 
13. peep
14. sneak a peek 
15. look away  down 
16. gaze at 
17. glitter 
 MOVE WAYS
1 Budge up to ask somebody to make a space in order for you to sit down .

-Wow, the classroom is already full, Daniel could you please budge up

2.Stroll Amble walk in a relaxing way Zaira was strolling with her boyfriend along
the beach
Flock together
3.Wander ,to move without a particular purpose

4. Crawl move on your hand and knees.

the baby was crawling acroos the room .

he was so drunk that he couldn’t walk. So , he had to crawl

The traffic in tunja slowed to a crawl yesterday so much so that it wasn’t worth taking a taki to the
EPC

The traffic was crawling

5. Stumble to trip on something , look really uncoordinated

The kid stumble on the edge of the side walk and fell over.

6. Stagger move clumsily as though you are going to fall

7chimb over

8Trek to walk a long distance

9Creep up on move secretly don’t creep up on me , you almost gave me a heart attack

10 limp move having a injure foot painful leg or foot

11 flee escape by running away danger or fear

11 sprint

12jolt

13shoot zoom

14 Stride to move with long steps

15 squat

16 sway unbalanced walking the drunk man was swaying acroos the surrounding of the bar

17 Loiter

18mill around

19Prowl

20Roam

21Wander

22Lurk

23Lull   

24Cradle

25rock

26Drag

27Cradle

28Lumber

29Pounce

30Charge at   lunge at 

31. Lither

32 march from band together

33Glide  to move with no effort the eagle is gliding through the air

NOISES
1. Shriek
2. Squeak
3. rumble
4. snorting    mucus
5. belching  burping   
6. hiccup
7. flatulence    " fart"     
8. snoring
9. growling tummy rumble 
10.sneezing   coughing

1. STINKY
Smells
2. STENCH
3. STUFFY