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WRITER’S
WORD BANK: Adjectives
Vivid and specific adjectives help readers clearly imagine experiences. Here is a list
of strong, descriptive words to use in your own writing. Keep this list for reference and
add other interesting and fresh adjectives as you come across them.

agitated frantic plush


aloof gentle poised
authentic grueling pompous
baffled haphazard prickly
bizarre humid ravenous
brooding immense repulsive
burly irritable robust
colossal jagged scant
crinkled jittery scrawny
crooked jovial screeching
decayed lanky scruffy
defiant listless sleek
delirious livid smoldering
dingy ludicrous somber
distinguished luminous sparkling
eloquent lush tender
exasperated mammoth tidy
feeble measly vast
fierce murky verdant
flimsy nebulous whimsical
flourishing oblivious wilting
fragrant perky wistful

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