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Affectionate: showing a liking for a person or thing
Aggressive: confident; ready to attack
Agonized: suffering in body or mind
Ambitious: showing desirefor rank
Angry: strongfeelingsof displeasure
Annoyed: disturbed by repeateddisagreeableacts
Anxious: worried; fearful of what may happen
Apathetic: showing little or no feeling or emotion
Apologetic: offered as an admissionof error
Appreciative: showing understandingof worth or value
Arroganh over-exaggeratingone's own worth
Assertive: having the confidenceto stateboldly and clearly
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Bored: to be tired of something
Broad mihded: acceptingof other views
Calm: free from disturbance
Capable: having the ability
Careless:done without thinking
Casual: feelingor showinglittle concern
Cautious: to think aboutbeforedoine
Cheerful: huppy
Clean: free from dirt
Cold: without warmth or feeling
Competent: having ability
Conceited: stuck up
Concentrating: to fix one'sattentionon one thing
Confidenh feeling sureof oneself
Courageous:havingthe ability to overcomefear; valor
Courteous: to show respect;to havegood manners
Creative: beingable to makesomethingnew or different
Critical: to judge; to find fault
Curious: eagerto leam;inquisitive
Dedicated: devoted
Defensive: to defend or protect
Dejected: sad;discouraged
Demure: serious;thoughtful
Dependable:reliable;trustu,orthy
Determined:with one'smind firmly madeup; resolved
Diligent: hard working
Direct: straightforward;truthful
Disappointed: to feel let down; defeatedin trope
Disapproving:to showdislikeof
Disbelieving: haveno belief in
Discontented:uneasiness,
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Disgusted:filled with a strongdislike
Distasteful:unpleasant;
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Dogmatic: overbearing;arrogant
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Easygoing: taking matters easily; not worrying
Eavesdropping: ristening to what one is not
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Ecstatic: to showjoy
Embarrassed: feer uncomfortabre;serf-conscious,
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Enraged: made very angry
Enthusiasm: eager,interested
Envious: jealous
Evasive: trying to get awayfrom telling the
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Exas;rerated: angry
Excited: to stir up feelings
Exhausted: tired
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Fair-minded: just, not prejudice
Faithful: loyal; worthy of trust
Fearful: afraid
Flexible: willing
Forgiving: willing to pardon, excuse
Friendly: kind, nice
Frightened: ftiled with fear
Frustrated: not being able to finish
Generous: willing to share
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Guilty: havingdone wrong
Happy: glad,content
Hard working: work hard; do a goodjob
Helpful: useful
Honesty: to tell the truth
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Horrified: shockedvery much
Hostile: not friendlv
Hurtful: to causepain
Hyperactive: too much energy
Hyporcritical: finds faulr to;;uch
Hysterical: lack of control
Idealistic: to believe^in
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Idiotic: to act like a fooiish p"rron
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lnconsistent: not regular
Indecisive: to delay or hesitate
Independent: not wanting herp
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Indifferent: havingno feeling'
Industrious: hard-workine
Inferiority: Iou,erin posifon
Inhibited: restricted
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Insecure: feelingunsafe
Intelligent: able to leani quickly
Interested:a feelingof u,inrinj
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Jealous:fearful that a personone lovesmay love someoneelse
Joyful; full of happiness
Judgmental: to make decisions;to be opinionated
Kind: friendly,doing good
Lazy: not willing to work; slow
Liberal: generous;not narrow in one'sthinking
Logical: reasonable
Lonely: longing for friends
Loud: makingnoise
Lovesick: wanting or longing for love
Loving: affectionate
Manipulative: to try to control
Materialistic: to want to own many things
Meditative: to ponderor think a lot
Mischievous: wanting to do things that annoy
Miserable: very unhappy
Modest: not conceited
Negative: not positive
Nervous: easily excited,jumpy
Non-materia[stic: not wantingto own many things
Obedient: to do whatyou aretold
Obstinate: not give in to others,stubbom
Optimistic: seeingthe good sideof everything
Overemotional: showingtoo manyemotions,easily moved
Pained: suffering
Paranoid: suspicious;doesn'ttrustothers
Patience: willing to put up with pain or trouble
Perfectionist wanting perfect condition
Perplexed: confused
Persistent: lasting;going on; continuing
Persuasive: able to convince
Pessimistic:seeingthe bad sideof everything
Polite: to behaveproperly
Prejudice: to judge without knowing all the facts
Proud: satisfactionwith oneselfor one's possessions
Prudish: very proper or modest
Puzzled: confused
Rebellious: going againstauthority
Regretful: feeling sorry
Reliable: someonethat can be dependedon
Relieved: made easier
Responsible:trustworthy;reliable
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Satisfied: contented,pleased
Secure: safe,free from fear
Self-controlled: to control one'sown feelings
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Self-relianfi to dependon oneself
Sensitive.:easily affectedor influenced
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Serious:thouglitful,
Sheepish:bashfut;timid
Shocked:surPrised
Shy: bashful;tirnid
Sincere:gdnuine;honest
Smus: hiehlYselfsatisfied
stubf,orn-:hardto dealwith
Superior: aboveaverage;excellent
Surly: unfriendlY;rude
Surprised: caughtunprepared
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Suspicious: questionable;
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Talented: naturalability
Tense: feelingnervous;strained
Thoughtful: careful of others;considerate
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Tolerant: pirtient towardspeople with different opinions
TFuthful: telling the truth; honest
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Unrealistic: unreasonable
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