Adjectives as Descriptive Words Adjectives are descriptive words that modify nouns. They’re what you need to tell the difference between an acrobatic cat, a delirious cat, and a precious cat (or maybe a cat that’s all three). acrobatic adorable adventurous bitter boundless bright brilliant brittle delirious diminutive exultant filthy foolhardy gregarious intrepid jocular joyful jubilant keen kooky lanky lazy limp lush luxurious macabre magnanimous mellow miserable nimble nocturnal opulent ornate ordinary palatial parsimonious peevish picturesque potent practical precious putrid questionable quirky radiant raspy rustic scornful scrumptious silky sly spider-like spectacular tentacular tense thorny verdant whimsical woeful zesty Adverbs as Descriptive Words Use an adverb to describe an action rather than a noun, or if you want to add even more detail to an adjective. Most adverbs end in -ly (though not al...
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