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bad/badly incorporate

energetically real/really

enthusiastically sadly

experimentally successfully

expertly suddenly

extremely swiftly

frantically thoughtfully

good/well vigorously

Extra Word(s) You Learned in This Lesson _______________________________________

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A N S W E R S

P ra c t i c e 1 : Us i n g Ad ve r b s C o r re c t l y 1. swiftly

2. thoughtfully 3. frantically 4. enthusiastically 5. sadly

6. vigorously 7. badly 8. really 9. good

10. enthusiastically orthoughtfully

THIS SECTION OF 12 LESSONS forms the heart of the book. Here you will learn interesting, useful, and impressive new words in various subject areas. Think of an area of your life that interests you and you’ll ﬁnd ways here to increase your word power on those subjects.

build word power in all subject areas

S E C T I O N

WE ALL LIKE to think of ourselves as unique individuals. And we are.

There’s no one exactly like you; you’re truly one of a kind. But how do you describe other people? Your best friend? Your favorite cousin? Your teacher?

After you describe a person’s physical characteristics (tall, short, blonde, and so on) it’s likely you’ll begin describing the person’s personality traits. (A trait is a distinguishing characteristic or habit.) By naming one or more personality traits, you put the person into a category you’re fairly conﬁdent your reader or listener will recognize. My brother is a real jock; he lives for sports. My best friend is a fashion guru; she always has the latest styles. My mom is a compulsive cleaner; our house is so organized!See how it works? Our minds automatically search for a category, or general description, that will best communicate our ideas about the person we’re talking about.

This lesson gives you words to describe various personal characteristics or personality types. As you read, write down other words you think of that are associated with personality. Notice that some words are nouns and some are adjectives. Which words do you think your friends might use to describe you?

L E S S O N 14

words to describe personalities

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

ANONYMOUS

Beginning with this lesson, you’ll learn new words that are connected to differ- ent subjects. Let’s start with words associated with various personality traits.

WO R D S T H AT D E S C R I B E P E R S O N A L I T Y T Y P E S A N D T R A I T S 1. artistic. Describes a person who has creative skills or serious

interest in the arts. Charles knew from an early age that his artistic interests would lead to a career as a painter.

2. altruist. A person who is more interested in the welfare of others than in himself or herself. Even young altruists are able to ﬁnd programs to beneﬁt from their charitable work.

3. egotist. A person who is self-centered and thinks himself or herself better than others. Cinderella’s stepsisters were deﬁnitely ego- tists; they never considered the poor girl at all.

4. extrovert. An outgoing, gregarious person who enjoys the company of others. Mary Lou, secretary of the glee club and class presi- dent, is a ﬁne example of an extrovert.

5. gourmet. A person who is very serious about the quality of food—sometimes called a foodie. My mother is an out-and-out gourmet; she loves to spend hours in the kitchen, and everything she makes is delicious.

6. introvert. A person who is shy. My parents think I’m an introvert because I like spending a lot of time reading by myself.

7. laconic. A person who uses as few words as possible to communicate ideas. My teenage brother has become dramatically laconic; he rarely speaks, and usually only grunts.

8. loner. A person who prefers to be alone, and avoids the company of others. We’ve never met our next door neighbor; we refer to him as The Loner of Lambert Lane.

9. loquacious. Describes a person who is very chatty and talkative.

My friend Jennie is always in trouble at school because she’s so loquacious.

10. narcissist. A person who thinks only of himself or herself. The country’s dictator was a terrible narcissist; he didn’t care at all for the welfare of his people.

11. pretentious. Describes a person who is always trying to impress others and pretends to be very important or wise. It is very pre- tentious to use big words when small ones will communicate just as well.

12. prodigy. A person, usually quite young, who is unusually tal- ented or gifted. Jonathan, a true chess prodigy, won his ﬁrst national competition at age ﬁve.

P R AC T I C E 1 : I D E N T I F Y I N G P E R S O N A L I T Y T Y P E S

Fill in each blank with the word from this lesson that ﬁts the personality type being described. The ﬁrst letter of each correct answer has been provided.

1. Jim is always chatting. l__________________

2. Sandy prefers his own company. i__________________

3. Lynne enjoys cooking as much as eating. g_________________

4. Jon speaks in very short sentences. l__________________

5. Sandy’s twin also sticks to himself. l__________________

6. Suzanne likes to show off her vocabulary. p_________________

7. Peter says he lives to help others. a _________________

8. Dianne dreams of becoming a sculptor. a _________________

9. Jim is always admiring himself in the mirror. n_________________

10. Marianne loves being with people. e _________________

11. Alﬁe thinks he is better than others. e _________________

12. Young Sam won every race he entered. p_________________

P R AC T I C E 2 : R E T E S T I N G YO U R VO C A B U L A R Y K N OW L E D G E

Do the following sentences use this lesson’s words correctly? Write T (for true) if a boldfaced word is used correctly and F (for false) if it is not. Read carefully;

there may be tricks in the statements.

_____ 1. Lonersare people who never seem to prefer their own company.

_____ 2. People who tend to speak in short sentences or who prefer not to speak much at all are described as narcissists.

_____ 3. Girls are often described as being loquaciousbecause they chat a lot.

_____ 4. If you use a lot of fancy words, you may be accused of being an egotist.

_____ 5. If you spend more time in museums than you do at the movies, you can deﬁnitely be characterized as an artisticperson.

_____ 6. Using longer words instead of shorter ones is a common habit among pretentiouspeople.

_____ 7. The young pianist so hated being with other people that even newspaper articles about him described him as an introvert.

_____ 8. The gourmetchef made his reputation working at a small town diner.

_____ 9. Being an extrovertmeans that you are probably most concerned with yourself and don’t have much time to extend outward.

_____ 10. When your idea of a vacation is to go to New Orleans and help rebuild houses, you are probably known as an altruist.

_____ 11. Egotistsare people who are said to think of themselves before they think of others.

_____12. By the age of ten, the mathematics prodigywas scoring better on college-level calculus exams than the university students.

P R AC T I C E 3 : W H O A R E YO U ?

Fill in the ﬁrst sentence about yourself using one or more of the words from this lesson. Use the second sentence to describe a sister or brother, best friend, teacher, or parent.

You may use additional words not found in this lesson.

1. I would describe myself as a ________________ because I _____________

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2. I would describe _____________ as a _____________ because

he/she_________________________________________________________

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