Category: Adjectives

To prognosticate is to predict or foreshadow something. Our company uses current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like.

(more furious; most furious) 1 : very angry She’s furious at/over how slowly the investigation is proceeding. I was furious with/at them for printing the story. a furious argument 2 a : very powerful or violent a furious storm b Read More …

(more listless; most listless) lacking energy or spirit The heat made everyone tired and listless. The party was a listless affair. a listless economy

Docile is used to describe those who are easily taught, led, or managed. Though the professor feared a rowdy incoming class, he found that his new students were docile and eager to learn.

Someone or something described as vivacious is happy and lively in an appealing way. Our vivacious host’s bubbly humor and welcoming spirit quickly set everyone at ease.

formal of or relating to teachers or education pedagogical methods/practices – pedagogically adverb

more interested in reading books and studying than doing more physical activities (such as sports) Their teacher was a bookish fellow. – bookishness noun (noncount)

Unfettered describes what is not controlled or restricted. It is a synonym of both free and unrestrained. The biographer has been given unfettered access to the family’s collection of personal correspondence.

1 : grown or made at home or in your local area The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market. 2 : raised in or coming from your local area The music festival will feature some homegrown talent Read More …

To say that two people or things are kindred is to say that they are of a similar nature or character, or that they have the same ancestry. I believe she and I are kindred spirits. German and English are Read More …