The document describes various words used to characterize people's intellect, abilities, attitudes, personalities, and behaviors. It provides terms related to intelligence and ability, such as intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, and talented. It also lists words associated with lacking abilities like stupid, foolish, and silly. Additionally, it outlines characterizations of people's attitudes, like pessimistic, optimistic, extroverted, introverted, relaxed, and sensitive. Finally, the document notes descriptors of behaviors and personalities including honest, generous, innocent, ambitious, assertive, and aggressive.

1. Chapter # 38 Describing People Character

2. Intellectual ability Ability Intelligent having intelligence or able to understand easily Bright intelligent Clever Intelligent Sharp clever and quick to notice things Shrewd showing sharp powers of judgment of a situation

3. Able to have the necessary physical strength, mental power skill, time, money or opportunity to do something Gifted having special ability in a particular subject or activity clever or having a special ability Talented having a natural skill for something, able Brainy clever ( informal ) Continued

4. Lacking ability Stupid foolish or unwise, lacking judgment or intelligence Foolish unwise, ridiculous or lacking in judgment Half-witted stupid Simple describes a person who does not have a normal level of intelligence Silly showing a lack of thought or judgment, foolish

5. Brainless stupid ( informal ) Daft silly or stupid ( informal ) ( BrE spoken ) Dumb stupid ( informal especially AmE ) Dim not very clever ( informal especially BrE ) Continued

6. Cunning clever and good at deceiving somebody Crafty good at getting what you want by deceiving somebody Sly using tricks and dishonest methods to get what you want Clever, in a negative way, using brains to deceive somebody

7. Attitude towards life Pessimistic expecting that the things will be bad and unsuccessful Optimistic believing or expecting that good things will happen Extroverted an socially confident, energetic and happy person who enjoys being with other people Introverted someone who is shy, quiet and unable to make friends easily Tense ( wound-up/ stressed-out) very anxious, nervous or angry

8. Relaxed feeling happy and comfortable because nothing is worrying you Sensible based on good judgment and practical ideas or understanding Stupid not intelligent or sensible Down-to-earth sensible and practical ( good at dealing with problems ) Sensitive understanding what other people need, and being helpful and kind to them Upset ( or worked-up ) unhappy Continued

9. Attitude towards other people Sociable (Un sociable) describes a person who is friendly and likes to be and spend time with other people Gregarious liking to be with other people Quarrelsome describes a person who repeatedly argues with other people Argumentative linking to argue Cruel extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally Sadistic a person who obtains pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel

10. Easy-going not strict and not easily upset and worried Even-tempered always calm and never angry or too excited about something Laid-back relaxed in manner and character, not tending to get anxious about other people’s behavior or things that need to be done Impolite not polite, rude Rude not polite Ill-mannered rude and unpleasant, not polite Discourteous rude, not polite Continued

11. Honest truthful or able to be trusted and not likely to steel, cheat or lie. Sincere honest Reliable someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because they work or behave well in a way you expect Trustworthy reliable Jealous feeling angry or unhappy because someone else has something that you wish you had Envious wishing that you had something that someone else has Continued

12. One person’s meat is another person’s poison Determined Refusing to change your opinions, beliefs, etc because you are sure you are right Obstinate Stubborn Pig-headed

13. Economical Wise and careful use of money Continued Thrifty Stingy Mean Tight-fisted Miserly

14. Self-assured Confident about what you are doing Believing that you are more important than anyone else Continued Confident Self-important Arrogant Full of oneself

15. Unconventional New and different Unusual and strange Continued Original Eccentric Odd Peculiar Weird

16. Frank Speaking in an honest and direct way and not trying to hide the truth and your feelings Continued Direct Blunt Abrupt Brusque Curt

17. Continued Inquiring Always trying to find out private information about someone Inquisitive Nosy

18. Continued Generous Willing to give money , help, kindness, etc, especially more than is expected Spending too much money Extravagant

19. Continued Innocent Not guilty of crime Lacking experience and always expecting that people will be nice and that things Will happen easily Naive

20. Continued Ambitious Having a great desire to be successful, powerful or wealthy Determined to get what you want in a way that seems rude Pushy

21. Continued Assertive Behaving in a confident and determined way Behaving in an angry and threatening way Aggressive Bossy