Describing people flashcards

Describing People
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Accent
The way a person speaks and says words.
(noun)

African
To come from Africa or
to have the
characteristic of
someone from Africa.
(adjective)

Age
The time reached in years.
(noun)

American
To come from the
North or South
American continents or
to come from the
United States of
America.
(adjective)

Ancestor
A family member from long ago.
(noun)

Anxiety
A state of being
worried.
(noun)

Anxious
To be upset or bothered by events which maybe
beyond your control.
(adjective)

Asian
To come from Asia or
to have the
characteristics of
someone from Asia.
(adjective)

Attractive
To be good to look at
and to have a nice
appearance.
(adjective)

Average
To be in the middle, to not be short or tall, or
not long or short.
(adjective)

Bald
An absence of hair.
(adjective)

Beard
The hair that grows on
the face and around
the jaw.
(noun)

Beautiful
To be lovely, very good
to see.
(adjective)

Black
To have dark coloured
skin.
(adjective)

Blond
To have pale skin and
yellow hair.
(adjective)

Body-building
Activities to increase
muscle development
so that the muscles
become visible.
(noun)

Bones
The hard parts that
create the human
skeleton.
(noun)

Boney
To have a big body, as
way of saying someone
might be a bit fat.
(adjective)

Cheeks
The sides of the face
below the eyes.
(noun)

Chin
The bottom part of the
jaw below the mouth.
(noun)

Cross
To be annoyed, upset.
(adjective)

Curly
To be wavy, not
straight.
(adjective)

Devious
To perform in an underhand way.
(adjective)

Drab
To be extremely dull, dark, uninteresting.
(adjective)

Emotion
An expression of the way we feel.
(noun)

Encourage
To support, often using words.
(verb)

European
To come from Europe.
(adjective)

Evil
To be bad, harmful and nasty.
(adjective)

Excess
For there to be too much of something.
(adjective)

Eyebrows
The thin strips of hair
above the eyes.
(noun)

Eyes
The parts of the face
that enable us to see.
(noun)

Fair-hair
To have light coloured
hair.
(adjective)

Fat
To be overweight.
(adjective)

Features
The parts of our anatomy that are observable.
(noun)

Fine
To be very thin, delicate.
(adjective)

Forehead
The part of the head
below the hair and
above the eyebrows.
(noun)

Fragile
To be easily broken, delicate.
(adjective)

Fringe
The hair that hangs
down and covers the
forehead.
(noun)

Generous
To give without thinking about oneself.
(adjective)

Ginger
To have orange or red
coloured hair.
(adjective)

Good-looking
To be attractive and
nice to see.
(adjective)

Grumpy
To be cross in
temperament and
always complaining.
(adjective)

Hair
The threads that cover
on head and other
body parts.
(noun)

Handsome
To be attractive and
nice to see, used to
describe a man and not
a woman.
(adjective)

Happy
To be full of joy,
pleasant.
(adjective)

Height
A person’s size vertically.
(noun)

Imprint
To make a mark or leave a mark.
(verb)

Jaw
The bottom edge of
the face.
(noun)

Joints
The place where
different bones meet
and can move.
(noun)

Kind
To be nice and thoughtful to others.
(adjective)

Length
The size of someone/thing, possibly horizontally.
(noun)

Lips
The edges of the
mouth.
(noun)

Long
A measurement of distance, the opposite of
short.
(adjective)

Mark
A distinguishing spot.
(noun)

Medium
To be in the middle, to not be big or small.
(adjective)

Mental
The use of the brain's
thought processes.
(adjective)

Middle-aged
The time when people are between about 45-65
years old.
(adjective)

Mole
A small dark mark on
the surface of the skin.
(noun)

Moustache
The hair under the
nose and above the
top lip.
(noun)

Mouth
The opening in the face
that sound comes out
of and food goes into.
(noun)

Move
To be active, not still.
(verb)

Neck
The part of the body
joining the head to the
torso.
(noun)

Nervous
To be lacking confidence.
(adjective)

Nose
A feature in the middle
of the face.
(noun)

Obese
To be extremely fat and
unhealthy.
(adjective)

Old
To have lived a long
time.
(adjective)

Overweight
To have too much body
fat for the skeleton to
support with comfort.
(adjective)

Physical
To be active, moving about.
(adjective)

Plump
To be slightly fat and
just a little overweight.
(adjective)

Posture
A way of standing, holding the body in an erect
position.
(noun)

Pretty
To be nice to look at.
(adjective)

Puberty
An age at which physical development takes
place.
(noun)

Recognise
To remember someone/thing.
(verb)

Sad
A feeling of
unhappiness.
(adjective)

Sadness
To be troubled, anxious or miserable.
(noun)

Scar
A physical mark on the
skin.
(noun)

Scatter-brained
To be unthinking, unclear in action or to forget
things easily.
(adjective)

Scruffy
To have an untidy
appearance.
(adjective)

Short
To be low down, not very high, the opposite of
tall.
(adjective)

Size
A defined shape and height.
(noun)

Skin
The covering that protects the body.
(noun)

Skinny
To be very thin and to
look unhealthy.
(adjective)

Slim
To not have any extra
fat on a body.
(adjective)

Smart
To be cleaver and good
at using your brain.
(adjective)
To look good and wear
smart clothes.
(adjective)

Stamina
The ability to continue physical exercise for long
periods of time.
(noun)

Stooped
To be bent, not straight.
(adjective)

Straight
To stand upright.
(adjective)

Stride
The distance between
steps.
(noun)

Strong
To be powerful and
have large muscles.
(adjective)

Supple
To be flexible and able to bend in lots of
different ways.
(adjective)

Tall
To be high up, to be very high, the opposite of
short.
(adjective)

Tattoo
A permanent inked mark or pattern drawn on
the skin.
(noun)

Teeth
The hard objects in a
mouth that are used
for eating/chewing
food.
(noun)

Thick
To be chunky, the
opposite of thin.
(adjective)

Thin
To be slight, the
opposite of thick.
(adjective)

Tone
The sound of something.
(noun)

Torso
The main part of the
body that the legs,
arms and neck are
attached to.
(noun)

Tubby
To be a little bit fat.
(adjective)

Ugly
Not nice to view, the opposite of pretty.
(adjective)

Voice
A way of communicating, speaking or singing.
(noun)

Walk
To move using legs.
(verb)

Weak
To lack power and the ability to do something,
the opposite of strong.
(adjective)

Weight
A description of how heavy something or
someone is.
(noun)

Well-built
To have a big body that
might also be a bit fat.
(adjective)

Well-dressed
To look good and wear
smart clothes.
(adjective)

White
To have pale skin.
(adjective)

Worry
To be anxious and
troubled.
(verb)

Wrinkles
The lines on the skin
that are most visible on
the face.
(noun)

Young
To have lived only a
short time, to not be
very old.
(adjective)

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