Vocabulary for Writing to Inform, Explain, Describe

Vocab for English language, writing triplet: inform, explain, describe

?
  • Created by: Annie R
  • Created on: 14-05-11 14:49

Pleasant Describing Words

Opaque  * gossamer  * blithe  * resplendent

*Myriad  * crystal  * bucolic  * amenable

Alacrity  * murmur  * charismatic  * laudable

Sonorous  * autumnal  * epitome  * resonant  *

Soporific  * twilight  * erudite  * reverberate 

*Transient  * tranquil  * euphoric  * opulent 

*Tremulous  * caress  * enigmatic  * innocuous 

*Translucent  * meander  * inscrutable  * Inquisitive  

 *Mellifluous  * whisper  * dawdling  * enduring

Melodious  * dusk  * verdant  * feisty

Velvety  * vernal  * scud  * palpable 

 *Languorous  * limpid  * mesmerised

1 of 3

Unpleasant Describing Words

Sinister  * risible  * dreary  * ostentatious 

*Ominous  * hostile  * cursory  * poignant 

*Sceptical  * banal  * facile  * puerile

Ambivalent  * bereft  * fastidious  * qualms  

 *Spectral  * brazen  * fatuous  * raucous 

 *Laborious  * barren  * feign  * repugnant

Frantic  * gauche  * hapless  * skulk 

*Harangued  * jejune  * lethargic  * truculent 

*Apathetic  * malignant  * maelstrom

Feckless  * onerous  * arduous

2 of 3

General

 * Ubiquitous  * viable  * panacea

* Allude  * inadvertent  * pervasive

* Adamant  * imbued  * pragmatic

* Vacillate  * inherent  * qualms

* Accentuate  * inimitable  * quandary

* Contrite  * latent  * overt

* Credulity  * nuance   * exacerbate

* Demeanour  * nominal  * infer

3 of 3

Comments

Rakhi Patel

Report

thank you this is really helpful

Jacob Watt

Report

I thought it was really good :)

Perhaps you could give examples of using some of the words.

Laa'iqa

Report

They are great words... i don't have a clue what half of them mean. maybe you could give a definition and maybe doe examples of how to use them... other than that GREAT HELP!!!!! :D

Similar English resources:

See all English resources »See all Writing to inform resources »