adjective
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Their long, heavy eyelids give them a look of drowsy calm; the adjective most often associated with them is “chill.”
From Slate • May 27, 2026
“You don’t often see the adjective ‘warm’ attached to a titan of industry, but it applied to him.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
There are specific times when it’s a genuinely appropriate word to use, one that covers ground no other adjective can.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
I mentioned that in 17th-and 18th-century Britain, “hedge,” as an adjective, meant “mean” or “vile.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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