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    An adjective is a descriptive word that provides information about a noun, such as quantity, opinion, size, age, color, shape, origin, material, specificity, or purpose. Adjectives help visualize what is being described. Examples are given of adjectives describing color (brown) and size (tall) in one sentence, and number (three) and material (wooden) in another. Articles are also considered adjectives. Coordinate adjectives modifying a single noun are separated by a comma or the word "and". Compound adjectives made of multiple words require a hyphen.

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    An adjective is a descriptive word that provides information about a noun, such as quantity, opinion, size, age, color, shape, origin, material, specificity, or purpose. Adjectives help visualize what is being described. Examples are given of adjectives describing color (brown) and size (tall) in one sentence, and number (three) and material (wooden) in another. Articles are also considered adjectives. Coordinate adjectives modifying a single noun are separated by a comma or the word "and". Compound adjectives made of multiple words require a hyphen.

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    An adjective is a descriptive word that provides information about a noun, such as quantity, opinion, size, age, color, shape, origin, material, specificity, or purpose. Adjectives help visualize what is being described. Examples are given of adjectives describing color (brown) and size (tall) in one sentence, and number (three) and material (wooden) in another. Articles are also considered adjectives. Coordinate adjectives modifying a single noun are separated by a comma or the word "and". Compound adjectives made of multiple words require a hyphen.

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    An adjective is a descriptive word that provides information about a noun, such as quantity, opinion, size, age, color, shape, origin, material, specificity, or purpose. Adjectives help visualize what is being described. Examples are given of adjectives describing color (brown) and size (tall) in one sentence, and number (three) and material (wooden) in another. Articles are also considered adjectives. Coordinate adjectives modifying a single noun are separated by a comma or the word "and". Compound adjectives made of multiple words require a hyphen.

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    ADJECTIVES

    An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Specifically, an adjective can describe the
    quantity, opinion, size, age, color, shape, origin, material, specificity, and purpose of
    something. These descriptive words help us to clearly visualize what someone is talking
    about, whether in a day-to-day conversation or in a book.

    Here are a couple of example sentences that contain simple adjectives.

    The brown squirrel scampered up the tall tree.

    Three people just sat at the wooden table.

    In the first sentence, the adjectives brown and tall are describing color and size, and in the
    second sentence, the adjectives three and wooden are describing number and material.
    Articles (a, an, and the) are also adjectives, because they describe whether a noun is
    specific or non-specific.

    When two or more adjectives are being used to describe a noun, they are known as
    coordinate adjectives. Coordinate adjectives should be separated by a comma or the
    word and, as seen in the following sentences:

    What a thoughtful and generous gift!

    Rufus is a happy , energetic dog.

    When a single adjective is made of multiple words, it is known as a compound adjective.


    Compound adjectives require a hyphen, as seen in the example sentences below:

    The six-page essay is due tomorrow.

    Kim is a well-known biologist from Nevada.

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    LIST OF ADJECTIVES

    able disturbed frustrating loose


    abrupt dizzy funny lovely
    acidic early fuzzy low
    adorable easy gaudy lucky
    adventurous effortless good massive
    aggressive exasperated graceful mysterious
    agitated excited greasy narrow
    alert exhilarated great nasty
    aloof extensive grieving outrageous
    bad exuberant gritty panicky
    best foolish grotesque perfect
    bored frantic grubby perplexed
    brave fresh grumpy quizzical
    bright friendly handsome teeny
    certain frightened happy tender
    clear frothy hard tense
    colossal frustrating hollow terrible
    condescending glorious hungry tricky
    confused gorgeous hurt troubled
    cooperative grubby icy unsightly
    corny happy ideal upset
    costly harebrained immense white
    courageous healthy impressionable whole
    cruel helpful intrigued wicked
    despicable helpless irate yellow
    determined high large young
    different hollow lazy yummy
    dilapidated homely livid zany
    diminutive free lonely zealous
    distressed frothy long zippy

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