Different people have different abilities. In general, we find ourselves short of words when we try to describe these individual qualities. This article will provide a comprehensive list of 45 such qualities that you can explore and start using for the 'different types of people' you know.
Acquaintance: A relationship less intimate than friendship
Able: (usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means, skill, know-how or authority to do something
Absent-minded: Lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Adventurous: Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
Apathetic: Showing little or no emotion or animation
Ardent: Characterized by intense emotion
Awful: Exceptionally bad or displeasing
Boisterous: Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
Callous: Emotionally hardened
Cantankerous: Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Churlish: Rude and boorish
Circumspect: Heedful of potential consequences
Conceited: Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Condescendingb (used of behaviour or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension (Disdain or Scorn)
Conscientiousb Characterized by extreme care and great effort
Crabby: Annoyed and irritable
Dainty: Delicately beautiful
Demonic: Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
Dowdy: Lacking in smartness or taste
Egotistical: Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
Fastidious: Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
Ferocious: Marked by extreme and violent energy
Fervent: Characterized by intense emotion
Glutinous: Able or tending to stick; having the properties of an adhesive
Immodest: Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
Irascible: Quickly aroused to anger
Listless: Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
Lithe: Moving and bending with ease
Lively: Full of life and energy
Meddlesome: Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Mercurial: Liable to sudden unpredictable change
Meticulous: Marked by precise accordance with details
Moronic: Having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
Obnoxious: Causing disapproval or protest
Paternalistic: Benevolent but sometimes intrusive
Peevish: Easily irritated or annoyed
Persnickety: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
Querulous: Habitually complaining
Resourceful: Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
Sentimental: Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
Slovenly: Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
Stoic: Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Testy: Easily irritated or annoyed
Volcanic: Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
Zealous: Marked by active interest and enthusiasm
Group 2: Words used for different occupations
Try to guess the list of occupations that you are aware of and you would generally have the following answers: engineer, manager, doctor, lawyers, judges, officers and so on. But is this list representative of the all the different professions that people are indulged in across the globe? Well, go through the list there:
Alchemist: Medieval chemist who claimed to be able to turn base metals into gold
Book keeper: Looked after the accounts for businesses
Calligrapher: Someone skilled in penmanship
Cartographer: Map maker
Chiropodist: Treats diseases of the feet & hands
Dermatologist: A doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
Entomologist: A zoologist who studies insects
Entrepreneur: Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
Fancy man: Pimp
Fancy woman: Prostitute
Filibuster: American mercenaries in South America, gun runners
Gaoler: Jailer
Internist: A specialist in internal medicine
Midwife: A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
Muralist: A painter of murals
Ophthalmologist: A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Oracle: An authoritative person who divines the future
Ornithologist: A zoologist who studies birds
Paralegal: A person with specialized training who assists lawyers
Pathologist: A doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
Pawnbroker: A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
Pediatrician: A specialist in the care of babies
Percussionist: A musician who plays percussion instruments
Philanthropist: Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
Physician: A licensed medical practitioner
Proctor: Official of a university
Rag picker: Sorted through the left over rags to find re usable ones
Runner: A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
