3. It was unlike her to be so taciturn - she must have had something on her mind.

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Personality vocabulary.

taciturn 1. tending not to speak much (Cambridge)

2. temperamentally disinclined to talk (Webster)

3. speaking very little, so that you seem unfriendly (Longman)

4. almost always silent, not liking to talk, uncommunicative (Collins)

5. habitually silent, reserved, not inclined to conversation (Collins)

Examples.

1. I tried to make polite small talk with him although he seemed distinctly taciturn, if not downright moody.

2. She was taciturn and almost melancholic; her parents had raised her on stories of hardship.

3. It was unlike her to be so taciturn - she must have had something on her mind.

eloquent 1. good at speaking, able to persuade people (Collins)

2. giving a clear, strong message (Cambridge)

3. a) able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people (Longman)

b) showing a feeling or meaning without using words

Examples.

1. She was an eloquent speaker, able to move and inspire audiences.

2. The poem is full of eloquent phrases about the beauty of nature.

3. At the press conference next morning, there was eloquent body-language.

shrewd

1. able to judge people and situations well and make good decisions (Cambridge)

2. good at judging what people or situations are really like (Longman)

Examples

1. Sachs was a shrewd judge of character, and chose his staff well.

2. Barbara made some shrewd investments.

easy-going relaxed and not easily upset or worried (Cambridge)

Examples.

1. You were always so relaxed and easy-going. It was one of the things I liked about you.

2. Always an easy-going person, Guy had no difficulty in making friends in any situation.

Purposeful 1. showing that you know what you want to do (Cambridge)

2 having a definite purpose in view ( Collins)

3 resolutely aiming at a specific goal (Webster)

Examples.

1 Tom was a soft-spoken but purposeful criminal investigator.

2 Sport gives you this incredibly purposeful life.

Prim 1. very formal and correct in behaviour and easily shocked by anything rude

2 stiffly formal and proper

3 If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.

4 very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude

Examples.

1 His mouth was set in a prim, pained expression of disapproval.

2 Her aunts were very prim and proper.

Obnoxious 1 very unpleasant or rude

2 odiously or disgustingly objectionable: highly offensive

Examples.

1 I have been in restaurants where the human customers have been loud, rude and obnoxious.

2 One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.

Snobbish 1 having or showing the attitude of people who think they are better than other people

2 If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste.

3 behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do

Examples 1 They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors.

2 Pip now falls into a snobbish habit of connecting high social status with

moral superiority.

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