ACT Vocabulary: Character

Otto is frugal and repairs the old team ball instead of buying a new one.

Mr. Ellis is grave and conducts the library awards without a smile or a joke.

Dr. Shah is curt and has given test results in a few plain words for as long as the staff remembers.

Ms. Rahman is astute and spots weak claims in debate practice week after week.

Leah is modest and changes the subject whenever teammates praise her scoring.

Jonah is reticent and rarely speaks unless a classmate asks him a direct question.

Mr. Adeyemi is civil at the clinic desk and thanks each person, even on the longest days.

Nurse Cole is temperate in her advice and never jokes about a diagnosis.

Felix is volatile, kind at one practice and sharply angry at the next, all season.

Renee is mercenary about tutoring and will not help a classmate unless the family pays her rate.

Victor is base and has cheated teammates out of shared prize money for years.

Nora is mean with the clinic supply closet and counts every glove before she opens a new box.

Dana is coarse at the team table and uses language the coaches banned last fall.

Referee Santos is biased and has favored the home team in every close call this season.

Ms. Brennan is equitable and gives the same late-work rule to every student.

Mr. Brooks is unbiased and listens to both neighbors before he suggests a fix for the fence.

Coach Ibarra is poised and uses the same tone after a win and after a loss.

Dr. Osman is serene and sticks to the facts when a clinic dispute grows loud.

Malik is square with the team and tells the captain about every dollar he spends.

Alicia is straight with her patients and tells them when a home remedy will not help.

Mr. Quill is venal and has skimmed cash from uniform orders for three seasons.

Nina is crooked and has sold the same borrowed library laptop twice.

Hugo is shrewd and can restate a tangled clinic policy in a few clear steps.

Owen is dull with new plays and still cannot remember the positions after weeks of practice.

Amira is bright and finishes the logic puzzles in the library long before the period ends.

Sonia is quick and understands a new clinic chart before the other aides finish the first page.

Nurse Delgado is mild with frightened children and sits with them until they are ready.

Principal Okonkwo is stern and has never waived a deadline in twelve years.

Ms. Patel is harsh with her homeroom and never asks a student how the day is going.

Mr. Bianchi is affectionate with new neighbors and learns every child's name on the block.

Captain Shah is stoic in close games and gives the next play in a steady voice.

Librarian Cho is wry and makes jokes without smiling while she shelves the returns.

Coach Herrera is caustic with the team, and her remarks have stayed cutting for years.

Mr. Lang is resentful about the fence line and raises the same grievance at every block meeting.

Mr. Moss is sullen with the morning crew and finds fault before the first bell every day.

Aunt Lila is sweet with children at the clinic and greets each one by name.

Ms. Grant is petty about hallway seats and has feuded over one chair for years.

Diego is vain and checks the library window before he will sit with his group.

Helen is proud and refuses help at the clinic desk even when the form confuses her.

Samir is humble and gives the credit to his teammates when a reporter praises his saves.

Priya is shy and looks at the floor whenever the librarian asks her name.

Andre is rash and joins every dare on the team before asking what could go wrong.

Dr. Okada is frank and tells families the recovery time without softening it.

Becca is artless and tells the coach exactly what happened, with no story added.

Colin is pretentious and uses a formal accent at school that his neighborhood friends never hear.

Ms. Klein is austere with students and answers in a few severe words, never a smile.

Omar is scheming and flatters teachers only when a recommendation is due.

Greg is callous and shrugs whenever a teammate is hurt.

Ian is callow and still believes every rumor posted about the team.

Drew is cavalier about safety checks and waves off the clinic list every morning.

Mr. Pico is charitable and has always forgiven a late project when a student tells the truth.

Mr. Pike is choleric and snaps at the library desk over small noises every afternoon.

Coach Nguyen is clinical and reviews every missed play with no personal feeling, only the chart.

Hector is complacent about last place on the depth chart and has stopped practicing extra hours.

Ren is steady and calls out plays even when the crowd is loud.

Rita is compulsive about locking the library and checks the door three times every night.

Leila is conscientious and will not sign a clinic form she believes is misleading.

Ms. Hahn is consistent and applies the same homework rule every week.

Eli is constant and defends his teammate in every meeting, even when the team turns against him.

Vera is contentious and turns a simple club vote into an argument.

Mr. Gable is conventional and prefers the library seating plan the school has used for decades.

Mr. Abebe is cordial and greets every family at the clinic door by name.

James is courteous and holds the library door without being asked.

Willa is crafty and finds quiet loopholes in the team rules without quite breaking them.

Mr. Ferris is crusty and answers students in a short rough tone, though he still helps them.

Ms. Ellison is cultured and quotes several poets in ordinary hallway talk.

Rex is cunning and talks younger players into doing his laps.

Pia is curious and reads the notes in the margins of every assigned library book.

June is cynical and assumes every volunteer at the clinic wants a line on an application.

Coach Amar is decisive and names the lineup on Monday without revisiting it.

Hana is delicate in interviews and phrases hard questions so families do not feel attacked.

Dr. Kim is aloof and seems distant even when families cry in the clinic hallway.

Asha is determined and has kept the same training plan through every setback.

Gina is diplomatic and phrases team criticism so no one feels singled out.

Hal is discreet and never repeats a patient's story in the break room.

Ms. Carter is impartial and grades the anonymous essays without knowing the writers.

Mr. Harlow is dogmatic and presents his reading of the poem as the only acceptable one.

Mr. MacRae is dour and has not smiled at the library desk in the years students can remember.

Toby is earnest and practices the safety speech until he can give it without notes.

Mr. Fenn is eccentric and wears a different historical costume to class each Friday.

Mr. Padilla is expansive and chats with everyone in the clinic waiting room.

Yara is fastidious and rewrites any library label that sits a little crooked.

Coach Ng is unyielding and has not changed the attendance rule for any star player.

Clive is flamboyant and bows low after ordinary plays, a habit the crowd now expects.

Ms. Ortiz is flexible and changes a lesson plan when the class needs a different example.

Tess is flighty and drops one club for another every few weeks.

Imani is forthright and tells a teammate when a play will not work.

Mrs. Nguyen is liberal with the neighborhood tool shed and lets anyone borrow what they need.

Ms. Clark is genial and has a kind word for every student at the door.

Nurse Kay is gentle with children at the clinic and speaks to them as she would to her own family.

Ms. Keene is glacial and answers neighbors with a stiff nod and no warmth.

Chad is glib and gives smooth answers that dodge the coach's questions, as he has all season.

Mrs. Adelayo is gracious and thanks the junior ushers by name after every concert.

Pilar is gregarious and gathers a big homework group in the library every afternoon.

Coach Hale is grim at practice and rarely allows a joke, a manner the players know well.

Cole is hardy and still shows up for dawn practice in bad weather all winter.

Ivy is honest and reports the extra ten dollars in the team cash box.

Rafi is honorable and returns a found wallet with every bill still inside.

Greta is hostile to new club members and has blocked every application this year.

Joey is idle and sits in the library without starting the assignment, as he does most days.

Jake is impertinent and talks back to teachers with rude jokes.

Nico is impetuous and signs up for each new event the moment the notice is posted.

Carl is indifferent and shrugs at every vote the neighborhood council takes.

Mr. Dodd is indulgent and lets his project group miss deadlines without a penalty.

Mia is ingenuous and admits a mistake before anyone accuses her.

Connor is innocent and still trusts every stranger who asks for the team password.

Jon is inquisitive and asks why each library rule exists.