CLT Vocabulary: Character

Ms. Okada is frank, and she tells the library club exactly what she thinks.

Coach Brennan is sober, and he treats every practice as serious business.

Priya is modest, and she shrugs when the team praises her save.

Andre is humble, and he credits his lab partner for the science prize.

Celia is vain, and she checks the clinic mirror before every shift.

Mr. Crowe is vile, and he lies to neighbors to keep their donations.

Ms. Ferreira is noble, and she returns a lost wallet before anyone asks.

Omar is civil, and he greets a rude cafeteria cashier without raising his voice.

Mrs. Dalton is liberal, and she gives her own books to students who need them.

Mr. Singh is partial, and he changes the rules so his own club wins the library prize.

Lena is detached, and she seems uninterested in her teammates' lives.

Jonah is distant, and he turns away when teammates invite him to sit with them.

Aisha is cool, and her voice does not rise when the debate grows hostile.

Diego is sharp, and he finds the wrong figure in the lab table at once.

Evan is dull, and each library lesson must be repeated before he understands it.

Naomi is bright, and she masters the hardest problems before the period ends.

Felix is blithe, and he meets team worries with a joke.

Rosa is simple, and she never mentions the medals on her shelf.

Brett is shallow, and his book reports talk about the cover and nothing else.

Helena is reflective, and her essay for clinic class asks why patients skip follow-up visits.

Caleb is superficial, and he judges classmates by their shoes.

Dr. Nguyen is profound, and one comment from her changes how the class reads the story.

Malik is mature, and he settles a team quarrel without insulting either side.

Tyler is juvenile, and he hides the coach's clipboard as a joke.

Mr. Holt is callous, and he shrugs when a player is injured.

Imani is compassionate, and she sits with clinic patients who look frightened.

Mr. Abebe is mild, and he corrects mistakes in a quiet voice.

Coach Voss is harsh, and she scolds players for tiny mistakes.

Pete is curt, and he interrupts neighbors while they are still talking.

Darren is vulgar, and his jokes embarrass the library volunteers.

Kyle is boorish, and he mocks the way a new student speaks.

Ms. Cho is neutral, and she will not back either side in the club dispute.

Elliot is refined, and he bows slightly when he thanks the cafeteria staff.

Leila is cultivated, and she discusses paintings as if she has studied them for years.

Mr. Padilla is upright, and he records the team score exactly as it happened.

Wes is sly, and he gets the club to vote his way while pretending to be unsure.

Dr. Shah is balanced, and she stays reasonable when parents argue in the clinic office.

Yara is unassuming, and praise for the school play has not made her boast.

Marco is volatile, and the team never knows which mood he will bring to practice.

Lila is mercurial, and clinic coworkers expect a different mood from her each morning.

Owen is odd, and he insists on using the same library chair every day.

June is constant, and she has supported the same teammate through three losing seasons.

Samir is steady, and the coach trusts him when the match gets tense.

Nina is adaptable, and she switches positions when the team needs a new plan.

Mr. Klein is set, and he will not consider a new plan for the school paper.

Toby is plastic, and older students can talk him into almost any plan.

Hugo is open, and he tells teammates what he actually thinks.

Gina is docile, and a strong speech can change her club vote.

Ms. Carter is determined, and she has kept the same clinic goal for four years.

Principal Moore is flinty, and pleading has never changed a decision of hers.

Captain Ruiz is steely, and she does not waver when the season looks lost.

Paul is wooden, and his face shows nothing when the team scores.

Vera is remote, and she rarely speaks about her own life with classmates.

Tess is charitable, and she offers a gentle reason when a classmate forgets a line onstage.

Rafi is buoyant, and a poor grade does not keep his spirits down for long.

Helen is sanguine, and she expects the clinic fundraiser to succeed.

Arthur is melancholy, and he expects disappointment on ordinary school days.

Mr. Bianchi is agreeable, and students like to stop and talk with him at the library door.

Mrs. Kowalski is genial, and neighbors linger on her steps to chat.

Luis is cordial, and he welcomes new neighbors with a sincere hello.

Bea is hearty, and her greeting fills the clinic waiting room.

Mr. Pell is mean, and he mocks students who ask for help.

Holly is cheap, and she will not buy new markers for the art club.

Elise is dear, and the neighborhood children bring her their worries.

Seth is gross, and he speaks to the librarian with clear disrespect.

Rick is common, and he uses street insults during class meetings.

Ned is ignoble, and he spreads rumors to hurt a teammate's chance at captain.

Carla is petty, and she sulks when a classmate scores one point more than she does.

Hal is obtuse, and he still misses the joke after it is explained.

Mira is acute, and she notices the clue the rest of the class walks past.

Jules is apt, and she plays a new song correctly after hearing it once.

Devi is smart, and she solves the bonus proof before the bell.

Boyd is doltish, and a joke has to be explained before he laughs.

Curtis is dimwitted, and the poem's irony has to be explained to him.

Pia is quick, and she understands a new rule the first time the coach explains it.

Eddie is slow, and new plays still confuse him after the rest of the team has learned them.

Noor is shrewd, and she arranges the clinic schedule so every shift is covered.

Ivy is cunning, and she hides her plan until the club vote is already won.

Ada is truthful, and she admits when she has not done the reading.

Nora is wry, and her jokes at practice come without a smile.

Mrs. Duarte is cross, and she finds something to scold about every morning.

Ms. Adler is mordant, and her comments about the school play make the actors wince.

Mr. Adeyemi is cutting, and his remarks about an essay leave the writer crushed.

Lacey is forward, and she asks personal questions the first time she meets a neighbor.

Cody is impudent, and he talks back when a teacher gives a direction.

Marisol is intrepid, and she volunteers to lead the debate no one else will take.

Nia is game, and she takes the clinic shift that everyone else refused.

Hector is stout, and he speaks up for a teammate when the room turns against her.

Anya has nerve, and she asks the school board to bring back the library hours.

Ben has cheek, and he argues with the referee after every whistle.

Sonia has gall, and she asked for the lead role after missing every rehearsal.

Rico has sauce, and he answers the principal with a smirk and a joke.

Milo has crust, and he asked the library donor for a second gift on the same afternoon.

Ellis is sporting, and he congratulates the other team after a loss.

Mr. Haddad is generous, and he buys gloves for every player on the team.

Paula is free with her notes, and she hands them to any classmate who asks.

Dana is sparing, and she repairs her calculator rather than buy a new one.

Colin is prodigal, and the club budget is gone before the first match.

Ms. Pruitt is close, and she hates to spend a dollar of the library fund.

Fiona is extravagant, and the team fund shrinks whenever she shops for snacks.

Mr. Ibarra is stern, and students say he never smiles or offers praise.

Jordan is dramatic, and a small schedule change becomes a crisis in his telling.

Claire is temperate, and she does not raise her voice when a club meeting grows tense.

Ms. Rowe is permissive, and she lets students leave their seats whenever they wish.

Mr. Feldman is strict, and he will not overlook a broken classroom rule.

Coach Lin is soft, and players who miss practice face no penalty.

Ms. Patel is easy, and she accepts late homework with no penalty.