Extreme Adjectives

These rather strong adjectives need some careful handling; see if you are up to the task.

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Introduction

Choose an adjective from the list below, and use it in a sentence that makes its meaning clear. Some topics have been suggested underneath.

1. Compelling. 2. Ghastly. 3. Incalculable. 4. Magnificent. 5. Beautiful. 6. Indispensable.

Suggested Nouns

Achievement. Adventure. Aid. Anecdote. Assistant. Behaviour. Benefit. Blessing. Bliss. Blunder. Book. Boulder. Character. Chasm. Coat. Courage. Damage. Dash. Decorations. Degree. Drama. Earthquake. Effort. Escape. Expanse. Experience. Expression. Genius. Goal. Guide. Height. Idea. Importance. Indifference. Innings. Joke. Lake. Loss. Luck. Madness. Meal. Mistake. Mountain. Movie. Neighbourhood. Noise. Nonsense. Outlook. Palace. Perfection. Performance. Photo. Picture. Prospect. Recipe. Remark. Revelation. Riches. Run. Rush. Scramble. Sculpture. Service. Ship. Significance. Silence. Size. Sketch. Skill. Song. Statue. Story. Success. Tale. Temperatures. Tradition. Treatment. Trick. Value. Victory. View. Waterfall. Wealth. Weather.

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