Character Traits

It surprised us that Ahmed, a mere child, was the only one who persisted with the 1,500-piece jigsaw puzzle when the adults had all but given up. Ahmed is ___.

Although Jai could very well have killed the bull and proven himself to his father, his compassion for the creature made him save it instead. Jai is ______.

At the orphanage in Kinmen, we, the younger boys, would frequently find ourselves at the receiving end of Mrs Wang's whiplash tongue. Mrs Wang was ___.

In a little more than a week of moving in, the new neighbour had forged an acquaintance with all and sundry. She could be seen exchanging recipes with the housewives, or petting old Omar's cat. The new neighbour was ______.

"You flatter me. The pictures wouldn't have turned out as well if not for the spontaneity of the children," said Gibson. Gibson is ___.

Blake always shows up in a starched and pressed shirt, his hair immaculately combed. Blake is ___.

There was no way Leo would ever admit that he had made a mistake. Leo was _______.

Had he forgotten that Arnold Jackson had a tongue of silver, a tongue by which he had charmed vast sums out of the credulous public, a tongue which very nearly enabled him to escape the penalty of his crimes? Arnold Jackson was ___.

As the man extended a hand in greeting, I saw that his beard was coarse and unshaven, his hair was long and straggly, and his nails appeared to have been untrimmed for months. The man has a/an ___ appearance.

Alas! Anthony realised that he had lost his entire life savings to a swindler who had charmed him with his sweet words. Anthony is ___.

As our guide bounded ahead in a light-footed manner, up and over the steep path strewn perilously with jagged rocks, we huffed and puffed and watched helplessly as the distance between us grew irreversibly wide. Our guide was ____.

Pee Pee spilled his soft drink on the library table but walked away hurriedly, hoping that no one had noticed. Pee Pee is ___.

"Keep pregnant cats away," warned Ah Kum Soh. "A pregnant cat jumping over a coffin would cause the corpse to sit up or even walk out." Ah Kum Soh was ___.

New York and New Delhi were worlds apart, but Jessica fit in in no time. Jessica is ___.

(continued] ... But Jian, her eighteen-year-old son, would spring to our defence, and sometimes even act as a human shield when things turned violent. He looked out for us the way an older brother would his younger siblings. Jian was _____.

Although Belle was wealthy, acquiring a new watch when hers was still working was simply unthinkable. Belle was ____.

Jill would let the farm animals starve, and feed only those who had worked all day. Jill was _____.

He was unable to frame a sentence without an oath, though a good-natured one, and his speech would often come across as offensive to prudish ears. This suggests that the man spoke in a ___ manner.

The couple whom Uma befriended over dinner claimed to be poor folks with a humble salary, but in the midst of their animated conversation, Uma noticed the man's Saint Laurent wallet, which seemed to tell a different story. Uma is ____.