Romeo and Juliet

Impetuous Youth Word Sort

impetuous

Word SortDirections: Sort the words below into THREE categories

hasty

spontaneous

deliberate

contemplative

sober

juvenile

teenager

adolescentgrown-up

mature

pubescent

thoughtless

puerileimpassioned

shrewd

adolescent (adjective/noun)

adjective 1. growing to manhood or womanhood;

youthful. 2. having the characteristics of adolescence or

of an adolescent. –noun

3. an adolescent person.

contemplatiove (adjective)

1. given to or characterized by thoughtfulness: a contemplative mind.

deliberate (adjective)

1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.

2. characterized by deliberation; careful or slow in deciding: a deliberate decision.

3. leisurely and steady in movement or action; slow and even; unhurried: a deliberate step.

grown-up (adjective)

1. having reached the age of maturity.

2. characteristic of or suitable for adults: grown-up behavior; grown-up fiction.

hasty (adjective)

1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried. 2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. 3. unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision. 4. brief; fleeting; slight; superficial: a hasty glance. 5. impatient; impetuous; thoughtless; injudicious: hasty

words. 6. easily irritated or angered; irascible: a hasty temper.

impassioned (adjective)

1. filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.

impetuous (adjective)

1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.

2. having great impetus; moving with great force; violent: the impetuous winds.

juvenile (adjective/noun)

adjective 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or

suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.

2. young; youthful: juvenile years. 3. immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile

tantrums are not in keeping with his age. –noun

4. a young person; youth.

mature (adjective)

1. complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush. 2. ripe, as fruit, or fully aged, as cheese or wine. 3. fully developed in body or mind, as a person: a mature woman. 5. completed, perfected, or elaborated in full by the mind: mature plans.

pubescent (adjective)

1. arriving or arrived at puberty.

puerile (adjective)

1. of or pertaining to a child or to childhood. 2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial

shrewd (adjective)

1. astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician. 2. keen; piercing.

sober (adjective)

1. not intoxicated or drunk. 2. habitually temperate, esp. in the use of liquor. 3. quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons. 4. marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion. 5. subdued in tone, as color; not showy, as clothes. 6. free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts. 7. showing self-control: sober restraint. 8. sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem.

spontaneous (adjective)

1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.

2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.

3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting.

teenager (noun)

1. a person in his or her teens.

*Fact – this word did not exist until the 1930’s-1940’s.

thoughtless (adjective)

1. lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark. 2. characterized by or showing lack of thought: a shallow, thoughtless book. 3. not thinking enough; careless or heedless: thoughtless of his health.