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Personality Compass 67 words

September 24, 2008 By Dean S.
These are words used in the book "The Personality Compass", by Daine Turner and Thelma Greco.

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  1. adenine
    (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
  2. air
    a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
  3. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  4. analysis
    the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
  5. Aristotle
    one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
  6. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  7. calculation
    the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
  8. calm
    not agitated; without losing self-possession
  9. Carl Jung
    Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)
  10. choleric
    characterized by anger
  11. color
    a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
  12. competitive
    involving competition or competitiveness
  13. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  14. cool
    neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
  15. cytosine
    a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
  16. daydreaming
    absentminded dreaming while awake
  17. dimension
    a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
  18. DNA
    (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
  19. dry
    free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
  20. earth
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  21. easy going
    easy unobstructed progress
  22. emphatic
    spoken with emphasis
  23. energetic
    possessing or exerting or displaying energy
  24. extroverted
    at ease in talking to others
  25. fast-paced
    of communication that proceeds rapidly
  26. feeling
    a physical sensation that you experience
  27. fire
    the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
  28. force
    (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
  29. guanine
    a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
  30. Hippocrates
    medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
  31. humor
    a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  32. imagination
    the ability to form mental images of things or events
  33. impatient
    restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
  34. impulsive
    without forethought
  35. introverted
    given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
  36. intuition
    instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
  37. irritable
    easily irritated or annoyed
  38. judging
    the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
  39. kind
    having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
  40. language
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  41. left brain
    the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
  42. linearity
    the property of having one dimension
  43. logic
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
  44. melancholic
    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  45. moist
    slightly wet
  46. moody
    subject to sharply varying moods
  47. music
    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
  48. nature
    the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
  49. nucleotide
    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  50. number
    a concept of quantity involving zero and units
  51. opposite
    being directly across from each other; facing
  52. optimistic
    expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds
  53. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  54. patient
    enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
  55. perceive
    to become aware of through the senses
  56. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  57. quiet
    characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
  58. ratio
    the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
  59. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
  60. right brain
    the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
  61. sanguine
    inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
  62. sensation
    an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
  63. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  64. thinking
    endowed with the capacity to reason
  65. thymine
    a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
  66. warm
    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
  67. water
    binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent