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Mixed character traits for fiction

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Mixed traits in this catalog

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  1. 1. Able
  2. 2. Absent-minded
  3. 3. Accommodating
  4. 4. Active
  5. 5. Adventurous
  6. 6. Afraid
  7. 7. Aggressive
  8. 8. Airy
  9. 9. Alarmed
  10. 10. Always Active
  11. 11. Ambitious
  12. 12. Amused
  13. 13. Analytical
  14. 14. Angry
  15. 15. Anxious
  16. 16. Apologetic
  17. 17. Artful
  18. 18. Ascetic
  19. 19. Assertive
  20. 20. Audacious
  21. 21. Austere
  22. 22. Awkward
  23. 23. Bashful
  24. 24. Bewildered
  25. 25. Biosterous
  26. 26. Bizarre
  27. 27. Blithe
  28. 28. Blunt
  29. 29. Boisterous
  30. 30. Bold
  31. 31. Bored
  32. 32. Boyish
  33. 33. Bright
  34. 34. Busy
  35. 35. Calculated
  36. 36. Candid
  37. 37. Carefree
  38. 38. Cautious
  39. 39. Challenging
  40. 40. Changeable
  41. 41. Charismatic
  42. 42. Charming
  43. 43. Clean
  44. 44. Clever
  45. 45. Clumsy
  46. 46. Colorful
  47. 47. Competitive
  48. 48. Complex
  49. 49. Compliant
  50. 50. Concerned
  51. 51. Confident
  52. 52. Conformist
  53. 53. Confused
  54. 54. Conservative
  55. 55. Contradictory
  56. 56. Conventional
  57. 57. Crafty
  58. 58. Crazy
  59. 59. Crebral
  60. 60. Critical
  61. 61. Cunning
  62. 62. Dainty
  63. 63. Dangerous
  64. 64. Daring
  65. 65. Dark
  66. 66. Deep
  67. 67. Defensive
  68. 68. Deferential
  69. 69. Delicate
  70. 70. Desperate
  71. 71. Diplomatic
  72. 72. Disaffected
  73. 73. Disappointed
  74. 74. Discontented
  75. 75. Discreet
  76. 76. Disillusioned
  77. 77. Dismayed
  78. 78. Disobedient
  79. 79. Dissatisfied
  80. 80. Distant
  81. 81. Docile
  82. 82. Dominating
  83. 83. Doubtful
  84. 84. Dramatic
  85. 85. Dreamer
  86. 86. Dreamy
  87. 87. Driving
  88. 88. Droll
  89. 89. Dry
  90. 90. Eager
  91. 91. Ecstatic
  92. 92. Elated
  93. 93. Elusive
  94. 94. Embarrassed
  95. 95. Emotional
  96. 96. Energetic
  97. 97. Enigmatic
  98. 98. Esthetic
  99. 99. Exacting
  100. 100. Excitable
  101. 101. Excited
  102. 102. Experimental
  103. 103. Extravagant
  104. 104. Extreme
  105. 105. Facetious
  106. 106. Fanciful
  107. 107. Fastidious
  108. 108. Fatalistic
  109. 109. Fearful
  110. 110. Fearless
  111. 111. Feisty
  112. 112. Ferocious
  113. 113. Fidgety
  114. 114. Fierce
  115. 115. Fiery
  116. 116. Fighter
  117. 117. Flamboyant
  118. 118. Forecful
  119. 119. Forgetful
  120. 120. Frail
  121. 121. Frank
  122. 122. Freewheeling
  123. 123. Fresh
  124. 124. Garrulous
  125. 125. Giddy
  126. 126. Grand
  127. 127. Guarded
  128. 128. Guileless
  129. 129. Guilty
  130. 130. Hesitant
  131. 131. Humorous
  132. 132. Hypnotic
  133. 133. Hysterical
  134. 134. Iconoclastic
  135. 135. Idealistic
  136. 136. Impatient
  137. 137. Imposing
  138. 138. Impressionable
  139. 139. Impulsive
  140. 140. Inconsistent
  141. 141. Independent
  142. 142. Indifferent
  143. 143. Indignant
  144. 144. Individualistic
  145. 145. Indulgent
  146. 146. Innocent
  147. 147. Insecure
  148. 148. Insistent
  149. 149. Insouciant
  150. 150. Intense
  151. 151. Intimidating
  152. 152. Invisible
  153. 153. Invulnerable
  154. 154. Irreverent
  155. 155. Laid-back
  156. 156. Lenient
  157. 157. Liberal
  158. 158. Light
  159. 159. Lonely
  160. 160. Loquacious
  161. 161. Loud
  162. 162. Mannered
  163. 163. Maternal
  164. 164. Meek
  165. 165. Melancholic
  166. 166. Messy
  167. 167. Mischievous
  168. 168. Misguided
  169. 169. Moody
  170. 170. Moralistic
  171. 171. Mysterious
  172. 172. Naive
  173. 173. Naughty
  174. 174. Nervous
  175. 175. Noisy
  176. 176. Nonchalant
  177. 177. Noncommittal
  178. 178. Numb
  179. 179. Obedient
  180. 180. Odd
  181. 181. Offhand
  182. 182. Opinionated
  183. 183. Original
  184. 184. Outrageous
  185. 185. Outspoken
  186. 186. Overimaginative
  187. 187. Overjoyed
  188. 188. Particular
  189. 189. Passionate
  190. 190. Patriotic
  191. 191. Perfectionist
  192. 192. Persistent
  193. 193. Persuasive
  194. 194. Picky
  195. 195. Pleased
  196. 196. Pleasing
  197. 197. Political
  198. 198. Popular
  199. 199. Positive
  200. 200. Powerful
  201. 201. Predictable
  202. 202. Prim
  203. 203. Private
  204. 204. Progressive
  205. 205. Proper
  206. 206. Protean
  207. 207. Proud
  208. 208. Providential
  209. 209. Provocative
  210. 210. Pure
  211. 211. Questioning
  212. 212. Quiet
  213. 213. Quirky
  214. 214. Rebellious
  215. 215. Regal
  216. 216. Regretful
  217. 217. Relieved
  218. 218. Religious
  219. 219. Reserved
  220. 220. Restless
  221. 221. Retiring
  222. 222. Righteous
  223. 223. Risk-taking
  224. 224. Ritualistic
  225. 225. Romantic
  226. 226. Rough
  227. 227. Rugged
  228. 228. Sad
  229. 229. Sane
  230. 230. Sarcastic
  231. 231. Satisfied
  232. 232. Saucy
  233. 233. Scared
  234. 234. Secretive
  235. 235. Self-conscious
  236. 236. Self-critical
  237. 237. Self-defacing
  238. 238. Self-deprecating
  239. 239. Sensitive
  240. 240. Sensual
  241. 241. Sentimental
  242. 242. Serious
  243. 243. Sharp
  244. 244. Shocked
  245. 245. Shrewd
  246. 246. Shy
  247. 247. Silly
  248. 248. Simple
  249. 249. Single-minded
  250. 250. Skeptical
  251. 251. Slow
  252. 252. Sly
  253. 253. Smart
  254. 254. Smooth
  255. 255. Sneaky
  256. 256. Sober
  257. 257. Soft
  258. 258. Solitary
  259. 259. Sophisticated
  260. 260. Sorry
  261. 261. Spiritual
  262. 262. Spontaneous
  263. 263. Steely
  264. 264. Stern
  265. 265. Stoic
  266. 266. Strange
  267. 267. Street-smart
  268. 268. Strict
  269. 269. Strong
  270. 270. Strong-willed
  271. 271. Stubborn
  272. 272. Stylish
  273. 273. Suave
  274. 274. Submissive
  275. 275. Subtle
  276. 276. Superstitious
  277. 277. Surprising
  278. 278. Suspicious
  279. 279. Talkative
  280. 280. Thrifty
  281. 281. Tough
  282. 282. Traditional
  283. 283. Transparent
  284. 284. Trendy
  285. 285. Trusting
  286. 286. Unambitious
  287. 287. Unchanging
  288. 288. Unconcerned
  289. 289. Unfathomable
  290. 290. Uninhibited
  291. 291. Unpatriotic
  292. 292. Unpredicatable
  293. 293. Unsentimental
  294. 294. Useful
  295. 295. Visionary
  296. 296. Vulnerable
  297. 297. Well-meaning
  298. 298. Whimsical
  299. 299. Wild
  300. 300. Willful
  301. 301. Withdrawn
  302. 302. Worldly
  303. 303. Wrong
  304. 304. Zany
  305. 305. Zealous

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