Predicative and Assertive

adjective

• Of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence.
  • usage: "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"

(a.) Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

adjective

• Aggressively self-assured.
  • usage: "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
  • synonyms: self-asserting, self-assertive

(a.) Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.