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Flashcards Unit 1
Flashcards do conjunto (20)
- 1INTUITIVE ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪvFORMAL DEFINITION:
Based on feelings rather than facts or proof.
MY DEFINITION:
Instinctive.
EXAMPLE:
Men are often regarded as less intuitive than women. - 2DOWNSIDE ˈdaʊn.saɪdFORMAL DEFINITION:
A disadvantage of a situation
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE:
The downside of living in the city is the polluted air.
- 3COMPULSIVE /kəmˈpʌl.sɪv/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Doing something a lot and unable to stop doing it.
MY DEFINITION:
Uncontrollable impulse.
EXAMPLE:
Obesity is a compulsive eating disorder
- 4DECISIVE /dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality.
strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end:
(Ex: These results could prove decisive in establishing the criminal's identity.)
MY DEFINITION:
Asertive
EXAMPLE:
You need to be more decisive.
- 5INQUISITIVE /ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.tɪv/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people.
MY DEFINITION:
Very curious of every detail... sometimes meddlesome.
EXAMPLE:
Children that age tend to be quite inquisitive.
- 6AMBITIOUS /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich.
MY DEFINITION:
Aiming hight. Resolved.
EXAMPLE:
Napoleon was an ambitious emperor.
If a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a great amount of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved.
Note:
The preisdent anaunced an ambitious plan to modernize the railway network.
- 7CONSCIENTIOUS /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈen.ʃəs/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Putting a lot of effort into your work.
MY DEFINITION:
Hardworking, perfectionist.
EXAMPLE:
Lisa is a conscientious sculptress.
- 8INTROVERT /ˈɪn.trə.vɜːt/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Someone who is shy, quiet, and unable to make friends easily.
MY DEFINITION:
Someone with trouble to socialize.
EXAMPLE:
The introvert fox looked at me with distrust. - 9EXTROVERT /ˈek.strə.vɜːt /FORMAL DEFINITION:
An energetic happy person who enjoys being with other people.
MY DEFINITION:
Someone who enjoys social interaction.
EXAMPLE:
Robert is pretty extrocvert. He is friends with everyone. - 10HONEST /ˈɒn.ɪst/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal, cheat, or lie.
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE: - 11FRANK /fræŋk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE:
To be perfectly frank with you, I don't think she's the person for the job. - 12DIRECTFORMAL DEFINITION:
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE: - 13OUTSPOKENFORMAL DEFINITION:
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE: - 14OPENFORMAL DEFINITION:
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE: - 15THE LUCK OF THE DRAW /ðə/ /lʌk/ /əv/ /ðə/ /drɔː/FORMAL DEFINITION:
The result of chance and something that you have no control over.
MY DEFINITION:
A random result.
EXAMPLE:
You can't choose who you play against - it's just the luck of the draw. - 16TAKE A POT OF LUCK /teɪk/ /ə/ /pɒt/ /əv/ /lʌk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Something good that happens to you by chance
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE: - 17TO BE OUT OF LUCK /tuː/ /bɪ/ /aʊt/ /əv/ /lʌk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
To be unable to have or do what you want.
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE:
"Do you have any tuna sandwiches?" "You're out luck - I just sold the last one." - 18PUSH YOUR LUCK /pʊʃ/ /jɔːr/ /lʌk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
To try too hard to get a particular result and risk losing what you have achieved.
MY DEFINITION:
To be overconfident at an uncertain situation.
EXAMPLE:
She's agreed to help on Saturday, but I think I'd be pushing my luck if I asked her to be here the whole weekend. - 19NO SUCH LUCK /nəʊ/ /sʌtʃ/ /lʌk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Used when you are disappointed that something that you hoped for did not happen
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE:
I was rather hoping it wouldn't rain today, but no such luck. - 20BY A STROKE OF LUCK /baɪ/ /ə/ /strəʊk/ /əv/ /lʌk/FORMAL DEFINITION:
Something good that happens to you by chance
MY DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE:
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- Weekly wordlist | Adjectives
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- Adela Muriel Jácome Olivares
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