Active Vocabulary Unit 1 Personality

Personality adjectives

1. adventurous - an adventurous person is willing to take risks and eager to have new experiences

(ant.: careful, cautious)

2. ambitious - someone who is ambitious wants to be successful, rich, or powerful.

3. assertive - someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.

4. balanced – mentally and emotionally stable

5. bossy - if someone is bossy, they enjoy telling people what to do; domineering, tyrannical

6. cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/ - a cautious person acts very carefully in order to avoid danger

*I am a cautious driver.

7. creative - a creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in art

8. easy-going - relaxed and happy to accept things without worrying or getting angry / upset

9. energetic - an energetic person has a lot of energy

10. even-tempered - not easily made angry, upset or excited; calm

(ant.: quick-tempered)

11. generous - a generous person gives more of sth, especially money, than is usual or expected

(ant.: mean, selfish)

12. hard-working – busy, energetic

13. lively /ˈlaɪvlɪ/ - you can describe someone as lively when they behave in an enthusiastic and cheerful way * She had a sweet, lively personality.

14. moody - a moody person often becomes depressed or angry without any warning

(ant.: stable)

15. open-minded - willing to consider other people's ideas and suggestions

(ant.: narrow-minded)

16. organised - able to plan your work, life, etc. well and in an efficient way

(ant.: disorganised)

17. patient - if you are patient, you don't get angry quickly

(ant.: impatient, bad-tempered)

18. reliable - reliable people / things can be trusted to work well or to behave in the way that you want them to

(ant.: unreliable, irresponsible)

19. quiet - tending not to talk very much

(ant.: talkative)

20. self-confident - having confidence in yourself and your abilities

21. sensible - a sensible person is able to make good decisions and judgements based on reason

(ant.: unreasonable, irrational)

22. sensitive – 1) easily offended or upset; 2) if you are sensitive to other people's problems and feelings, you understand them; thoughtful; understanding

(ant. insensitive)

23. serious - thinking about things in a careful and sensible way; not silly

(ant. light-minded)

24. sociable - enjoying spending time with other people; friendly

(ant. unsociable)

25. strong-willed - determined to do what you want to do, even if other people advise you not to

26. talkative = chatty – someone who talks a lot

27. thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfʊl/ - showing that you think about and care for other people

(ant. inconsiderate)

Unit 1.1

28. a theory on sth

29. to be based on sth

30. to be different from sb/sth

31. to focus on sth /ˈfəʊkəs/ - to fix attention on sth; to concentrate

32. to form close relationships (easily)

33. to be interested in sth

34. to identify sth /aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ/ *Now that we have identified the problem, we must decide how to fix it.

35. to have an influence on sb/sth

36. to influence sb/sth

37. to have an effect on sb/sth

38. to affect sb/sth – to influence, especially in a harmful, damaging way

39. to laugh at sb / sth

40. to run sth (a company, a business) - to be in charge of; to manage

41. to seem to be / to do sth – give the impression of

42. to specialise in sth

43. to tell sth from sth - to distinguish; to identify

44. to tend to be / to do sth - if something tends to happen, it usually happens or it happens often

*I tend to forget things.

45. on the one hand … on the other hand…

Unit 1.2

46. an audience /ˈɔːdɪəns/

47. approach to sth /əˈprəʊtʃ/ - a way of doing sth; method; style

48. atmosphere of tension and anticipation

49. to consider sth

50. current /ˈkʌrənt/ - sth that is current is happening, being done, or being used at the present time. *The current situation is very different.

51. a difference between sth

52. to direct - to be in charge of actors in a play / film *The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg.

53. director - the person responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of making a film or television programme

54. to be an expert on / in sth

55. essential /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/ - 1) vitally important; absolutely necessary; 2) basic; fundamental

*It is essential that you take my advice.

56. to find sth out - if you find something out, you learn it, often by making an effort to do so

*They wanted to find out the truth.

57. to investigate - if someone investigates an event / situation, they try to find out what happened

*to investigate a crime

58. investigation - a careful search / examination in order to discover facts, etc

59. a main character /ˈkærɪktə/

60. to measure sth

61. measure - an official action that is done in order to achieve a particular aim

*a temporary / an emergency measure

62. measurement - the act / process of finding the size, quantity or degree of sth

*Accurate measurement is very important in science.

63. overrated - too highly assessed or evaluated

64. underrated

65. a (personal) quality

66. a (personality) trait - a particular characteristic, quality, or tendency that someone or sth has *These personality traits show up early in childhood.

67. to regret – to feel sorry or upset about sth

68. regret - a feeling of sadness or disappointment

*He feels deep regret about his friend's death. She had no regrets about leaving.

69. reliability /rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

70. to be related to sth

71. to do / carry out research into sth

72. similar

73. similarity

74. to solve (a mystery) - to find the explanation for or solution / answer to (a mystery, problem, etc)

75. to take a test

76. valid – 1) based on what is logical or true; a valid reason or argument is logical and reasonable, and therefore worth taking seriously *The point you make is perfectly valid.

2) legally or officially acceptable *a valid passport

3) accepted by the system *a valid password

(ant.: invalid)

77. validity

78. to work on sth

79. to work sth out - to find the answer to sth; to solve; to calculate sth. If you work out a solution to a problem or mystery, you find the solution by thinking or talking about it.

*They are planning to meet later today to work out a solution.

Unit 1.3

80. to associate with sth

81. antisocial - not wanting to spend time / be friendly with other people; unsociable

82. basically – mainly. You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about sth.

*Basically, the whole thing was extremely dull.

83. bilingual /baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/ – using two languages

84. charisma /kəˈrɪzmə/ - the powerful personal quality that some people have to attract and impress other people

85. charismatic /ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk/

86. to draw (people) to sb – to attract or interest somebody

87. eloquence /ˈeləkwəns/ - ability to use language and express your opinions well, especially when you are speaking in public

88. to be good / effective at sth / at doing sth

89. to be married to sb

90. to misunderstand sth - to fail to understand sb/sth correctly

91. to misbehave - to behave badly

92. in the picture / photo

93. on the page

94. to outperform - to achieve better results than sb/sth

95. rare /reə/

96. rarely /ˈreəli/

97. relatively

98. to relate to sb / sth - to be able to understand and have sympathy with sb/sth; to understand the way that someone feels and thinks *Many adults can't relate to children.

99. to redefine sth

100. to recognise sth – to admit, accept, understand (a fact, a problem, etc)

*Nobody recognised how urgent the situation was.

101. TV presenter

102. vision - the ability to think about the future with great imagination and intelligence

*He's a competent politician, but he lacks vision.

Unit 1.4

103. to accept criticism

104. to ban sth – to decide / say officially that something is not allowed

* Chemical weapons are banned internationally.

105. to come up with sth – to find an answer

*She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. He always comes up with the right answer.

106. to do shopping

107. to fit sth – to be suitable for sth

*His pictures don't fit into any category.

108. to get on with sb - to have a friendly relationship with sb

*She's never really got on with her sister.

109. to be a good match (for sb) - a person or thing that combines well with sb/sth else

*Jo and Ian are a perfect match for each other.

110. to have strong opinions on sth

111. to be jealous /ˈdʒeləs/

112. judgement /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ - an opinion that you form about sth after thinking about it carefully

*He refused to make a judgement about the situation.

113. to perform poorly – to do a task / a piece of work in a way that is not good enough

114. to show respect to sb

115. to take a joke - to be able to laugh at a joke against yourself

116. vital /ˈvaɪtl/ - necessary, essential, of great importance

Unit 1.5

117. although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/ = though

118. in addition

119. despite the fact that

120. firstly / secondly / thirdly

121. for example = for instance

122. however

123. in contrast

124. in particular – special; especially

*Is there anything in particular you'd like for dinner?

125. on balance – after considering all the information

*On balance, the company has had a successful year.

126. to sum up

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