Unit 1: THIS IS US

visibly elated

very happy

grossed out

If you are _______, you think it is very unpleasant or disgusting:

flabbergasted

feeling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting

completely engrossed in

giving all your attention to something:

wholly petrified

very scared

dumbfounded

so shocked that you cannot speak:

completely besotted with sb

tobe deeply in love with sb

tobe literally glued to sth

tobe focused on sth

a bit despondent

rather sad

repulse

If something _____ you, it causes you to have a strong feeling of dislike, disapproval, or disgust:

down in the dumps

unhappy

scare sb out of their wits

scare sb so much

tobe chuffed to bits

very pleased/happy

go ballistic

become extremely angry

apoplectic with rage

very angry

self-pity (disapproving)

sadness for yourself because you think you have a lot of problems or have suffered a lot:

self-righteousness

involves thinking (and acting as if) you’re morally superior to others

self-interest

the act of considering the advantage to yourself when making decisions, and deciding to do what is best for you:

self-deprecating/ self-deprecatory

trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important:

self-aggrandizement

the practice of doing or saying things to make yourself seem more powerful or important:

self-preservation

behaviour based on the characteristics or feelings that warn people or animals to protect themselves from difficulties or dangers:

self-possessed

calm and in control of your emotions at all times

self-actualisation

a person's desire to use all their abilities to achieve and be everything that they possibly can.

self-assurance

confidence that you have in your own abilities:

self-deception

the act of hiding the truth from yourself:

self-delusion

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self-indulgent

allowing yourself to have or do anything that you enjoy:

self-made

rich and successful as a result of your own work and not because of family money:

self-reliance

the quality of not needing help or support from other people:

self-sacrificing

A ______person gives up what they want so that other people can have what they want:

self-worth

the value you give to your life and achievements:

compelling

-forceful and persuasive

-very exciting and interesting and making you want to watch or listen

uncanny

strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening:

quirky

unusual in an attractive and interesting way:

sheepish

embarrassed because you know that you have done something wrong or silly

stealthy

-quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard:

-secret, so that people do not realize what is happening:

furtive

(of people) behaving secretly and often dishonestly, or (of actions) done secretly and often dishonestly:

covert (><overt)

hidden/secret

snatch

-to take hold of something suddenly and roughly:

-to take something or someone away by force:

-to get or win something, especially suddenly, unexpectedly, or by a small amount:

grapple ~ for

to fight, especially in order to win something:

notwithstanding

despite the fact or thing mentioned:

hitherto (formal) = heretofore

until now or until a particular time:

unsettling

-causing change

-causing worry/anxiety

scruffy

untidy and looking a little dirty

eerily

in a strange, frightening, and mysterious way:

inscrutably

in a way that does not show emotions or thoughts and therefore is very difficult to understand or get to know:

cryptically

in a way that is mysterious and difficult to understand:

harbinger (literary) = herald

a person or thing that shows that something is going to happen soon

portent = omen

a sing that sth bad is likely to happen in the future