Language Summary 3 Practice Flashcards

A comprehensive vocabulary set covering positive and negative character adjectives, connotation pairs, health-related phrasal verbs, and common euphemisms.

Courageous

People who have the ability to control their fear in a dangerous or difficult situation.

Decisive

People who are able to make decisions quickly and confidently.

Deferential

People who are respectful and polite.

Innocent

People who have no knowledge or experience of the unpleasant or evil things in life.

Meticulous

People who are very careful and pay great attention to every detail.

Modest

People who talk little about their skills or achievements.

Outgoing

People who are friendly and like meeting people.

Spontaneous

People who do things in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced.

Thrifty

People who are careful with the use of money, particularly by avoiding waste.

Connotation

A feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word.

Arrogant

Refers to someone who is very sure of themselves and thinks they are better than other people; carries a negative connotation.

Confident

Refers to someone who is very sure of themselves; carries a positive connotation.

Reckless

People who do dangerous things and do not care about the risks and the possible results.

Tight-fisted

People who are unwilling to spend money.

Fussy

People who are difficult to please.

Forceful

People who express opinions strongly and demand attention and action.

Submissive

People who are easily controlled by other people.

Reserved

People who tend not to show their feelings or thoughts.

Impetuous

People who act on a sudden idea without considering the results of their actions.

Loud

People who tend to seek attention and dominate situations.

Naive

People who have unrealistic expectations about life.

come on

Start to feel ill, often with a cold or flu.

swell up

When a part of your body becomes larger and rounder than usual, often because of an illness, injury or insect bite.

pick up

Catch an illness from somebody or something.

be blocked up

When a part of your body, e.g. your nose, is filled with something that prevents anything getting past.

go down with sth

Become ill, usually with a disease that is not very serious.

go around

When a lot of people get an illness in the same time period because the illness passes from person to person.

put sb on sth

Give somebody a particular type of medical treatment or food.

come out in sth

When spots or a rash appear on your skin.

come off sth

Stop taking a type of medicine.

flare up

When a condition worsens after a period of improvement.

euphemism

A word or phrase used to avoid saying something unpleasant or offensive.

economical with the truth

Not tell the truth; lie.

a senior citizen

An old person.

behind the times

Be old-fashioned.

see better days

Be old and in bad condition.

get on a bit

Get old.

hard of hearing

Not able to hear well.

be/feel under the weather

Be or feel ill.

a bit of a handful

Difficult to look after, especially children and animals.

challenging

Very difficult.

a bit on the chilly side

Cold.