Vocabulary

arrogant (adj): behaving in a proud, unpleasant way, showing little thought for other

people

underprivileged (adj): having less money and fewer opportunities than most people

in society

3. naïve (adj): lacking experience of life, knowledge or good judgement and willing to

believe that people always tell the truth

4. self-satisfied (adj): too pleased with yourself or your own achievements

5. condescending (adj): behaving as though you are more important and more intelligent

than other people

6. articulate (adj): good at expressing ideas or feelings clearly in words

7. humble (adj): showing you do not think that you are as important as other people

8. bullying (n): the behavior of a person who hurts or frightens someone smaller or less

powerful, often forcing that person to do something they do not want to do

9. apprehensive (adj): feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that

is going to happen

10. cocky (adj): too confident about yourself in a way that annoys other people

11. self-confident (adj): having confidence in yourself and your abilities

12. heartless (adj): feeling no pity for other people

13. haughty (adj): behaving in an unfriendly way towards other people because you think

that you are better than them

14. straightforward (adj): easy to do or to understand; not complicated

15. compassionate (adj): feeling or showing sympathy for people who are suffering

16. insensitive (adj): not realizing or caring how other people feel, and therefore likely to

hurt or offend them

Other vocabulary

1. strain (n): the sound of music being played or sung

2. glad (adj): pleased; happy

3. accent (n): a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country,

area or social class a person comes from

4. dreadful (adj): very bad or unpleasant

5. jot something down (phr. v): to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that

you remember it

6. saucy (adj) rude and showing no respect, especially in a humorous way

7. irresistible (adj): so strong that it cannot be stopped or resisted

8. turn someone’s head (idiom) if something turns someone’s head, it has an influence

on how that person behaves, especially by making them too proud

9. flattery (n) praise that is not sincere, especially in order to obtain sth from sb

10. impressionable (adj) easily influenced by other people, especially because you are

young

Adverbs collocations