Vocab 23 Flashcards

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Adjective: (especially of children) showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual:

e.g. A …….. child, she went to university at the age of 15.
She recorded her first CD at the ……age of twelve.

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Precocious

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Noun: the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements:

He wants the job purely for reasons of …… and ambition.

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Vanity

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Adjectiver: without human warmth; not friendly and without features that make people feel interested or involved:

E.g. She has a very cold and …… manner.
Hospitals always seem so ………..- rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms.

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Impersonal

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Adjective: involving discussion: / talking about or dealing with subjects that are only slightly connected with the main subject for longer than necessary

e. g. a ……. essay
e. g. a …… writer/speech

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Discursive

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Noun:
the fact that something is obscene

E.G.
The people who made that movie could be prosecuted for…….
Such deliberate destruction of the environment is an …….. (= offensive and shocking).
…….. laws

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Obscenity

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Adjective: unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight:

e.g.
She heard a faint, almost ………. cry.

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imperceptible

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