13 Talking about yourself Flashcards
A born leader
are people with an innate capacity to effectively manage and lead groups of people to achieve collective goals
A fault-finder
critical person
Affectionate
showing feelings of liking or love
Altruistic
thinking of others rather than oneself
Artistic
able to create or enjoy art
Astute
able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it
Brusque
quick and rude in manner or speech
Chauvinistic
too patriotic
Charming
very pleasant or attractive.
Conscientious
wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly
Conservative
averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values
Cunning
having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.
Decisive
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality
Diligent
hard-working
Distrustful
feeling or showing distrust of someone or something
Dogged
very determined to do something, even if it is very difficult
Downfall
cause of destruction
Down-to-earth
with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.
Elegant
graceful and stylish in appearance or manner
Emotional
having feelings that are easily excited and openly displayed
Extravagant
acking restraint in spending money or using resources
Flashy
expensive or impressive
Frugal
careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount
Fun-loving
light-hearted and lively
Gallant
(of man) polite to women
Generous
showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected
larger or more plentiful than is usual or necessary
Gifted
having exceptional talent or natural ability
Imaginative
having or showing creativity or inventiveness
Industrious
person works hard
Intellectual
a person possessing a highly developed intellect
Intuitive
understanding instinctively
Low-brow
not complicated or demanding much intelligence to be understood
Magnetic personality
a personality that attracts people to you
Methodical
systematic, careful
Morose
gloomy
Mulish
very determined and refuses to change their plans for anyone else.
Naive
without enough experience of life, trusting to easily
Obliging
ready to help
Opportunistic
using the situation for own benefit
Parsimonious
not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something
Perfectionist
a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection
Pithy
expressing an idea cleverly in a few words
Placid
having a calm appearance or characteristics
Plagued by worry
troubled or distressed by
Popular
liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group
Quick-tempered
easily made angry
Rebellious
defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel
Sagacious
wise, having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments
Self-seeking
wanting to gain an advantage for oneself
Sensitive
quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences
having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings
a person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences
Sentimental
strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy memories of past events or relationships with other people, rather than by careful thought and judgment based on facts
Sharp-tongued
inclined to speak in a severe and critical way
Shrewd
having good judgement
Sly
deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want
Stingy
unwilling to spend money; small in amount
Stubborn
having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so
Sullen
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people
Superficial
not caring about serious things
Tend to get carried away
become too excited and lode control
Terse
using few words, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly
Thick-skinned
insensitive to criticism or insults
Thrifty
showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste
To be tactless
to say things that upset or offend people
To procrastinate
to delay doing sth
Tolerant
showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with
Unscrupulous
behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want
Witty
showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour
