Attitude Adjustment - How to Change Your Mood

Question 1

Linked

Answer 1

adjective
Related / connected
* Happiness is linked with your work and family life.
* One’s income is usually linked with one’s level of education.

Question 2

Firmly intertwined

Answer 2

adverb - adjective
Very closely connected
* His views on politics and religion are firmly intertwined.
* These ideas are all firmly intertwined with our policy.

Question 3

Expectancy

Answer 3

noun
A feeling that something exciting is going to happen
* There was an air of expectancy in the hall before the concert started.
* There was a look of expectancy in her eyes.

Question 4

Shrink

Answer 4

verb
To become smaller in size
* The economy has shrunk during the pandemic.
* We might need to shrink the size of our team.

Question 5

Purposeful

Answer 5

adjective
Aimed at achieving something
* He has led a very purposeful life.
* I need to get a more purposeful attitude towards my work.

Question 6

Serve a goal

Answer 6

verbal phrase
Something is helping you achieve your goal
* Studying foreign languages has served my goal of being an interpreter.
* Doing these extra tasks doesn’t really serve our goal.

Question 7

Reasoning

Answer 7

noun
The action of thinking about something in a logical way
* I will explain the reasoning behind my theory to you.
* The reasoning behind her philosophy seems sound.

Question 8

Non-existent

Answer 8

adjective
Something that does not exist
* It seems their customers were virtually non-existent.
* His business plan is still non-existent.

Question 9

Push / Stretch oneself

Answer 9

verbal phrase
To make oneself work harder in order to achieve something
* I have been pushing myself lately in order to finish this article on time.
* You’ll need to stretch yourself a bit more if you want to pass that exam.

Question 10

Thanks to …

Answer 10

phrase
Because of …
* It is thanks to government spending that we have these new taxes.
* It’s thanks to you that I got fired!

Question 11

Excessively

Answer 11

adverb
In a way that is too much
* Unfortunately he drank excessively at the party.
* Many tech entrepreneurs got excessively rich.

Question 12

Miserable

Answer 12

adjective
Very unhappy / bad
* I felt miserable when I had the flu last month.
* This miserable weather is driving me crazy!

Question 13

Gratitude

Answer 13

noun
The feeling of being grateful / thankful
* This present is to show my gratitude for everything you’ve done.
* Her manager expressed his gratitude by giving her a raise.

Question 14

Politeness

Answer 14

noun
Behavior that is respectful to others
* Politeness is key in this society.
* The lack of politeness at that hotel was a bad point.