English adjectives 1 (mastered 22.10) Flashcards

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Sby who changes their opinions suddenly and easily

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Fickle

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Sby who believes everyth

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Guillible

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Sby who is difficult to deal w/, who complains a lot. Especially for older people.

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Cantankerous

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Brave, courageous, spirited. Especially for younger, weaker people.

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Plucky

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Weird, different in a positive/fun way. Not only for people.

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Quirky

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Lacking grace

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Uncouth

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Calm under pressure

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Unflappable

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Emotionally distant in a cool way

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Aloof

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Sby who uses too many words. For essays, texts as well.

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Verbose

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Unlucky

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Hapless

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Rich, classy, stylish (area, neighbourhood…)

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Swanky

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Related to the countryside

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Bucolic

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Closely integrated, w/ close bonds.
Collocation

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Tightly-knit (community)

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Quaint, visually attractive, w/ an old-fashioned charm.

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Picturesque

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Residential area outside the city

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Suburban

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Having no interesting features

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Non-descript

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In bad condition

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Run-down

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Boring, colourless
Collocation

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Drab (and dreary)

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Famous for

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Notable for

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Not completely certain/trusting abt sby or sth

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Wary of sby/sth

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Very important
Collocation

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Paramout, of paramount importance

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Unimportant

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Trifling

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Interesting

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Riveting

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Boring

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Dull

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(Extremely) good, synonyms

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Outstanding, top notch

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(Extremely) bad, 3 synonyms

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Dreadful, lousy, appaling

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Extremely ugly

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Hideous

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Difficult to understand, confusing, surprising

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Baffling

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Easy, simple

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Straightforward

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Small/little, 3 synonyms

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Miniscule, knee-high to a grasshopper, paltry

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Big/large, synonyms

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Humongous (slang), sizeable

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Great, synonyms

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Awesome, tremendous

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Old, synonyms

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Long in the tooth, antiquated=old-fashioned

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Young, synonyms

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Childish, childlike

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High

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Lofty

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Different, synonyms

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Chalk and cheese, disparate

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Same, synonyms

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Peas in a pod, tantamout=almost the same

38
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In progress

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Underway

39
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Improbable (2).
Sentence.

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Far-fetched, unlikely.
The situation is unlikely to get better.

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Fréquent.

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Recurring.