unit 10 - vocabulary

Question 1

often avoiding spending time with other people

Answer 1

antisocial

Question 2

to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten

Answer 2

brush up on

Question 3

to try to discover what someone is doing in order to be certain that they are doing what they should be doing

Answer 3

check up on

Question 4

the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type

Answer 4

classification

Question 5

to have to deal with a problem

Answer 5

come up against

Question 6

putting a lot of effort into your work

Answer 6

conscientious

Question 7

continuing or developing steadily in the same way

Answer 7

consistently

Question 8

to be or be considered as something

Answer 8

constitute

Question 9

to get rid of something, or stop using something

Answer 9

do away with

Question 10

an energetic happy person who enjoys being with other people

Answer 10

extrovert

Question 11

(reply) to talk to someone again, usually on the phone

Answer 11

get back to

Question 12

to succeed in making someone believe or understand something

Answer 12

get through to

Question 13

believing that very good things can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others

Answer 13

idealistic

Question 14

… people have little confidence and are uncertain about their own abilities or if other people really like them.

Answer 14

insecure

Question 15

someone who is shy, quiet, and unable to make friends easily

Answer 15

introvert

Question 16

the quality of being good and deserving praise

Answer 16

merit

Question 17

not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements

Answer 17

modest

Question 18

If you are …, you ware too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people’s intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often … because they are young and/ or have not had much experience of life.

Answer 18

naive

Question 19

not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own

Answer 19

narrow-minded

Question 20

friendly and energetic and finding it easy and enjoyable to be with other people (character)

Answer 20

outgoing

Question 21

a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem

Answer 21

perception

Question 22

to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is

Answer 22

play down

Question 23

an idea or opinion

Answer 23

proposition

Question 24

not certain, or wrong in some way

Answer 24

questionable

Question 25

to spend time reading in order to find out information about something

Answer 25

read up on

Question 26

only interested in yourself and your own activities

Answer 26

self-centered

Question 27

nervous or uncomfortable because you are worried what people think about you or your actions

Answer 27

self-conscious

Question 28

talking a lot

Answer 28

talkative