Vocab 23

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

Precocious

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

Vanity

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

Impersonal

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Discursive

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Obscenity

Question 6

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

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

Answer 6

imperceptible