Vocab. 3

Question 1

pressure

Answer 1

(n.) a feeling of stress or anxiety because you have too much to do or because people are depending on you for something (e.g., She was dealing with the pressures of everyday life.)

Question 2

initiate

Answer 2

(v.) to start something (e.g., Doctors have initiated a series of tests to determine the cause of the problem.)

Question 3

sheer

Answer 3

(adj.) used to emphasize the large amount, size, or degree of something (e.g., The sheer amount of work was staggering.)

Question 4

superior

Answer 4

(adj.) of high quality (e.g., The new BMW offers superior performance.)

Question 5

adaptable

Answer 5

(adj.) able to change or be changed in order to fit or work better in some situation or for some purpose (e.g., Animals need to adapt to their environments to survive.)

Question 6

matters

Answer 6

(v. ) to be important

e. g., Our families and friends are the people who matter most to us. [=the people we care about most]

Question 7

justify

Answer 7

(v.) to provide a good reason for the actions of someone (e.g., Why should I have to justify myself [=to provide an explanation for my actions] when it was their fault?)

Question 8

tidy

Answer 8

(adj.) clean and organized (e.g., She keeps her room tidy [=neat]).

Question 9

mind (v.)

Answer 9

(v.) to be bothered by something (e.g., I don’t mind the rain. [=the rain doesn’t bother me])

Question 10

practical

Answer 10

(adj. ) relating to what is real rather than to what is possible or imagined
(e. g., We can speculate about the future, but on a more practical level, we have to admit that we simply don’t know what will happen.)

Question 11

thought out

Answer 11

(adj.) to have thought about a decision or plan carefully over a long period of time (e.g., Your argument is well thought out)

Question 12

relate to

Answer 12

(v.) to understand someone’s experience or feelings (e.g., You must be feeling awful. I went through something similar myself last year, so I can relate to you)

Question 13

sensitivities

Answer 13

(n.) the quality of being easily affected by something in a bad or unpleasant way (e.g., He has food sensitivities. [=he can’t eat certain kinds of food])

Question 14

envious

Answer 14

(adj.) feeling or showing a desire to have what someone else has (e.g., I am envious of my wealthy classmate’s new BMW.)

Question 15

carried away

Answer 15

(adj.) to be so excited that you are no longer in control of your behavior (e.g., I shouldn’t have behaved like that. I just got carried away.)

Question 16

fantasies

Answer 16

(n.) something that is produced by the imagination (e.g., His plans are pure fantasy)

Question 17

improvise

Answer 17

(v.) to speak or perform without preparation (e.g., If you forget any of your lines, try to improvise.)

Question 18

intriguing

Answer 18

(adj.) extremely interesting (e.g., an intriguing idea/person/question)

Question 19

reserved

Answer 19

(adj.) not openly expressing feelings or opinions ( e.g., She is a very reserved young woman.)

Question 20

contemplate

Answer 20

(v. ) to think deeply or carefully about something

e. g., I stopped to contemplate [=ponder] what might have happened.

Question 21

insecure

Answer 21

(adj.) not confident about yourself or your ability to do things well (e.g., I feel shy and insecure around strangers.)

Question 22

procrastinate

Answer 22

(v.) to be slow or late about doing something that should be done (e.g., He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.)

Question 23

tendency

Answer 23

(n.) a quality that makes something likely to happen or that makes someone likely to think or behave in a particular way (e.g., The door has a tendency to get stuck. [=the door often gets stuck])

Question 24

unconventional

Answer 24

(adj.) very different from the things that are used or accepted by most people (e.g., In his lectures, he encourages unconventional thinking. [=he encourages people to think in new and different ways])

Question 25

ambiguous

Answer 25

(adj.) able to be understood in more than one way (e.g., We were confused by the ambiguous wording of the message.)