English adjectives 1 (mastered 22.10) Flashcards

(40 cards)

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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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Boring, colourless
Collocation

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Drab (and dreary)

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Famous 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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Interesting

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Boring

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(Extremely) good, synonyms
Outstanding, top notch
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(Extremely) bad, 3 synonyms
Dreadful, lousy, appaling
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Extremely ugly
Hideous
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Difficult to understand, confusing, surprising
Baffling
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Easy, simple
Straightforward
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Small/little, 3 synonyms
Miniscule, knee-high to a grasshopper, paltry
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Big/large, synonyms
Humongous (slang), sizeable
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Great, synonyms
Awesome, tremendous
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Old, synonyms
Long in the tooth, antiquated=old-fashioned
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Young, synonyms
Childish, childlike
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High
Lofty
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Different, synonyms
Chalk and cheese, disparate
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Same, synonyms
Peas in a pod, tantamout=almost the same
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In progress
Underway
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Improbable (2). Sentence.
Far-fetched, unlikely. The situation is unlikely to get better.
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Fréquent.
Recurring.