Revision Vocabulary Unit 1

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Revision Vocabulary Unit 1

1. the ability to invent things or solve problems in clever new ways

1. commitment
2. ingenuity
3. optimism
4. perseverance

2. the quality
of continuing to try to achieve a particular
aim despite difficulties

1. perseverance
2. optimism
3. compassionate
4. commitment

3. a promise to do sth or to behave in a particular way

1. optimism
2. perseverance
3. commitment
4. tolerance

4. the willingness to accept or tolerate sb/sth, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you

1. optimism
2. tolerance
3. commitment
4. ingenuity

5. a feeling that good things will happen and that sth will be successful

1. optimism
2. ingenuity
3. compassionate
4. perseverance

6. only thinking about one particular aim or goal because you are determined to achieve sth

1. compassion
2. ingenuity
3. single-mindedness
4. perfectionism

7. a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them

1. compassion
2. ingenuity
3. perseverance
4. optimism

8. The man later told police that he was acting in________ .

1. self-assurance
2. self-defence

9. belief in your own abilities or strength

1. self-interest
2. self-control
3. self-sacrifice
4. self-assurance

10. the ability to remain calm and not show your emotions even though you are feeling angry, excited, etc.

1. self-control
2. self-defence
3. self-obsession

11. the act of not allowing yourself to have or do sth in order to help other people

1. self-assurance
2. self-defence
3. self-sacrifice

12. one’s personal interest or advantage. Example:Not all of them were acting out of _______

1. self-assurance
2. self-interest
3. self-control

13. thinking more about the needs, happiness, etc. of other people than about your own

1. selflessness
2. self-interest
3. self-defence

14. sth you say or do in order to protect yourself when you are being attacked, criticized, etc

1. self-defence
2. self-obsession
3. self-sacrifice

15. the state of being interested in yourself, your happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things

1. self-defence
2. selflessness
3. self-obsession

16. Which word refers to a period of time between one event and another?

1. conundrum
2. haggard
3. interim

17. Which word means helpful?

1. attentive
2. haggard
3. striking

18. Which word means "a confusing problem or a question that is difficult to solve"?

1. interim
2. conundrum
3. haggard

19. Which word means "to look tired and ill"

1. haggard
2. striking
3. attentive

20. Which word means 'happening slowly over a long period'.

1. incremental
2. gradual
3. interim