Unit 1 Vocabulary Appearance and identity

Vocabulary

cheek‧y British English

rude or disrespectful, sometimes in a way that is amusing.

—cheekily adverb:

He grinned cheekily.

—cheekiness noun [uncountable]

easy-going

not easily upset, annoyed, or worried:

 Her easy-going nature made her popular.

mood‧y

1 annoyed or unhappy:

Keith had seemed moody all morning.

2 often changing quickly from being in a good temper to being in a bad temper[= temperamental]:

a moody teenager

—moodily adverb:

She was staring moodily into the fire.

—moodiness noun [uncountable]

shy comparative shyer, superlative shyest

1 nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know:

He was a quiet, shy man.

shy with

She was very shy with strangers.

a shy smile

 (=extremely shy)

shy to do something

He was too shy to come sit by me in class.

go all shy British English (=to suddenly become very shy)

Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?

out‧go‧ing

someone who is outgoing likes to meet and talk to new people

sen‧si‧tive

1  understanding people / able to understand other people's feelings and problems

 [≠ insensitive]:

 a sensitive and intelligent young man

sensitive to

 It's made me much more sensitive to the needs of the disabled.

2  easily offended     easily upset or offended by events or things that people say:

a very sensitive child

sensitive about

 Laura's sensitive about her weight.

sensitive to

Throughout her career she remained very sensitive to criticism.

(=someone who is easily upset by small or unimportant things)

➔        hypersensitive

3  easily affected /easily affected or damaged by something such as a substance or temperature:

Wetlands are environmentally sensitive areas. 

English a baby's sensitive skin

trust‧wor‧thy

someone who is trustworthy can be trusted and depended on [= dependable]

—trustworthiness     noun [uncountable]

Adverbs

ra‧ther

 fairly or to some degree:

I was rather surprised to see him with his ex-wife.

He was limping rather badly.

My own position is    rather different.

ex‧treme‧ly [+ adjective/adverb]

to a very great degree:

Earthquakes are extremely difficult to predict.

I'm extremely sorry to have troubled you.

quite

 especially British English   fairly, or to a small extent, but not very [↪ pretty]:

The film was quite good, but the book was much better.

I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently.

quite like/enjoy

I quite like Chinese food.

real‧ly

1very  very [= extremely]:

a really good film

It was really cold last night.

He walks really slowly.

I'm really, really sorry.