Advanced Vocabulary for IELTS 7.0 +: Different Kinds of People (Part 2)
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Good Qualities and Character Flaws 2
(a) For each question, tick the word or phrase (a or b) that appears closest in meaning to the words underlined.
| 1. To be insolent is to be … | (a) rude | (b) likeable |
| 2. To be irascible is to be … | (a) short-tempered | (b) good-humoured |
| 3. To be mendacious is to be … | (a) dishonest | (b) motivated |
| 4. To be mercurial is to be … | (a) even-tempered | (b) lively but unpredictable |
| 5. To be pedantic is to … | (a) pay attention to detail | (b) always be in a hurry |
| 6. To be pensive is to be … | (a) deep in thought | (b) anxious about something |
| 7. To be pernickety is to be … | (a) very witty | (b) overly fussy |
| 8. To be quixotic is to be … | (a) a visionary | (b) predictable and boring |
| 9. To be recalcitrant is to be … | (a) disobedient | (b) creative |
| 10. To be sanguine is to be … | (a) serious in character | (b) cheerful and optimistic |
| 11. To be scrupulous is to be … | (a) loyal | (b) principled |
| 12. To be steadfast is to remain … | (a) faithful to something | (b) critical of something |
| 13. To be stoic is to be ….. | (a) very emotional | (b) impassive |
| 14. To be vociferous is to be … | (a) noisy | (b) shy |
| 15. To be wilful is to be … | (a) easy to please | (b) overly stubborn |
| 16. To be wistful is to be … | (a) focused on the future | (b) longing for something |
(b) Transform the adjectives from Task One into an appropriate Noun or Adverb form.
- If you are steadfast in your belief, you will defend that belief____
- If you are willful by nature, you come to be known for your____
- Someone who is stoic is known for their_____
- If you want to complain in a vociferous manner, you might shout_____
- A wistful person thinks____about their long-lost love.
- _____Is not a characteristic of someone who is unscrupulous.
- If you do something in a sanguine manner, you do it_____
- If you communicate with your parents in a way that is insolent, you speak_____to them.
- A mendacious person has the unbecoming characteristic of_____
- He is mercurial, so his_____is what makes him interesting.
- He threw the stone in an irascible rage because of his innate_____
- She looked_____towards the sky because she was in a very pensive mood.
- His_____is very annoying; he should really try not to be so pernickety.
- _____is a quality found in those who tend to be recalcitrant.
- He____predicted great things for the economy; after all, it was in his nature to be sanguine.
- He approached every problem_____which meant that he always found an unusual way around it; they used to call him Mr. Quixotic.
Answer Key
Good Qualities and Character Flaws 2
| (a) | (b) | ||
| 1. a | 9. a | 1. steadfastly | 9. mendaciousness |
| 2. a | 10. b | 2. willfulness | 10. mercuriality |
| 3. a | 11. b | 3. stoicism | 11. irascibility |
| 4. b | 12. a | 4. vociferously | 12. pensively |
| 5. a | 13. b | 5. wistfully | 13. pernicketiness |
| 6. a | 14. a | 6. scrupulousness | 14. Recalcitrance |
| 7. b | 15. b | 7. sanguinely | 15. sanguinely |
| 8. a | 16. b | 8. insolently | 16. quixotically |
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