Your
life is full of people. Some of them nurture your life, while some others
torture yours. What makes people attractive or unappealing? Do you love the
ones who are frolicsome? Or are you
rather enchanted by sobersides? This
week, we would like to work on the English expressions to describe personality
or characteristic features of people. It is hard to precisely classify human’s
personality, but here’s a list of words that are normally used with positive
and negative connotation.
Expression:
frolicsome:
(adjective) lively and playful
sobersides:
(noun that is used as a singular) humorless and serious person
Try to fill in the following blanks using the clues below the questions.
1.
Ted is such a dreamer, and everybody calls
him Walter Mitty. Sometimes he becomes way too ___________________, and I keep
telling him to wake up and get real.
2. Maurice is dating a girl who is very
______________________. She always wants to have a huge get-together with her
friends even on the day when she sees Maurice.
3.
The _____________________ little boy
willingly gave his ice cream to the homeless man.
4.
I’ve been feeling so blue lately. I guess I
need some cheerful music at the moment to stay ______________.
5.
George’s plain dressing and
_____________________ attitude has helped to make him extremely popular with
the common people, because most people are attracted to modest men like him.
6.
Her _____________ and sweet smile made me
let my guard down.
7.
My boss is such a pebble in my shoes. He is
a very stuck-up man who gives a ________________ glance to his employees.
8.
How could Peter still ask you to lend him
money? He never gives back whatever he borrows but still asks for more. Such a
___________________ guy!
9.
I am not the kind of person who plays it by
ear in whatever I do. That is to say, I am not ____________________ with my
life.
10. We wish to have an
honest feedback, which is not __________________ at all.
11. This football team is full of
unstoppable, audacious, and _____________________ players only.
12. Harry says he’s had enough of his
___________________ girlfriend who keeps whining and grumbling over everything.
13. After all those years of working for
Lauren who has shown the ________________ display of superiority and arrogance,
Mark eventually decided to quit the job.
14.
It is quite natural for most little kids to become _______________ to
their parents when they first go to school. They have separation anxiety.
CLUES:
PERSONALITY (with
somewhat positive connotation):
unassuming:
modest, humble, moderate
compassionate:
considerate, generous, thoughtful
red-blooded: tough,
audacious, indomitable
affable:
soft-hearted, amiable, humane
flexible:
able to make changes or deal with a situation that is changing
gregarious:
very sociable, convivial, and companionable
upbeat:
cheerful, positive, encouraging, buoyant
PERSONALITY (with somewhat negative
connotation)
overweening:
presumptuous, hauty, pretentious, snooty, big headed
scornful:
sneering, disdainful, contemptuous
biased: predisposed,
unfair
sniveling: often
complaining or crying, in a way that is annoying
brazen-faced:
shameless
delusional:
deranged, unrealistic
clingly :wanting
to be with another person all the time in a way that is annoying
Answer Key:
1.
delusional
2.
gregarious
3.
compassionate
4.
upbeat
5.
unassuming
6.
affable
7.
scornful
8.
brazen-faced
9.
flexible
10. biased
11. red-blooded
12. sniveling
13. overweening
14. clingy
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