English Quiz (Part 60)

'Notions' Meaning

• Cloth, pins, thread, etc., used for sewing, or a shop or a department of a large store that sells these

• (of an idea or an opinion) formed too early, especially without enough thought or knowledge

• believing that everything that happens must happen as it does and could not have happened any other way, or relating to this belief

'Perception' Meaning

• Someone such as a writer or politician who likes to disagree with other people and express unpopular opinions; disagreed with by most people, or liking to express opinions that most people disagree with; an investor who does the opposite of what most other investors are doing

• To make someone believe something that is not true; to fool yourself into believing something is true because you want it to be true when it is not true

• A belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem; the quality of being aware of things through the physical senses, especially sight; someone's ability to notice and understand things that are not obvious to other people; an awareness of things through the physical senses, esp. sight; the way that someone thinks and feels about a company, product, service, etc

'Delude' Meaning

• To make someone believe something that is not true; to fool yourself into believing something is true because you want it to be true when it is not true

• Someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different; behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different; someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

• The belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere; the fact of using someone's feelings or emotions to your advantage

'Contrarian' Meaning

• The belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere; the fact of using someone's feelings or emotions to your own advantage

• Someone such as a writer or politician who likes to disagree with other people and express unpopular opinions; disagreed with by most people, or likes to express opinions that most people disagree with; an investor who does the opposite of what most other investors are doing

• Someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different; behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different; someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

'Conformist' Meaning

• Someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different; behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different; someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

• The belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere; the fact of using someone's feelings or emotions to your advantage

• (of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things; solving by trying different actions to see if they produce the result that is wanted, rather than using strict rules

'Cynicism' Meaning

• someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different; behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different; someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

• (of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things; solving by trying different actions to see if they produce the result that is wanted, rather than using strict rules

• The belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere; the fact of using someone's feelings or emotions to your advantage