Advanced Vocabulary 1

A person who is kind and provides emotional support to others is _____.

• caring

• lenient

• zealous

• selfish

Someone who is not afraid of things can be described as _____.

• fearful

• fearsome

• fearless

• fearmongering

Someone good at starting new businesses can be described as _____.

• enticing

• entertaining

• entrepreneurial

• enthralling

Which word can mean the opposite of strict?

• lethargic

• legitimate

• lengthy

• lenient

Ethel was _____ to help Frank with his project, because she knew she would end up doing most of the work.

• resourceful

• reluctant

• reliable

• rebellious

If you are angry because you think that you have been treated unfairly, you are _____.

• boastful

• boisterous

• bashful

• bitter

Our neighbors are so loud and _____. I wish they'd be quieter and more respectful.

• obnoxious

• observant

• objective

• obliging

It would be great if we could buy a big house, but at the moment we need to be _____ and realistic.

• secretive

• sensible

• sentimental

• sensitive

Which word means very unhappy and without hope?

• depleted

• dependent

• despondent

• decomposed

A person who is not taking important things seriously can be described as _____.

• frail

• fragmented

• frivolous

• fearful