Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS Unit 1 - Human Nature

IELTS - Character and psychology vocabulary

Noun

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

Adjective

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Adjective

having or showing a confident and forceful personality.

Adjective

awkward in movement or in handling things.

Adjective

believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

Adjective 

wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action.

Adjective

unconventional and slightly strange.

Adjective

excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred.

Adjective

easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Adjective

regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality.

Adjective

thoughtlessly causing hurt or inconvenience to others.

Adjective 

(of a person) not able to make decisions quickly and effectively.

Adjective 

confident in one's own abilities or character.

Adjective 

preoccupied with one's own feelings, interests, or situation.

Adjective

preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.

Adjective

unduly complacent or proud regarding one's personal achievements or qualities; self-satisfied.

Adjective

modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so.

Adjective

having an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance.

Adjective

having or showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.

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(of a person) mentally and emotionally stable.

Adjective

having or showing good breeding or manners.

Adjective 

very polite because they have been taught good manners.

Adjective

wearing smart or fashionable clothes.