29 Unit 3 and 4: personality, describing people, superstitions and describing weird situations. terms
Activity 22nd nov by Marcela.
arrogant
adjective
Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
Example: Moreover, after fulfilling his revenge, Orestes is 'cowering like a hare' in front of the Furies, willing to entrust his destiny into the hands of Athene, whereas Clytaemnestra stays arrogant and insists her innocence and therefore keeps her reputation as a snake throughout the second play.
es: arrogante
audacious
adjective
Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
Example: The retreating army was ravaged by hunger, cold, disease, and ever more audacious and vicious assaults by peasant partisans.
es: audaz
believable
adjective
Able to be believed; credible.
Example: Although this may be an exaggerated or even fictional account by Gaius, it must have had some basis in fact if it was to be believable.
es: creíble
conceivable
adjective
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
Example: Genetic exchange between plasmids and DNA via conjugation has been proven common even today, thus demonstrating that this theory is more than conceivable.
es: concebible
confidential
adjective
Intended to be kept secret.
Example: Health professionals have a duty to keep all information obtained from a client confidential and use it only for the purpose for which it was given (UKCC, 2002).
es: confidencial
convincing
adjective
Capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real.
Example: These techniques of repetition of words and contrastive structure of sentences appear repeatedly throughout this speech, which possibly makes the impression of the text more attractive, convincing and sophisticated.
es: convincente
credible
adjective
Able to be believed; convincing.
Example: With the chief goal of finding the solution to a specific problem, experiment is a system of observations and controlled actions which aim to give reasonable values relevant to credible conclusions.
es: creíble
dignified
adjective
Having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.
Example: Dawood (2005) states that patient centred care responds to patients' needs and wishes and ensures they are treated in a dignified and supportive manner.
es: digna (feminine); digno (masculine)
dubious
adjective
Hesitating or doubting.
Example: Thus, while the Third Way does not merely constitute substantive neo-liberal policies doused in communitarian rhetoric, it does represent a dubious and only partial synergy of New Right assumptions and social democratic sympathies.
es: dudosa (feminine); dudoso (masculine)
eccentric
adjective
(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
Example: Objections to a valueless, banal middle class were diverted by the emergence of the eccentric, elitist model of the dandy, who, by claims of superior aesthetic standards created a new elite from within the middle class (McCracken 1990).
es: excéntrica (feminine); excéntrico (masculine)
far-fetched
adjective
Unlikely and unconvincing; implausible.
Example: Because the writer does not say this directly it is defined as off record (yet, the reasons he cites are so far-fetched it seems inappropriate to label them thus).
es: exagerada (feminine); exagerado (masculine)
fishy
adjective
Arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion.
Example: Something fishy in the Neolithic?
es: sospechosa (feminine); sospechoso (masculine)
frivolous
adjective
Not having any serious purpose or value.
Example: It seems frivolous to make a decision about immortality, perhaps the most important decision there is to make, using a wager.
es: frívola (feminine); frívolo (masculine)
hazardous
adjective
Risky; dangerous.
es: peligrosa (feminine); peligroso (masculine)
iffy
adjective
Full of uncertainty; doubtful.
Example: The prospect for classes resuming next Wednesday seems iffy.
es: dudosa (feminine); dudoso (masculine)
innocent
adjective
Not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences.
Example: Silas's deep felt anger at the injustice so infuriates him, he proclaims, "There is no just God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness against the innocent".
es: inocente
intellectual
adjective
Possessing a highly developed intellect.
Example: You are an intellectual girl, like your mother.
es: intelectual
intense
adjective
Having or showing strong feelings or opinions; extremely earnest or serious.
Example: An intense young woman, passionate about her art.
es: intensa (feminine); intenso (masculine)
misleading
adjective
Giving the wrong idea or impression.
Example: Yet to state that only the priesthood was involved with such a magical service would be misleading.
es: engañosa (feminine); engañoso (masculine)
phony
adjective
Not genuine; fraudulent.
Example: Phony cruise-ship job offers.
es: falsa (feminine); falso (masculine)
plausible
adjective
(of a person) skilled at producing persuasive arguments, especially ones intended to deceive.
Example: A plausible liar.
es: plausible
problematic
adjective
Constituting or presenting a problem.
Example: Although studies of modern animals in comparison to medieval individuals suggest this is not the case, tooth eruption, as a seasonal indicator, may be problematic (ibid).
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
Example: Compared with plant and RI, ME is more critical, serious-minded, prudent and considerate (Nicholls, 2005).
es: prudente
sinister
adjective
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Example: There was something sinister about that murmuring voice.
es: siniestra (feminine); siniestro (masculine)
smug
adjective
Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements.
Example: He was feeling smug after his win.
es: presumida (feminine); presumido (masculine)
sympathetic
adjective
(of a person) attracting the liking of others.
Example: Hubbell is a more sympathetic character.
es: simpática (feminine); simpático (masculine)
trustworthy
adjective
Able to be relied on as honest or truthful.
Example: Unlike blogs, articles are more trustworthy and concrete as it is always or at least most often followed by some amount of credible source authenticating the facts.
es: confiable
unethical
adjective
Not morally correct.
Example: Although some may feel that the genetic engineering carried out was unethical and possibly immoral, there is no doubt that it has advanced the learning and research on these issues, and has opened new channels to explore, such as genetic manipulation in medicine.
es: poco ético
well-founded
adjective
(especially of a suspicion or belief) based on good evidence or reasons.
Example: In light of this, Keohane's judgment that: "neo-realism is better at telling us why we are in such trouble than how to get out of it" (Keohane, 1986, p.15) appears to be well-founded.