Vocabulary and Definitions: Expanding Your Word Power
Paragraph A
- Feeling sad or depressed, blue
- Be in very good health, in the pink
- Out of fashion, unfashionable, outdated, old-fashioned
- Strange, peculiar, odd
Paragraph B
- Only interested in money and possessions, materialistic
- Wear your best to make an impression, dress to kill
- Calm and relaxed, laid-back
- Relaxed and tolerant, easygoing
- Very short (a dress); very short, brief
- Showing how skilled or clever they are so as to be admired, confident
- Worried, tense, anxious
- Bright; wearing expensive clothes, flashy
- People who are active and confident and who enjoy spending time with other people, extrovert
- Friendly and sociable, outgoing
- (Idiom) Impress or surprise you, knock your socks off
- Most recent, latest
- Most fashionable, trendiest
Paragraph C
- Reveal something about your hidden character, give you away
- Do, make, wear something that causes people to have a certain opinion about you, make a statement
- An important new discovery, breakthrough
- Planned, invented, devised
- Like having a good time, fun-loving
- Trustworthy, able to be trusted, reliable
Paragraph D
- Exactly, accurately
- Evaluate, estimate, predictions
- Feel a desire or liking for, fancy
- Untidy or dirty, scruffy
- Clean, tidy and well-dressed, smart
- Fitting close to one’s body, tight-fitting
- Simple, basic; not decorated, plain
- Decorated with a recurring design, patterned
- Loose, baggy
- Fashionably elegant, having a good sense of style, stylish
- A hooded sweatshirt, jacket or other top, hoodie
Verbs
- To wear formal clothes, dress up
- To match or complement something, go with
- To test an item of clothing to see if you like it, try on
- To remove clothing, take off
- To fasten clothing with a zip or button, do up
- To wear an item of clothing, put on
Paragraph A
- Looked for; sought, afterwards
- A long thin strand of cotton, nylon or other fibres used in sewing, thread
- Cloth, fabric
- Occurred, became possible
Paragraph B
- Happened, occurred
- Strong, durable
- (Adj) Of crucial importance, key
Paragraph A
- Giving people information about recent events, especially in newspapers, on TV and radio, reporting
- A famous person, celebrity
- Publicly announced, posted
- Became very popular on the Internet, went viral
Paragraph B
- Achievement, success
- Set up, established, introduced to the public for the first time, launched
- Consented, had the same opinion, agreed
- Famous, well-known, outstanding, prestigious
- Persuaded, convinced
Paragraph C
- Reaching a goal: achieving
- Directors: filmmakers
- Instant famous performers: overnight sensation
Paragraph D
- Occupations, jobs, careers
- Out of work, unemployed
- Global, universal, worldwide
- Exhibited, displayed, featured
Paragraph E
- Spectators, viewers, public, audience
- Programme, schedule, plan, agenda
A chat show host interviews celebrities.
A presenter introduces a programme on the TV or radio.
The person who manages the work and finance of a TV or radio programme is a producer.
A journalist writes and presents information through print and broadcast media.
A newsreader is the person on TV or radio who relates the main news items of the day.
The person in charge of a newspaper is an editor.
- When a major event happens, the first reports are called breaking news.
- A short news summary which interrupts a TV or radio programme is called a news flash.
- Stories involving economic, political or social news are called current affairs.
- The top news stories of the day are called the headlines.
- An organized event at which people respond to questions from journalists is a press conference.
- Fast food, junk food
- Treats as most important, prioritizes
- Reduces the intellectual content of something, dumbs down
- Points, matters, issues
- Conversation about other people, gossip
- Criticized, protested, complained
- Prejudice, bias
- Deficiency, lack of
- Examination, study, investigation, lessons
- Melodrama, tabloid journalism, sensationalism