Essential English Vocabulary: Definitions and Personality Traits

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1. Definitions

  • Curse: A formula or charm intended to cause misfortune to another.
  • Gift: A special natural ability, capacity, or talent.
  • Double-edged sword: Something that causes both advantages and problems.
  • To stack shelves: To arrange products in a pile on a shelf.
  • Nursery: A school for little children.

2. Personality Traits

  • Tactful: Someone who is very careful in the way they speak and behave so they do not make others unhappy.
  • Tight-fisted: Not generous with money.
  • Broad-minded: Someone who accepts many different types of behavior and is not easily shocked.
  • Insecure: The opposite of being self-confident.
  • Pushy: Ambitious in a negative way.
  • Stubborn: Determined in a way that others may perceive negatively.
  • Immature: Acting like a child despite being older.
  • Gifted: A student with an impressive natural ability.
  • Easy-going: Someone who never gets nervous and is always relaxed.

3. Space Exploration Vocabulary

  • To launch: To send a rocket into space.
  • Crew: A group of people involved in a particular kind of work or working together.
  • Space shuttle: Any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission.
  • Debris: The remains of anything broken down or destroyed.
  • Breakup: Disintegration.
  • Spacecraft: A vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the Earth's atmosphere or in orbit.
  • To warn: To give notice or advice of danger or anything unfavorable.
  • Chain: A series of objects connected one after the other.
  • Forecast: A prediction, especially about the weather.
  • Chief: The person highest in authority.
  • Encounter: A meeting with a person or thing, especially casual or unexpected.
  • To go on sightseeing trips: The act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
  • Overpopulated: Having too many inhabitants for the available space or resources.
  • Manned: Operated or controlled by people.
  • Fatal: Causing someone to die.

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