Met Gold Vocabulary Unit 2 set 2

Read and choose the correct word.

• initially

• something which someone has invented or has the right to make or sell, especially something that cannot legally be copied by other people

• intelligence

• at the beginning

• inherit

• to receive money, property, etc., from someone after they have died

• intellectual property

• the power to affect the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks, without using direct force or orders

• influence

• the ability to learn, understand, and think about things

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• jealousy

• a feeling of being jealous

• intensify

• to increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this

• investigator

• someone who investigates things, especially crimes

• make (perfect) sense

• to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand

• make it

• to succeed in getting somewhere in time for something or when this is difficult

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• natural talent

• the thing or idea that a word, expression, or sign represents

• market trader

• the way you feel at a particular time

• modify

• someone who works on a market stall selling items

• meaning

• to make small changes to something in order to improve it and make it more suitable or effective

• mood

• a natural ability to do something

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• outlook

• if an idea or a thought occurs to you, it suddenly comes into your mind

• open doors 

• your general attitude to life and the world

• occur to (sb)

• tidy and carefully arranged

• neatly

• to give an opportunity to someone to do something 

• negative

• harmful, unpleasant, or not wanted

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• pessimist

• a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences

• over-simplify

• someone who always expects that bad things will happen

• positive

• someone’s character, especially the way they behave towards other people

• perspective

• if you are positive about things, you are hopeful and confident, and think about what is good in a situation rather than what is bad

• personality

• to describe something in a way that is too simple and ignores many facts

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• practical

• judging and dealing with situations in a practical way according to what is actually possible rather than what you would like to happen

• put (sb) off

• relating to real situations and events rather than ideas, emotions, etc.

• prediction

• an attempt to persuade someone by using influence, arguments, or threats

• pressure

• to make you dislike something or not want to do something

• realistic

• a statement about what you think is going to happen, or the act of making this statement

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• reliability

• directly relating or linked to the subject or problem being discussed or considered

• regret

• feeling happy because you are no longer worried about something

• relieved

• to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do

• rely on

• someone or something that has reliabibility can be trusted or depended on

• relevant

• to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it

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• reputation

• someone whose behaviour, attitudes, etc., people try to copy because they admire them

• set up

• something you are morally, legally, or officially allowed to do or have

• right

• to have the same memory of an event as someone else

• role model

• to start a company, organization, committee, etc.

• shared memory

• the opinion that people have about someone or something because of what has happened in the past

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• stand-up comedian

• a brother or sister

• sibling

• one of the parts which something such as a competition or process is divided into

• stage

• to limit all or most of your study, etc., business, etc., to a particular subject or activity

• specialise in

• a comic performer who usually speaks directly to the live audience they perform in front of

• slight chance

• a small possibility of something happening

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• sympathy

• to continue with an action which might be dangerous

• sum (sb/st) up

• to describe someone/something using only a few words

• support (sb)

• to look or behave like an older relative

• take after (sb)

• the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation

• take risks

• to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need