| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dilettante | Someone with amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
| inscrutable | Someone that difficult to understand |
| dabble | to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very seriously: |
| tyro | a person who has little or no experience of sth or is beginning to learn sth |
| philanthropy | charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| altruistic | someone cares about needs and happiness of other people more than their own |
| pedant | a person who is too concerned with SMALL DETAILS or rules especially when learning or teaching |
| prude | a person that you think is too easily shocked by things connected with sex |
| thrift | extreme care in spending money |
| provident | careful in planning for future; esp by saving money |
| discretion | care in what you say or do, in order to keep sth secret or to avoid causing embarrassment to or difficulty for sb; This is confidential, but I know that I can rely on your _. |
| judicious | careful and sensible; showing good judgement |
| circumspect | think very carefully before about sth before doing it, because there may be risks involved |
| wary | care when dealing with someone else, esp because of mistrust |
| chary | not willing to risk something, fearing possible problem if doing it. |
| cavalier | [usually before N] not caring enough about sth important or about the feelings of other people |
| frugal | using only as much as money and food as is necessary; a _ existence, life |
| extravagant | spending a lot of money or using a lot of sth than necessary or you can afford |
| stingy | not generous; mean; thrifty |
| parsimonious | extremely unwilling to spend money; a greater level of mean |
| niggardly | not generous with money, time, etc; mean |
| lavish | (with/in sth) giving or doing sth generously; he was _ in his praise for her paintings |
| prodigal | too willing to spend of wast time, energy or material |
| squander | sth (on sb/sth) to wast money, time, etc. in stupid or careless way; he _ all his money on gambling |
| codger | an informal way of referring to an old man that shows that you do not respect him |
| ignoble | not good or honest; that could make you feel shame; OPP: noble |
| chauvinist | a person who has an aggressive and unreasonable belief that their own country is better than all others |
| easy-going | relaxed and happy to accept something without worrying and getting angry |
| dull | slow in understanding; stupid |
| deference | behavior that showing that you respect others |
| venerate | to have and show a lot of respect for sb/sth, especially sb/sth that is considered to be holy or very important |
| homage | sth done or said to show that you respect sb/sth |
| reverence | a feeling of great respect or admiration for sb/sth |
| diffident | lack self-confident |
| demure | behaving in a way that doesn't attract attention to herself or her body; a _ young lady |
| modest | shy about showing much of the body; not intended to attract attention, esp in a sexual way;not very large; expensive; important, |
| bashful | shy and easily embarrassed |
| coy | shy or pretending to be shy and innocent; esp about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you: she gave me a coy smile; |
| meek | quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want without expression your own opinion; |
| compliant | too willing to agree with other people or to obey rules; |
| self-effacing | (adj) not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your abilities |
| bold | (adj) brave and confident; not afraid to say what you feel or to take risks; it was a _ move on their part to open a business in Singapore |
| aggressive | angry, and behaving in a threating way; ready to attack; |
| aplomb | (u) if sb does sth with _, they do it in a confident and successful way, often in a difficult situation; |
| dissemble | (formal) to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones; she was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling; |
| disguise | sb (as sb/sth) to change your appearance so that people can not recognize you; she _ herself as a boy. |
| conceal | sb/sth (from sb/str) to hide sb/sth: the paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster; |
| feign | v: to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are sick/ill, tired,... he survived the massacre by feigning death; |
| malinger | to pretend to be ill/sick, esp in order to avoid work |
| sham | (c, sing) a person who pretends to be sth that they are not |
| impostor | a person who pretends to be sb else in order to trick people |
| camouflage | 
behavior that is deliberately meant to hide the truth; the way in which an animal's color or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see |
| masquerade | n: a way of behaving that hides the truth or a person's true feelings; |
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