Describing personality 1.3

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Describing personality

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1. How willing you are to
communicate with others
Extraverted
lively and confident, and enjoys being around other
people / be in the public eye.
Introverted
more interested in their own thoughts and feelings
rather than in spending time with other people

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1. How willing you are to
communicate with others
Talkative
somebody who likes to talk a lot
Quiet
tending not to talk a lot

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1. How willing you are to
communicate with others
Confident (self-assured)
feeling sure about one’s ability to do things and
be successful
Shy
nervous about meeting people and speaking to them

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2. How you make others feel
Warm
showing enthusiasm and /or affection, friendly
Cold
without emotions and unfriendly

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2. How you make others feel
Kind
caring about others, gently, friendly and generous
Unkind
unpleasant or unfriendly, slightly cruel

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2. How you make others feel
Sweet
showing or having a kind of character
Nasty
unkind, unpleasant person

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3. How you treat the feelings of
others
Considerate
always thinking of other people’s wishes and
feelings: careful not to hurt or upset others
Inconsiderate (brusque, blunt, curt)
not giving enough thought about other people’s
feelings or needs

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3. How you treat the feelings of
others
Thoughtful
showing that you think about and care for other
people
Thoughtless
not caring about the possible effects of your words
or actions on other people

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3. How you treat the feelings of
others
Tactful
careful not to say or do anything that will annoy or
upset other people
Tactless
saying or doing things that are likely to annoy r to
upset other people

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4. How much people can trust you
Trustworthy
that you can rely on to be good, honest, sincere.
Untrustworthy
cannot be trusted

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4. How much people can trust you
Reliable
that can be trusted to do something well: that you
can rely on
Unreliable
that cannot be trusted or depend on

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4. How much people can trust you
Loyal
remaining faithful to somebody / something and
supporting them or it
Disloyal
not loyal or faithful to you, your friends, family
country and ect.

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5. How honest you are with others
Sincere
show what you really think or feel
Insincere
saying or doing something that you do not really
mean or believe

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5. How honest you are with others
Frank
honest and direct in what you say. Sometimes in a
way that other people might not like
Secretive
tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings,
actions, etc. from other people

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5. How honest you are with others
Direct (open)
saying exactly what you mean in a way that nobody
can pretend not to understand
Sneaky
behaving in a secretive and dishonest way

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6.How open you are to the views and
culture of others
Tolerant
able to accept what other people say or do even if
you do not agree with it
Intolerant
not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving
that are different from your own

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6.How open you are to the views and
culture of others
Open-minded (broad-minded)
willing to listen to, think about or accept
different ideas
Narrow-minded
not willing to listen to new ideas or to the
opinions of others

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6.How open you are to the views and
culture of others
Unbiased
fair and not influenced by your own or somebody
else’s opinions
Biased
making unfair judgements: have a tendency to favour
a certain group of people

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7. How motivated you are
Strong-willed
determined to do what you want to do, even if other
people advise you not to
Weak-willed
lacking the ability to resist the influence of other
people or to control one’s own impulses

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7. How motivated you are
Determined
you make firm decisions to do things and you don’t
let anyone dissuade you
Irresolute
not able to decided what to do

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7. How motivated you are
Driven
determined to succeed, and working very hard to do
so
Apathetic
showing no interest or enthusiasm

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8. Your attitude towards work
Industrious
working hard, busy
Idle
not working hard

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8.Your attitude towards work
Ambitious
determined to be successful, rich, powerful, ect.
Unambitious
not interested in becoming successful, rich,
powerful, ect.

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8. Your attitude towards work
Hardworking
putting a lot of effort into a job and doing it well
Lazy
unwilling to work or be active: doing as little as
possible

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9.How good you are at learning and
understanding
Bright
intelligent: quick to learn
Foolish (stupid, simple, silly, brainless, daft, dump,
dim, thick)
not showing good sense or judgement

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9.How good you are at learning and
understanding
Clever (sharp, smart,gifted,shrewd,brainy)
good at learning, understanding and thinking in a
logical way about yourself
Stupid (foolish, simple, silly, brainless, daft, dump,
dim, thick)
showing a lack of thought or good judgement

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9.How good you are at learning and
understanding
Intelligent (inquisitive, nosy)
good at learning, understanding and thinking in a
logical way about things
Unintelligent
bad at learning and understanding things

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10. How you treat money
Generous
giving or willing to give freely
Miserly
hating to spend money

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10. How you treat money
Giving
willing to give freely
Mean (stingy, tight-fisted)
not willing to give or share

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10. How you treat money
Frugal (thrifty, economical)
using only as much money or food as is necessary
Extravagant
spending a lot more money or using a lot more of
something that you can afford or than is necessary

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11. How your attitude is around
other people
Humble
showing you do not think that you are as important
as other people
Arrogant (self-important,full of yourself)
behaving in a proud, unpleasant way, showing little
thought for other people

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11. How your attitude is around
other people
Modest
not talking much about your own abilities or
possessions
Vain
too proud of your own appearance, abilities or
achievements

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11. How your attitude is around
other people
Submissive
too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and
willing to obey them without questioning anything they
what you to do
Bossy
always telling people what to do

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12. How relaxed you are
Chilled
relaxed (comes from phrasal verb to chill out)
Tense
nervous, worried, and unable to relax

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12. How relaxed you are
Laid-back (easy-going, even-tempered)
calm and relaxed, seeming not to worry about
anything
Uptight
anxious and / or angry about something

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12. How relaxed you are
Optimistic
expecting good things to happen or something to be
successful showing this feeling
Pessimistic
expecting bad things to happen or something not to
be successful; showing this