Lead In:: Brutally (Adv) Honest (Adj)
Lead In:: Brutally (Adv) Honest (Adj)
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Recruitment (n): employment
Recruit (v): employ
Assess (v): evaluate
Trait (n): feature, characteristic
Indicator (n): sign, signal
Mushroom (v): to grow and develop
Virtually (adv): nearly, almost
Swear by sth: to have great confidence in how good and
effective sth is
They swear by these psychometric tests.
Be shipwrecked: be in a boat when it is destroyed in an
accident.
Appeal (n): request
Premise (n) (v): the assumption
Materialize (v): to become fact
Alienated (adj): strange
Alienate (v)
Intimate (adj): deep / profound
Get hooked on sth: be interested in sth
Compulsive (adj): interesting
Mundane (adj): dull, boring
Frivolous (adj): not serious
Diligently (adv): thoroughly, well
Seduce with (v): deceive
Span the gulf: a wide gap
Cult (n): a system of beliefs
Predisposition (n): a tendency to behave in a particular
way
Mutter (v): to complain about sth, or express doubt about
it
Downside (n): disadvantage
Prone to (v): tend to
Invade (v): attack
Navel gazing: absorption in oneself
Disabuse (v): to persuade sb that what they believe is not
true
Disabuse sb of sth
Use of English:
Approachable (adj): friendly and easy to talk # unapproachable
Receptive (adj) to: open, open to suggestions
A workforce that is receptive to new ideas
Alter (v): change
Prospect of (n): the possibility of
Shower sb with sth: to give sb a lot of things
Shower sb with praise: praise sb
Converse (n): the converse fact, word, statement is the
opposite of it.
Some teachers welcomed the change, but for the majority
of teachers, the converse was true.
Outlook (n): point of view, attitude
Deniable (adj) # undeniable
Undeniably (adv)
Susceptible to (adj): likely to suffer from a particular illness or
problem
Vocabulary:
Write off (n): a badly damaged vehicle
The car was a complete write-off.
Give sb a lift = give sb a ride
I gave her a lift to the airport