Unit 1 Friendship

UNIT 1

FRIENDSHIP


VOCABULARY


1. acquaintance

/əˈkweɪn.təns/

a person that you have met but do
not know well.
 ‘a business acquaintance’


(n)


2. capable

/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/(adj)

+ OF

able to do
things effectively and skillfully, and
to achieve results.
 ‘E.g. We need to get an assistant who's
capable and efficient.



#incapable

(adj)


3. selfish


/ˈsel.fɪʃ/ 

(adj)

Someone who is selfish
only thinks of their own advantage

selfishness

(n)
#unselfishness (n)


4. constancy

/ˈkɒn.stən.si/

(n)

the quality of staying the same, not

getting less or more
 ‘E.g. He admired her courage and
constancy.



5. enthusiasm

/ɪnˈθjuː.zi.æz.əm/

(n)

a feeling of energetic interest in
a particular subject or activity and
an eagerness to be involved in it‘
 E.g. After the accident he lost his
enthusiasm for the sport.
 enthusiast (n)
 enthusiastic (adj)
 enthusiastically (adv)



6. suspicion

/səˈspɪʃ.ən/ 

(n)

a belief or idea that something may

be true
 ‘E.g. We always had the suspicion
that their marriage was not happy.
 suspicious (adj)
 suspiciously (adv)
suspect (v)



7. sympathy

/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/ 

(n)

(an expression of) understanding and c
are for someone else's suffering
 E.g. I don't have much sympathy for her I think she's brought her troubles on herself.
 sympathetic (adj)
 sympathetically (adv)
sympathize (v)
