Qualities 1
28 English words (level C2) with a simple English definition and an example sentence. In the app you can hear every word and practise with flashcards, a quiz, spelling and listening.
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| English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| accountability | being responsible for your actions and decisions | We need more accountability in government. |
| acreage | an area of land measured in acres | The farm's acreage has grown. |
| agility | the ability to move or think quickly | The game needs speed and agility. |
| angularity | having sharp angles | The building's angularity is striking. |
| athleticism | physical strength and skill | The players showed great athleticism. |
| austerity | difficult times when the government spends less; also simplicity | Austerity measures cut public spending. |
| authenticity | being real or true | Experts checked the authenticity of the painting. |
| brink | the edge; on the brink of: very close to | The company is on the brink of collapse. |
| depravity | very bad moral behaviour | the depravity of the criminal |
| domesticity | home and family life | He enjoys domesticity. |
| drabness | being dull and boring | the drabness of the grey city |
| eccentricity | strange but harmless behaviour | His eccentricity makes him fun. |
| echo | a sound that comes back to you; also something similar to an earlier thing | We heard an echo in the cave. |
| elasticity | the ability to stretch and return to shape | Skin loses its elasticity with age. |
| ephemerality | lasting a very short time | the ephemerality of youth |
| ethos | the beliefs and values of a group | The school has a caring ethos. |
| ferocity | great violence or strength | The storm hit with ferocity. |
| flightiness | changing your mind or interests often | Her flightiness annoyed her friends. |
| glitz | showy glamour | the glitz of Hollywood |
| idiosyncrasy | a strange habit or way of behaving | Everyone has their idiosyncrasies. |
| incongruity | being strange or out of place | the incongruity of a palm tree in the snow |
| indiscretion | careless behaviour that may cause embarrassment | He apologized for his indiscretion. |
| individualism | the belief in independence and personal freedom | American culture values individualism. |
| indolence | laziness | His indolence cost him his job. |
| indulgence | allowing yourself something nice; also something nice you allow yourself | Chocolate is my only indulgence. |
| inexorability | being impossible to stop | the inexorability of time |
| infallibility | never making mistakes | No one has infallibility. |
| locomotion | the ability to move | Legs are used for locomotion. |