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Vocabulary Building


1. Good

Instead of saying that something is good or very good, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:

EX:

delicious/tasty food

an exciting/entertaining/thrilling movie

an absorbing/a fascinating/an informative book

a pleasant/an enjoyable trip

a skillful /talented/fine player

impressive/fine/superb acting

useful/helpful advice

* In conversation you can use words like great, wonderful, lovely (especially British English) and excellent.

2. interested / interesting / uninterested / disinterested / uninteresting

The opposite of interested is uninterested or not interested:

He is completely uninterested in politics.

I am not really interested in politics.

Disinterested means that you can be fair in judging a situation because you do not feel personally involved in it:

A solicitor can give you disinterested advice.

However, in speech it is sometimes used instead of uninterested, although this is thought to be incorrect.

The opposite of interesting can be uninteresting:

The food was dull and uninteresting.

It is more common to use a different word such as dull or boring.

3. Awful

These words all describe something that is very unpleasant.

terrible very bad or unpleasant; making you feel unhappy, frightened, upset, ill, guilty or disapproving:

What terrible news!

That’s a terrible thing to say!

awful (rather informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like or that makes you feel depressed, ill, guilty or disapproving:

That’s an awful colour.

The weather last summer was awful.

horrible (rather informal) very unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like:

The coffee tasted horrible.

dreadful (especially British Englishrather informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like or that you disapprove of:

What dreadful weather!