WEEKLY TOPIC: THE UNEXPECTED UNIT 19 OBJECTIVE PROFICIENCY

SOURCE: OBJECTIVE PROFICIENCY UNIT 19

MEANING OF SEVERAL WORDS
gullible  If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are
easily tricked because they are too trusting.
   What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to
the gullible public were false?.
   I'm so gullible I would have believed him.
derisive    
    derisive
A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
   There was a short, derisive laugh.
ADJ-GRADED
= contemptuous
scornful    
    scornful
If you are scornful of someone or something, you show
contempt for them.
   He is deeply scornful of politicians.
   ...a scornful simile.

pushy    
    pushy   pushier   pushiest
If you describe someone as pushy, you mean that
they try in a forceful way to get things done as they
would like or to increase their status or influence. (INFORMAL)
   She was a confident and pushy young woman.
   My mother encouraged us, but was never pushy.
ADJ-GRADED  disapproval
= forceful
(c) HarperCollins Publishers.