{"id":445,"date":"2015-01-06T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2015-01-06T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T10:42:13","slug":"vocabulary-for-competitive-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/vocabulary-for-competitive-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary for competitive exams | Personality types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of us are unique in one way or another. Here are ten personality types.<\/p>\n<h3>Egoist<\/h3>\n<p>An egoist is a person who is only interested in self-advancement. He is selfish and greedy.<\/p>\n<h3>Egotist<\/h3>\n<p>An egotist is boastful. He is only interested in talking about his own accomplishments.<\/p>\n<h3>Altruist<\/h3>\n<p>An altruist is interested in the welfare of others.<\/p>\n<h3>Introvert<\/h3>\n<p>An introvert is shy and quiet and may often come across as unhappy and moody. He prefers solitude and does not enjoy the company of a crowd.<\/p>\n<h3>Extrovert<\/h3>\n<p>An extrovert has no inhibitions. He never worries about the effects of his actions and is full of high spirits. Extroverts have a genuine interest in other people&#8217;s problems and enjoy their company. Their thoughts and personality are turned outwards.<\/p>\n<h3>Ambivert<\/h3>\n<p>An ambivert has both extroverted and introverted tendencies.<\/p>\n<h3>Misanthrope<\/h3>\n<p>A misanthrope hates people. He is cynical, suspicious and embittered.<\/p>\n<h3>Misogynist<\/h3>\n<p>A misogynist hates all women.<\/p>\n<h3>Misogamist<\/h3>\n<p>A misogamist does not believe in the institution of marriage.<\/p>\n<h3>Ascetic<\/h3>\n<p>An ascetic does not pursue pleasures of the flesh. He believes that abstinence from worldly pleasures will eventually lead to spiritual perfection.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercise<\/h3>\n<p>Test your understanding of these words with this simple exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete the given sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. A person who leads a lonely, austere life \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>2. One who is very selfish \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>3. A person whose thoughts are always turned outwards \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>4. A conceited person \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>5. A person whose main concern is ensuring the welfare of others \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. Ascetic; 2. Egoist; 3. Extrovert; 4. Egotist; 5. Altruist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of us are unique in one way or another. Here are ten personality types. Egoist An egoist is a person who is only interested in self-advancement. He is selfish and greedy. Egotist An&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-english-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}