ABILITIES

ASSERTIVE /əˈsɜːtɪv/ (adj).

# Expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence so that people could take notice.

You should try and be more assertive.

Assertive behaviour.

>>> Opposite: Submissive;

>>> Related entries: Agreement;

ARTICULATE /ɑːˈtɪkjələt/ (adj).

# (of a person) good at expressing ideas or feelings clearly in words.

She is the most articulate critic of government policy.

The teachers help the children to be more articulate about their strengths and weaknesses.

A highly articulate woman.

INTELLECTUAL /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ (adj):

# [usually before noun] connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things; relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas.

Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests. (Trẻ em có năng khiếu thường thể hiện sự tò mò trí tuệ tuyệt vời và một loạt các sở thích.)

Looking after a baby at home all day is nice but it doesn't provide much intellectual stimulation.

# (of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things.

She's very intellectual.

/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ (n):

# A very educated person whose interests are studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort.

He was a leading intellectual of his day.

STAMINA /ˈstæmɪnə/ (n):

# ​The physical or mental strength that enables you to do something difficult for long periods of time.

It takes a lot of stamina to run a marathon.

Exercises aimed at increasing stamina.

SEVERE /sɪˈvɪə(r)/ (adj):

# Extremely difficult and requiring a lot of skill or ability.

The marathon is a severe test of stamina.

*** Synonym: Stiff

RESOURCEFUL /rɪˈsɔːrsfl/ (adj):

# Good at finding ways of doing things and solving problems, etc.; skilled at solving problems and making decisions on your own.

These women were strong, resourceful and courageous.

She's a very resourceful manager.

ENTERPRISING /ˈentərpraɪzɪŋ/ (adj):

# Having or showing the ability to think of new projects or new ways of doing things and make them successful; good at thinking of and doing new or difficult things, especially things that will make money.

The business was started by a couple of enterprising young women.

That was very enterprising of you, Vijay!

IMPETUOUS /ɪmˈpetʃuəs/ (adj):

# Acting or done quickly and without thinking carefully about the results; Nông nổi.

An impetuous young woman.

The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.

OPEN-MINDED /ˌəʊpən ˈmaɪndɪd/ (adj):

# Willing to listen to, think about or accept different ideas.

I encourage the children to be open-minded about new ideas and experiences.

>>> Opposite: Narrow-minded;

ACCULTURATE /əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/ (v):

# To learn to live successfully in a different culture; to help somebody to do this.

People who have acculturated to the United States.

The course is designed to acculturate new employees.

SCOPE /skəʊp/ (n):

# The opportunity or ability to do or achieve something.

There's still plenty of scope for improvement.

Her job offers very little scope for promotion.

Scope (for somebody) (to do something): The extra money will give us the scope to improve our facilities.

Within somebody's scope: First try to do something that is within your scope.

GIFTED /ˈɡɪftɪd/ (adj):

# Having a lot of natural ability or intelligence.

A gifted musician/ player, etc.

# Gifted with something having something pleasant.

He was gifted with a charming smile.

Their helpers are gifted with amazing powers of patience.

FORTE /ˈfɔːteɪ/ /fɔːrt/ (n):

# A strong ability, something that a person can particularly do well.

Languages were never my forte.

Cooking was not exactly her forte.

PLUS /plʌs/ (n):

# An advantage; a good thing.

Knowledge of French is a plus in her job.

There were a lot of pluses in the performance.

Plus for somebody/ something: Ease of use is a big plus for any game.

MUST

WILL /wɪl/ (n):

# [countable, uncountable] The ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve what you want to do; a strong and determined desire to do something that you want to do.

To have a strong will/ iron will/ a will of iron.

The meeting turned out to be a clash of wills.

The government lacked the political will to reform the tax system.

In spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.

FREE WILL /ˌfriː ˈwɪl/ (n):

# The power to make your own decisions about what to do, without being controlled by God, fate or circumstances.

Of your own free will (idiom): because you want to do something rather than because somebody has told or forced you to do it.

She left of her own free will.

ADVANTAGE

STAMINA

POLYMATH

GURU

EXPERT

EXPERTISE /ˌekspɜːrˈtiːz/ (n):

# [uncountable] ​expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job.

professional/ scientific/ technical, etc. expertise.

We have the expertise to help you run your business.

It is difficult to find staffs with the level of expertise required for this job.

expertise in something/ in doing something: They have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.

EXPERTLY /ˈekspɜːrtli/ (adv):

# ​in a way that shows or involves great knowledge or skill.

The roads were icy but she stopped the car expertly.

The music was expertly performed.

INEXPERTLY /ɪnˈekspɜːrtli/ (adv):

# ​without using much skill.

ADEPT /əˈdept/ (adj):

# ​adept (at/ in something) | adept (at/ in doing something): good at doing something that is quite difficult.

SYNONYM: skillful;

He became adept at getting even the shyest students to talk.

ADEPT /ˈædept/ (n):

# ​adept (at/ in something/ doing something): a person who is good at doing something that is quite difficult.

He was an adept at concealing the truth.

SAVVY /ˈsævi/ (n):

# [uncountable] (informal) ​practical knowledge or understanding of something.

political savvy.

Skill isn’t enough - you need savvy too.

UNDERSTANDING

KNOWLEDGE

COMPATIBILITY

VULNERABILITY

SUIT /suːt/ (n):

# be somebody’s strong suit (idiom): ​to be a subject that somebody knows a lot about.

I'm afraid geography is not my strong suit.

CAPACITY

CAPABLE

COMPETENCE

mediocrity /ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti/ /ˌmiːdiˈɑːkrəti/ (n):

# (plural mediocrities) (disapproving) [countable] a person who is not very good at something.

a brilliant leader, surrounded by mediocrities.

hors de combat /ˌɔː də ˈkɒ̃bɑː/ /ˌɔːr də kəʊmˈbɑː/ (adj):

(from French, formal or humorous) ​unable to fight or to take part in an activity, especially because you are injured.

dexterous /ˈdekstrəs/ (adj):

# (also dextrous) (formal) ​showing or having skill, especially with your hands.

He could hardly imagine her being more dexterous if she’d had two hands instead of just the one.