Effective communication vocabulary
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- Q1letting things happen to you and not taking actionto be passive (adjective)30s
- Q2Sure that you can do something well or that something will happento be confident (adjective)30s
- Q3If you are .......... You are ready to argue or fightto be aggressive (adjective)30s
- Q4behaving or speaking in a strong, confident wayto be assertive (adjective)30s
- Q5Sarcasm (noun) saying the opposite of what you mean to be rude to someoneto be sarcastic (adjective)30s
- Q6If you fold your arms you cross them in front of your chestfolded (adjective) arms30s
- Q7spoken and not writtenverbal (adjective)30s
- Q8not using spoken language:- Body languagenon-verbal (adjective)30s
- Q9The way your voice sounds that shows your emotions, feelings and thoughtstone (noun) of voice30s
- Q10to stop a person from speaking or doing something for a short period by something you say or do:to interrupt (verb)30s
- Q11to move your head down and then up, sometimes several times, especially to show agreement, approval, or greetingto nod (verb)30s
- Q12to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes to show that you are annoyed or worriedto frown (verb)30s
- Q13to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear youto whisper (verb)30s
- Q14to stand, sit, or walk with the shoulders hanging forward and the head bent slightly over so that you look tired and boredto slouch (verb)30s
- Q15to use bad words to make what you say stronger or to be rude to someoneto swear (verb)30s