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Consumer Society Vocab
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Subject
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Large things such as cars & televisions & and furniture & that you do not buy often
retail therapy
excessive
durable goods
tasteless
2. Something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price
bargain
excessive
receipt
compulsive
3. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
sit back
devastating
capture the moment
ridiculous
4. Convinced or deceived
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
try on
help out with
be taken in...
5. Too good to ignore
have the edge over all other models
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
shop around
retail therapy
6. An amount of money that is given back to you if you are not satisfied with the goods or services that you have paid for
help out with
refund
ridiculous
bargain
7. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
trigger
be taken in...
create demand
go to any lengths
8. An amount of money that is given back to you if you are not satisfied with the goods or services that you have paid for
trigger
give sb a warm welcome
dull
refund
9. Be friendly and helpful
bargain
try on
reliable
give sb a warm welcome
10. To try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you
compulsive
shop around
go up to...
go to any lengths
11. Can be trusted or depended on
offensive
weird
reliable
outdated
12. Are better than
a piece of cake
have the edge over all other models
receipt
give sb a warm welcome
13. To improve something and make it more modern
bargain
to upgrade
guarantee
outdated
14. The act of buying things that you do not need when you are unhappy because you think it will make you feel better
retail therapy
be taken in...
reliable
dull
15. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
invoke
throw away
attractive
guarantee
16. Available for someone to use
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17. Something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price
outdated
bargain
reliable
bewildering
18. The act of buying things that you do not need when you are unhappy because you think it will make you feel better
greed
retail therapy
start off by
hoodwink
19. To make a particular idea & image & or feeling appear in people's minds by describing an event or situation & or by talking about a person
help out with
invoke
have the edge over all other models
bargain
20. Very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
offensive
waterproof
ring up
create demand
21. Convinced or deceived
be taken in...
hoodwink
receipt
capture the moment
22. Not allowing water to enter
guarantee
a piece of cake
distinctive
waterproof
23. Having a special quality & character & or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
distinctive
profitable
guarantee
help out with
24. Can be trusted or depended on
reliable
run errands
weird
devastating
25. Very strange and unusual & and difficult to understand or explain
weird
help out with
go up to...
create demand
26. A behavior that is very difficult to stop or control
compulsive
greed
keep abreast of...
receipt
27. Confusing & especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time
bewildering
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
be taken in...
bargain
28. Too good to ignore
greed
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
hoodwink
go up to...
29. Get rid of
at one's disposal
read through
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
throw away
30. Phone
distinctive
ring up
be taken in...
outdated
31. Compare products and prices
out-of-this-world experience
distinctive
shop around
try on
32. Made & decorated & or chosen with bad taste; slightly offensive
tasteless
read through
a piece of cake
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
33. Producing a profit or a useful result
have the edge over all other models
profitable
try on
out-of-this-world experience
34. Paying the bills & going to the post office & doing grocery shopping & other mundane activities & go on a short journey in order to do something for someone & for example delivering or collecting something for them
ring up
durable goods
to upgrade
run errands
35. To make a particular idea & image & or feeling appear in people's minds by describing an event or situation & or by talking about a person
a breath of fresh air
have the edge over all other models
invoke
a piece of cake
36. To make sure that you know all the most recent facts or information about a particular subject or situation
a breath of fresh air
keep abreast of...
profitable
give sb a warm welcome
37. See if it fits
ridiculous
hoodwink
guarantee
try on
38. Pleasant to look at
take back
guarantee
attractive
sit back
39. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
refund
devastating
weird
capture the moment
40. Available for someone to use
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41. Pleasant to look at
outdated
out-of-this-world experience
attractive
take back
42. Begin
excessive
start off by
tasteless
keep abreast of...
43. Not allowing water to enter
at one's disposal
bargain
waterproof
help out with
44. Extremely easy
keep abreast of...
throw away
bargain
a piece of cake
45. Return
start off by
receipt
take back
sit back
46. Approach
waterproof
bargain
go up to...
distinctive
47. Made & decorated & or chosen with bad taste; slightly offensive
throw away
ridiculous
tasteless
try on
48. Boring; not interesting or exciting
bewildering
dull
sit back
excessive
49. Very silly or unreasonable
keep abreast of...
dull
ridiculous
compulsive
50. A piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something
give sb a warm welcome
read through
receipt
greed