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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. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
bewildering
go to any lengths
create demand
have the edge over all other models
2. Approach
tasteless
go up to...
give sb a warm welcome
weird
3. To try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you
help out with
go up to...
go to any lengths
give sb a warm welcome
4. Much more than is reasonable or necessary
a piece of cake
excessive
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
take back
5. Convinced or deceived
start off by
retail therapy
be taken in...
at one's disposal
6. Create a memory
capture the moment
bargain
guarantee
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
7. Return
take back
offensive
read through
read through
8. 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
a breath of fresh air
run errands
ridiculous
offensive
9. Very silly or unreasonable
trigger
ridiculous
help out with
bewildering
10. Are better than
durable goods
have the edge over all other models
try on
go up to...
11. Compare products and prices
receipt
shop around
weird
help out with
12. Create a memory
bargain
guarantee
capture the moment
to upgrade
13. Absolutely amazing
durable goods
keep abreast of...
distinctive
out-of-this-world experience
14. It is no longer considered useful or effective & because something more modern exists
hoodwink
ridiculous
out-of-this-world experience
outdated
15. The act of buying things that you do not need when you are unhappy because you think it will make you feel better
waterproof
retail therapy
at one's disposal
invoke
16. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
try on
a breath of fresh air
create demand
greed
17. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
go up to...
capture the moment
devastating
keep abreast of...
18. Not allowing water to enter
reliable
waterproof
durable goods
to upgrade
19. 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
guarantee
invoke
refund
run errands
20. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
tasteless
give sb a warm welcome
distinctive
devastating
21. Very strange and unusual & and difficult to understand or explain
tasteless
weird
ring up
give sb a warm welcome
22. Confusing & especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time
waterproof
distinctive
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
bewildering
23. Much more than is reasonable or necessary
durable
excessive
durable goods
durable
24. Begin
start off by
give sb a warm welcome
at one's disposal
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
25. Give advice about
durable goods
help out with
be taken in...
retail therapy
26. Staying in good condition for a long time & even if used a lot
read through
durable goods
durable
weird
27. To try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you
keep abreast of...
capture the moment
go to any lengths
waterproof
28. Be friendly and helpful
waterproof
throw away
devastating
give sb a warm welcome
29. To improve something and make it more modern
waterproof
compulsive
hoodwink
to upgrade
30. Get rid of
read through
at one's disposal
throw away
run errands
31. Producing a profit or a useful result
profitable
bewildering
compulsive
refund
32. Be friendly and helpful
guarantee
profitable
give sb a warm welcome
excessive
33. Available for someone to use
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34. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
trigger
guarantee
go to any lengths
help out with
35. A piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something
receipt
create demand
outdated
out-of-this-world experience
36. Study
read through
durable
be taken in...
retail therapy
37. Phone
tasteless
ring up
refund
sit back
38. 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
invoke
ring up
retail therapy
durable
39. Very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
offensive
durable goods
keep abreast of...
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
40. Available for someone to use
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41. Staying in good condition for a long time & even if used a lot
throw away
durable
give sb a warm welcome
devastating
42. Make something happen very quickly & especially a series of events
weird
trigger
durable
to upgrade
43. Producing a profit or a useful result
profitable
be taken in...
tasteless
throw away
44. Make something happen very quickly & especially a series of events
offensive
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
trigger
ring up
45. Study
excessive
read through
keep abreast of...
capture the moment
46. To improve something and make it more modern
go up to...
weird
refund
to upgrade
47. Relax
sit back
give sb a warm welcome
receipt
reliable
48. A piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something
invoke
profitable
out-of-this-world experience
receipt
49. 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
waterproof
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
refund
weird
50. Something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price
ring up
invoke
bargain
start off by