Words / B2

VIV-id/ˈvɪvɪd/

Vivid means very bright, clear, or detailed: a vivid image; a vivid memory. Bright is for colour; clear is weaker. Give a vivid image from the poem. Mix-up: livid means furious or a bruise colour. Do not call a pale sketch vivid.

Meaning

Very bright, clear, or detailed, especially of colours or memories.

Examples

• “Give a vivid image from the poem, not a plot summary.”
• “She had a vivid memory of the alarm, which is the recollection sense.”

Good to know

a vivid colour / image / memory; vividly. Colour: bright. Trap: livid. Literature and orals. Sharp and intense, not faint.

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