1 Hour English Vocabulary Course: Learn 250+ Important English Vocabulary Words (with Pictures)

hello lovely students and welcome back to english with lucy i have the mother of all vocabulary videos for you today when we say the mother of something it means the biggest or the best example of something the most important in this video you are going to learn 250 advanced new vocabulary words with pictures so this is going to be amazing if you are a visual learner i'm a visual learner i like seeing things and knowing the words making the connection in my brain what is more i have created an ebook for you to have as part of this lesson it's going to contain all of the pictures all 250 words with 250 examples and extra exercise questions you might be able to tell that i'm pretty excited about this for now i have made the decision to offer this ebook for free so you can download it today for free and use it to study with whilst watching this video but this is subject to change subject to change means this could be changed so i highly recommend you download your copy now if you would 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30-day course called the vocabulary expansion challenge i won't explain too much about it now but it's amazing and my students have had phenomenal results i'm offering it with a special price at the moment click on the link in the description box you'll see the special price and the code you can use there you can see the course our method for expanding your vocabulary and just all the amazing videos and audios and mind maps that it contains it's one of my favorite courses because of the results that it gives so quickly hurry as it's going away pretty soon i'm going to break this video into categories i'm going to show you a picture and we're going to discuss three synonyms for what is shown in that picture let's start with category number one emotions something we all have unless a robot is watching this which i mean it's possible so we're going to look at the photo we're going to think of the word that describes how the person is feeling in that photo and then we're going to discuss three more advanced alternatives first photo how would we describe this person i think angry but we have three better alternatives firstly we have enraged enraged tom became enraged when the agent couldn't solve his problem we also have furious furious he was already furious and couldn't help but yell into the phone furious finally livid livid this is the top level of anger the most extreme form of anger the agent's response to his problem only made him more livid we've all been there haven't we calling customer service and they just aren't helping okay next let's look at this photo oh dear she's sad we have melancholy melancholy now melancholy refers to the feeling of sadness but often with no obvious cause an example maria had been feeling melancholy since graduating college we also have glum glum this is like feeling down she could not shake the glum feeling and sorrowful sorrowful she was sorrowful and felt so alone if you are sorrowful you are full of sorrow which is a kind of advanced slightly old-fashioned word for sadness well lots of people can relate with maria we often do feel that sort of melancholy sadness after finishing a big chapter of our lives what do we do next okay next we have someone looking at some fireworks here we're going to describe how the fireworks make that person feel an obvious word is interesting the fireworks are interesting they they capture my interest but we could also say mesmerizing mesmerizing oh what a gorgeous gorgeous word the fireworks were mesmerizing it was her first winter in her new town the fireworks of the winter carnival were mesmerizing another equally beautiful word captivating captivating it captures your attention and your interest she stood there frozen in their captivating beauty and finally another gorgeous one spellbinding spellbinding as if it binds you or freezes you with a magic spell she went home that night replaying the spellbinding events of that evening in her head next we have this girl here she doesn't look happy does she in fact she looks bothered or in a bad mood a nice synonym for this is grumpy grumpy and if you like disney films this is the name of one of the dwarves from snow white and the seven dwarves the one who is always in a bad mood is grumpy kim claimed she wasn't grumpy despite her obvious body language we also have crabby crabby think of a crab they're not exactly friendly are they they could pinch you a bit pinch you i wasn't sure if it was the lack of sleep that made her crabby or something i had done and finally we have cranky cranky and this is usually grumpiness or a bad mood due to a lack of sleep we took a quick walk along the canal and i could see that she was no longer cranky quite the opposite we have this person i often feel the same when i see piles of leaves happy happy but we have some better words cheery cheery in a good mood the leaves had begun to fall and a cheery mood swept in with the autumn breeze we also have elated elated if you're so happy about something you are elated brenda was elated by the sights and smells in the park i do love the smell of autumn and gleeful gleeful do you remember sorrowful full of sorrow gleeful full of glee happiness the beauty of autumn made her gleeful okay we have a little boy hiding under his bed he is feeling afraid afraid we have some better words for this little boy we have fearful fearful full of fear fearful jerry is very fearful of thunder during storms it's funny i was afraid of thunder as a child and now i love it we have alarmed alarmed this is like a sudden fear almost the fear you feel when a fire alarm goes off you feel alarmed suddenly scared and worried he gets extremely alarmed and likes to hide behind his bed for safety and rattled rattled this is like the shock that you feel after having been scared we try to calm him down but it's difficult when he's so rattled okay this poor man is feeling upset he's feeling upset but we have some better ways of describing his emotions we have distressed distressed he couldn't hide his distressed face or agitated agitated we all knew he was agitated but he wouldn't let on to what was bothering him to let on to something is to let people know about something he wouldn't let on to why he wouldn't let us know why and finally unsettled unsettled this is the opposite of being at ease settled unsettled not at ease he just sat there feeling unsettled until the meeting was over okay let's move on to traits these can be personality traits or traits of activities and situations the first picture these people are friendly but we could also say sociable sociable my dad has always been a sociable guy he likes talking with other people he likes interacting you can be friendly whilst not being sociable you can say hello to someone warmly but not stop for a chat we also have tender tender this is more kind warm he has a tender way of dealing with people and makes friends wherever he is and finally quite a posh formal word in my opinion affable affable friendly good-natured easy to talk to he's affable and caring and i'm proud to call him dad okay let's think about how this person feels their situation is boring boring but the word boring is boring so let's think of some more interesting alternatives we have dull dull now if you think of the word dull it means with little color or little light with little interest it's dull it's gray and boring it's not that i don't like school it's just that it can be so dull drab drab this is a synonym for dull we sit in classes with drab textbooks and listen to uninteresting lectures and finally tedious tedious this means boring slow monotonous making you tired i just find all of it so tedious this is true i absolutely hated school i wish i could be one of those people who says ah school's amazing i love it i have such fond memories nope not for me it was tedious okay take a look at this very good boy what is he he's energetic he reminds me of my good boy diego look who it is it's my doggie you could also say frisky frisky if a dog is frisky they are playful and full of energy that brings up a common question i have about animals whether we should call them he she it or they i personally if i have a relationship or someone i know has a relationship with an animal he or she or they is what i would use they if i don't know their gender he or she if it's a boy or a girl it just seems very impersonal in some countries it will be more common if i saw an ant on the floor i would say it i you know it doesn't mean anything to me but my cat he is alfonso and my dog he is diego right back to the lesson my parents always wanted a frisky dog but they had no idea how much energy rocky would have we also have lively lively he's very lively and he needs time to exercise his legs daily and spirited spirited and aside from just being energetic this implies that they are determined and full of spirit and ambition i don't know if dogs can have ambitions but they could definitely be determined luckily rocky's spirited attitude keeps them active okay now we have this little boy he doesn't look so friendly does he in fact he looks pretty mean he doesn't look like he's ready to play nicely with the other children we have bitter bitter if you're in a bad mood you're bitter if you're really cross about something johnny talked excitedly about going to the playground all week however he quickly turned bitter when he saw that the swings were closed we have disgruntled disgruntled he was disgruntled and no longer wanted to ride his bike and finally venomous venomous if you think of the venom the venom from a snake it's nasty this means full of hatred or bad mean feelings he yelled out venomous words as children often do in these situations okay next picture we have someone looking very brave a firefighter instead of saying brave we could say courageous courageous arthur is a courageous man he puts his life on the line each day he goes to work if you put your life on the line your life is at risk we have gallant gallant he doesn't ask for praise and his gallant efforts often go unnoticed and finally daring daring nevertheless his daring job calls him to new challenges each day okay let's look at the girl that's being hugged she must be likable people must like her easy to like we have revered revered this is a lovely word what makes candace such a good friend is it her revered bubbly personality we also have enviable enviable and in most situations this is positive to be envied enviable i think it's her enviable smile that always makes me feel comforted and admirable admirable to be admired she also listens without judgment which is admirable okay next picture someone is making everyone laugh they must be funny we could also say amusing amusing they amuse me brandon is so amusing next hilarious hilarious this means very funny he tells the most hilarious stories and he's full of jokes finally comical comical he has such a comical way of speaking that always makes us laugh oh look at this girl climbing such a steep ledge she must be adventurous adventurous instead of adventurous we could say bold bold this is like a mixture of adventurous and brave people often describe jana as bold because of her thrill-seeking ways if you're a thrill-seeker you seek thrills you seek adrenaline we also have intrepid intrepid if you're intrepid you're brave you're not afraid of danger or difficulties we often describe people as being intrepid explorers it goes hand in hand with adventurous she's definitely intrepid i couldn't do half the things she does and finally audacious audacious i love saying that word i saw that she was rock climbing in bali last week i hope to be audacious one day okay here we have someone riding a bike dressed as is he dressed as big bird from sesame street you could say this behavior is strange it's not normal we could call it peculiar peculiar my boss had the peculiar idea of dressing up as big bird for a cycling race we also have bizarre bizarre he showed up in a bizarre costume ready to cycle for 50 kilometers sounds dangerous and finally uncanny uncanny uncanny means strange hard to explain it's that kind of uncanny thinking that sets him apart to set someone apart to make them different this makes him different this sets him apart okay we're done with another category let's move on to sensations oh i love this picture and it describes our first sensation tired the dog and the man are tired instead of just saying tired we can say bleary-eyed bleary-eyed you know that sensation when you wake up and your eyes you can't see properly you're bleary-eyed rex and ally went out for a morning run it was so early that ali was bleary-eyed i like to think that rex is the dog and ali is the human next we have weary weary he felt weary as he walked back to his flat we also have groggy groggy it's that sort of unwell not ill but unwell feeling you know you really need to sleep you're not quite at full capacity mentally or physically ali fell into his bed as groggy as ever whilst rex lay there waiting for his next adventure next how is this girl feeling apart from elated having such delicious food she's probably feeling hungry even better would be to say famished famished oh i'm famished isabella was famished she hadn't eaten anything on the 10-hour flight i have a joke for you why shouldn't you eat the meals served on airplanes because the food's too plain plain is short for aeroplane or plane spelled p-l-a-i-n means bland back to the lesson enough joking around guys come on calm down please focus we also have peckish peckish this is where you want to pick things you know you don't feel really hungry but you could eat you'd like to eat oh i feel peckish does anyone else feel peckish i'd like to eat something peckish didn't begin to describe how she felt when she arrived at the night market so she was more than peckish she was famished you could also say she was ravenous ravenous isabella knew what she wanted to eat and was ravenous by the time she bit into her dostada okay how is this poor person feeling ill we could also say they're feeling nauseous nauseous and this is the way we describe the feeling of when you want to vomit you want to be sick my aunt woke up this morning feeling nauseous we also have queasy queasy this is feeling uneasy especially in your stomach she had a queasy feeling in her stomach and couldn't get out of bed and finally feverish feverish this is to feel hot like you have a fever as a result of being ill or unwell she felt feverish so she lay in bed all day allowing her body to rest next we have this boy studying at the library and he doesn't get it he feels confused confused we could also say befuddled befuddled and that's such a good word befuddled the new engineer was befuddled by all the software he needed to use we could also say foggy foggy if your brain isn't clear it has fog in it like the weather you know the weather that impedes your view like you're in a cloud if your brain feels foggy you could be confused or you could find it hard to remember things or use your knowledge everything he had learned in training was foggy in his mind finally this one's very british baffled baffled i'm confused i'm baffled sometimes we use it in a sarcastic way for example if i failed an exam that i didn't study for i might say well i'm baffled i just don't know why i didn't pass he hopped around from program to program baffled by what he needed to do he was confused okay let's move on to colors colors this one is great because i think at school we learn red orange yellow pink blue but sometimes you don't learn the more interesting shades of colors so i'm going to show you colors and then discuss the different ways that we can talk about them okay let's start with this color black black we could also say inky inky like ink which is normally black brad noticed the sand near the volcano was inky and resembled oil we also have raven raven this is the colour of that bird that's like a crow a raven it's often slightly more blue it's black with a hint of blue he was tired from walking and laid down on the raven shore finally onyx onyx like the stone he closed his eyes and became one with the onyx landscape these are great words to use if you are interested in creative writing and you don't want to say black black black over and over again you can use these alternatives next these poppies are red you could also say crimson crimson this is a deep red my mom and i love to collect crimson flowers in spring an alternative scarlet scarlet this is a brighter red she loves the scarlet hue of the petals as the sun passes through sun makes them a brighter red they're more scarlet and finally we have ruby this is a dark red like the jewel this is not a ruby this is a sapphire but they're in the same family i think i prefer the ruby buds just before they bloom the color's very dark and concentrated it's a ruby red next let's talk about the sky it's blue don't ask me why i can't tell you that i can teach you english though instead of saying blue we could say sapphire sapphire this type of jewel normally sapphires are a lot darker than this one but we fell in love with a lighter sapphire but normally it's darker a dark blue but normally it's a dark bright blue we had been driving for hours when we noticed the sky had turned a beautiful sapphire we also could say denim denim the color of jeans we pulled in to admire the denim clouds and finally navy navy this is a very dark blue the navy mountains in the distance looked as if they were from another planet next look at this setup it makes me nervous i would definitely spill that coffee white an alternative to white is cream this is like a warm white with a little bit of yellow added in just a tiny bit but it makes it much warmer than white there's nothing better than curling up in my cream-colored blanket on a sunday afternoon we also have pearl this is white with a bit of shimmer you know pearls oysters make them oysters yeah oysters my husband knows to bring me my tea in my pearl mug finally we have off-white off-white if we have normal bright white off-white just has a little bit more gray in it it's not quite bright he never forgets to use the off-white tray he bought for me in spain next the color of my hair and my top yellow i can't say this room in the picture is to my style or liking but it's there we can say canary canary the color of that small yellow bird canary yellow it's a bright yellow i have fond memories of my grandmother's house especially the canary yellow tablecloth she used to use we also have amber amber i would say this is more orange than yellow but it's not bright orange it's like an orange yellow brown it's the color of that stone that's made from ancient resin the walls of her kitchen were amber scattered with beautiful artwork and finally buttery buttery resembling the yellow color of butter she never cleaned her windows so a buttery light shone through creating an inviting atmosphere this word is quite positive and warm and comforting if something's buttery next we have this picture of a forest in the autumn or in fall as they say in america autumn in british english it's brown we could also say cinnamon like the color of the spice this is like a readier brown more red cinnamon leaves covered the ground like a carpet we also have ochre ochre a light brown the ochre trees wouldn't show signs of life for months finally khaki this is like a green a green brown often used in the military for camouflage the khaki canopy kept the forest cool and still finally the color of vegetation green instead of green we could say emerald this is a dark bright green like the jewel we've had sapphire ruby emerald my grandfather taught me how to garden he showed me to look for emerald leaves because they were the most nutritious we have olive olive like olive tree leaves this is like a gray green some of the younger saplings had olive stems saplings are small plants very young ones their color wasn't developed so they had a grey green stem and finally jade jade this is a bright green color it's like the stone it's almost turquoise sometimes i would pluck a few of the beautifully colored jade leaves of kale to snack on okay let's move on to the next category we have textures take a look at this picture and in particular at the little girls teddy what must it feel like pretty soft instead of soft you can say downey downey my daughter never goes anywhere without her stuffed rabbit it's downy fur helps her relax you can also say velvety velvety with the feeling of velvet however it's not as velvety as it once was finally we have silky silky this is smooth and soft she likes stroking the label because it's really silky next we have this picture it's showing a car driving on a rough terrain a rough road instead of rough you could say rutted rutted with lots of dips and bumps in it bill and hannah are testing to see how well their camper will handle the rutted roads of the outback camper is short for campervan you could also say bumpy bumpy the bumpy terrain is going to be a challenge you could also say pitted pitted with lots of holes or pits in it they will stay away from the most pitted areas to avoid damage to the van ok next picture we have someone ice skating and we can call ice a smooth surface no bumps not rough instead of smooth we could say sleek sleek if someone's hair looks very smooth we often call it sleek hair in this case alexandra wished the ice was sleeker before beginning her routine we could also say glassy glassy another word that's used in the beauty industry she had a glassy complexion almost shiny smooth perfect whenever she practiced she ensured the rink was glassy without any imperfections finally we can say polished polished as if someone has polished it they have made it smoother despite the ice not being as polished as she would like she performed well next we have this picture sharp the mountains look sharp we have jagged with lots of sharp angles artem had always dreamed of seeing the jagged yellow mountains we also have pointed with lots of points the pointed rocks proved difficult as he climbed to the top and we have bristled with lots of points it was all worth it as he looked out over the bristled landscape okay let's look at this picture the top layer has lots of bubbles it is bubbly we could also say effervescent effervescent pedro is obsessed with coffee specifically the effervescent layer of milk on top we also have frothy frothy rather than being just effervescent this means that it's covered with a layer of bubbles though he doesn't like all frothy drinks he'll drink coffee all day finally we have foamy foamy this is like frothy but with much smaller bubbles it's almost like a creamy foam there's just something about a creamy foamy latte that drives him crazy next we have this picture it shows chocolate but it's being used as a liquid it's liquid chocolate instead of saying liquid which could sound a little bit strange we have some better alternatives we could say flowing flowing there is flowing chocolate it's a liquid moving continuously chef pierre prepared his famous dessert with flowing chocolate sauce we also have runny runny if the chocolate runs it's runny we watched in amazement as the runny chocolate covered the pastry finally we have fluid fluid the fluid river of chocolate made our mouths water and we couldn't wait to dig in next we have this word sticky sticky her fingers must be sticky instead of sticky we could say gooey gooey this is sticky like glue ice cream is the perfect treat in summer except when it melts into a gooey mess in your hand next we have syrupy syrupy like a syrup a syrup is usually made from water and sugar to make a thick sticky liquid you end up all syrupy and a serviette doesn't even help finally we have tacky tacky it's when you try to pull your fingers or something apart and it sticks for a moment you have to put effort in tacky i end up looking for the nearest toilet to clear up the tacky mess next we have this picture these shoes are old and used they're worn aside from that we could say shabby shabby a bit old a bit tired of it used worn david's cousin always wears those shabby red shoes wherever he goes we also have thread bear thread bear and this is when something is so worn it's nearly got a hole you can just see the last threads holding on they are completely threadbare and they don't even have laces finally we have frayed frayed this is when strings are sticking out because they've broken typically you get frayed patches on your elbows and your knees he claims his frayed vans are the most comfortable pair he owns right new category we're moving on to age and time let's take a look at this picture it shows young people we can also say adolescent adolescent this describes people that are between their childhood years and their adult years they're kind of in their teenage years it was my first year teaching adolescent children and i was very nervous next we have youthful youthful full of youth on the first day a youthful energy filled my classroom finally we have juvenile juvenile this is young or acting in a young way and if you tell someone they're acting in a juvenile way it's probably an insult some of their behavior was a bit juvenile but in general they were very good okay quite the opposite this photo old we could also say elderly elderly my father was an elderly man before i truly got to know him finally we have getting on if someone is getting on they're getting on a bit they're they're getting older he was really getting on but he answered with a youthful spirit next we have new shoes let's talk about alternatives for new firstly we have pristine pristine this is new and in perfect condition my brother just bought a pristine pair of shoes without a single mark on them we also have mint mint this means new and perfect we often say mint condition new unused perfect condition he says he's not going to wear them because he wants to keep them in mint condition and finally fresh fresh what's the point in keeping them fresh if he's not going to use them next we have this picture buildings that are very modern modern this word's boring let's think of some better ones we have present day present day present day architecture often leaves something to be desired we also have current current architects create flashy designs that are current but have no real depth or longevity finally we have contemporary contemporary i don't think these contemporary designs will stand the test of time this man is on his bike and he's going fast you could also say he is nimble nimble this means quick and agile dimitri is a nimble delivery driver in central london what makes him unique is that he uses his bicycle not a motorbike you could also say agile agile this means able to move easily and therefore possibly quickly he is agile and never misses a delivery we also have swift swift this is quick and without any issues the swift movements he makes between the cars and the roads look like a dance he's choreographed next we have this picture this person is relaxed relaxed instead of relaxed you could say easy going easy going you could not describe my sister as going i swear she's always in a hurry you could also say carefree carefree without any worries or cares however she feels truly carefree when relaxing in a hammock on holiday and we also have unhurried unhurried not in a rush it is in these unhurried moments that she can truly decompress okay next category weather weather i'm british did you really think i'd make a vocabulary video and not include the weather let's talk about british people's favorite topic the rain instead of rainy we could say drizzly drizzly this is annoying constant rain it's not hard it's just constant london is known for its drizzly days you could also say showery showery these are short rain spells we call weather spells periods of rain however a showery trip to london can be thoroughly enjoyable we also have damp damp if something is damp you can feel water it's wet not soaking wet just wet don't forget your umbrella on these damp days you'll regret it if you do next we have this picture there's a storm it's stormy instead we could say inclement inclement it was sudden how the weather went from sunny to inclement in a matter of minutes you could also say raging raging if the sky seems angry because there's a storm you could say raging we had to run for cover as the raging winds began to whip around us and finally turbulent turbulent the turbulent clouds started to twist and darken as we drove away next this picture her umbrellas inside out it's windy windy but instead of windy we could say blustery blustery this is a very common word abby was shocked by the blustery weather we could also say breezy breezy this implies a lighter wind and on a hot day a breezy wind can be very welcome she was used to breezy days back home but this weather was much more intense finally we have gusty a gust of wind is a big force of wind so gusty lots of wind the gusty weather broke her umbrella and she ended up sitting in her hotel room for the rest of the day next we have this picture you can only do this when it is hot hot instead of hot you could say blazing blazing if that sun is burning down what does christian like to do when it's blazing outside he likes to play with the sprinklers we also have blistering blistering if you think of when you get a sunburn it can cause a blister so we can talk about the blistering heat or sun when the temperature is blistering he knows it's time to go outside and have some fun finally if something's really hot temperature wise it's sweltering sweltering it's a great way for him to cool down on sweltering summer days next we have this picture it's cold cold but instead we could say frigid frigid our neighbor seemed to love the frigid temperatures of winter we could also say biting biting this is so cold that it seems to bite you or hurt you he would put on his cotton hat and brave the biting winds finally we have piercing piercing piercing implies painful you can have a piercing noise a piercing wind in this case with weather it means cold it never seemed to bother him even when the piercing cold temperatures seemed to freeze me to my core next we have this picture it's a beautiful day it looks like it is warm warm instead of warm you could say mild mild this is a pleasant warm temperature not too hot not too cold it's mild it was the first mild day of autumn you could also say temperate temperate of a good temperature the temperate climate was perfect for a hike and a picnic finally you could say comfy comfy it's a comfy comfortable temperature one could get lost roaming the hills enjoying the comfy temperature next lots of clouds in the sky it's cloudy instead of cloudy a very common word is overcast overcast they knew their trip would be cut short when they saw the overcast sky if the sun is hidden due to the clouds it's overcast we also have dreary dreary if not a lot of light is getting through it's dreary dull the dreary day made for a long drive home we also have gloomy gloomy this implies depressing gray weather due to the clouds and the lack of light it wasn't long before the gloomy sky turned into a full downpour downpour is heavy rain next we have this one quite the opposite no clouds it is a clear sky it's clear instead of clear you could say cloudless cloudless without clouds the cloudless sky seemed to stretch for miles we also have bright bright if there aren't any clouds the sun will shine brightly it will be a bright day a bright sky a bright day meant the mood in town would be cheerful finally you can say sunny this means a lot of sun no clouds there'll be sun in the daytime everyone longed for sunny days okay we're moving on to a new category taste and flavor let's start with this one sweet sweet instead of sweet you can say trickly treatly and treacle this strictly means like treacle treacle is a thick brown sweet syrup so if something is sweet thick dark we can call it treacly stephanie brought in an amazing cake but the icing was so trickly i couldn't eat it we could also say sugary sugary full of sugar very sweet i love sugary foods but this was too much we can also say sickly sickly if something is so sweet or so rich that it makes you feel sick sickly chocolate cake is good on its own it doesn't need anything sickly sweet added to it okay this one what does the sea taste like salt the sea is salty instead of salty you could say briny briny bryony specifically refers to salt water so a soup could be briny the briny air filled my nose and lungs as we set sail you could also say brackish brackish brackish water hit my face and stung my eyes finally saline saline a saline taste was left on my lips after our day out at sea next we have this some people love it some people hate it grapefruit it tastes bitter bitter instead of bitter you could say harsh harsh grapefruits have a harsh taste that not everyone enjoys you can also say astringent astringent it is very astringent and wildly different from other citrus fruits finally acrid acrid it's better to add a bit of sugar to get rid of the acrid flavor next we have this one this cocktail is sour sour it's got lots of lemons in it instead of sour we could say acidic acidic nothing says vacation like an acidic ice-cold lemonade we could also say sharp sharp i enjoy the sharp taste of freshly squeezed lemon juice we also have tangy tangy it's tangy aroma always helps me relax next we have this picture ice cream it's creamy instead of creamy you could say rich rich food is very indulgent with quite high fat lots of cream we can call it rich every summer my mother would make the richest and most delicious ice cream sandwiches we could also say milky milky the milky homemade ice cream was out of this world we could also say luscious luscious this means more indulgent than creamy creamy foods can be luscious but not all luscious foods are creamy i hope she will make this luscious treat for me when i visit finally we have this picture that makes me hungry it's a curry and it is spicy spicy instead of spicy we can say hot hot curry and we're not talking about temperature we're talking about temperature of the tongue how it makes our tongue feel hot i knew the curry would be hot when i saw the chilies sitting on top we could also have peppery peppery containing lots of pepper this could be both chili pepper or the pepper that you put on general cooking the black pepper i didn't realize just how peppery it would be until i took the first bite finally we have fiery fiery really hot and spicy i still have memories of that fiery dish and despite the pain i want to try it again okay we are on to our final category appearance appearance firstly this person they're a basketball player they are very tall tall instead of tall you could say gangly gangly i wouldn't say this is a compliment necessarily so be careful saying it to people it means they've got long legs they're not really controlling them properly despite josiah's gangly build he became a star basketball player we could also have lanky lanky this is someone with long limbs very tall normally quite thin as well he was a bit lanky and awkward as a child but he proved himself on the court finally long-legged long-legged now everyone fears that long-legged powerhouse when he has the ball next we have this picture these buildings are very high they're very high instead of high we could say soaring soaring i had never lived in a big city and the soaring skyscrapers took some getting used to it took me a while to get used to them we also have towering towering like a tall tower it felt odd to look up and see these towering glass and metal structures everywhere i went finally we have lofty lofty we don't have these lofty buildings in the countryside next we have this picture small small small little puppy instead of small we could say petite petite a little word we have borrowed from the french sorry french people that's that wasn't great french we've borrowed it from the french but we'll give it back don't worry carla had always wanted a puppy something petite that she could take around with her you could also say tiny tiny very small she finally adopted bella a tiny poodle that was only a few weeks old we can also say we we this is particularly scottish it means little now that we dog follows her around everywhere next we have this picture they are flamingos and they have very thin legs thin instead of thin we could say lean this means without any fat it doesn't mean without any muscle if you describe someone who's very lean they could have muscle but just no fat on them they couldn't believe the flamingos were standing right in front of them they were lean and very elegant the next is not such a nice word scraggly scraggly very thin almost too thin their legs looked like scraggly pink twigs sticking out of the murky water finally we have slim slim this is a nice way to describe a thin person they're very slim it implies that they're just right i think or not saying they're too thin not saying they're too big it's just what in general people want to be it was almost as if it were a forest of slim bamboo with birds on the tops next we have this it's a huge space it's very wide wide instead of wide we could say broad broad the orchestra began to set up on the broad stage in the center of the room we could also say spacious spacious with lots of space it was a spacious theater with plenty of seating we could also say vast vast very big i knew the sound would be incredible in this vast space quite the opposite in this picture this shows a narrow alley thin we could also say slender slender i was surprised to see so many slender alleyways when i went to india we could also say tight if it's so narrow that it's hard to move tight the tight spaces were only big enough for a bicycle to get through if you really don't have enough room to move cramped cramped however the cramped space meant that you could easily talk to your neighbor if you wanted to next we have a beautiful room it's attractive attractive instead of attractive we could say alluring alluring there is nothing i enjoy more than strolling through the alluring palace of versailles you could also say enticing enticing that's like attractive and exciting the enticing paintings and tapestries on the wall are to die for you could also say glamorous glamorous if it looks very attractive and luxurious don't even get me started on the glamorous chandeliers and statues quite the opposite here these men are filthy or dirty covered in dirt you could also say disheveled as in untidy maybe not covered in dirt but very untidy we returned from the rugby match completely disheveled and in need of showers you could also say grimy covered in grime this is dirt that sticks to you we left our grimy boots outside the house finally grubby grubby covered in dirt mum would have been livid if we'd left her floor all grubby next we have a picture of a very minimalistic room it's plain plain it's not got much of interest to it instead of plain we could say ordinary ordinary there's nothing special about it my dad's house is fairly ordinary it's not too big or too small you could also say simple simple he likes to keep things simple so he has white walls with few accessories finally we have conventional conventional it's a more conventional style but it feels homely okay last one this one it's not immediately obvious but it's not the most beautiful fruit you've ever seen right we could call it ugly ugly instead of ugly you could say unsightly unsightly not nice to look at most people don't choose unsightly fruits they want ones with bright colors you could also say unattractive unattractive i actually prefer them the more unattractive the better for me finally displeasing displeasing the reason is that fewer people touch and squeeze the displeasing fruits which means that they're still beautiful on the inside wow can you believe that that is over 250 new words in context with pictures for you to use i hope that lots of them are now stored in your brain they won't all be yet you can't learn all of them in one day but that's why we've created that free ebook for you to download we've got some exercises in there click on the link in the description box you enter your name and your email address you sign up to my mailing list and the ebook will arrive directly in your inbox after that you'll automatically receive my free pdfs and my news course updates and offers it's a free service you can unsubscribe at any time and if you're really looking to drastically expand your vocabulary in a short amount of time i've got that 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sat there feeling unsettled sesame street oh i can't believe i forgot that i don't know why i did jazz hands there [Music] package didn't begin to is it a tostada oh it looks lovely [Music] next oh come on then diego wait if you go around this way look who it is it's my doggy mind my paper i've just realized the best thing ever next we have this picture they are flamingos i was thinking of flamingo i'm in a really good mood [Music] [Music] you

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