Advanced Vocabulary in 60 Minutes (Precise words you need to know!)

today is all about one thing building your vocabulary i am going to teach you a lot of different words mostly advanced words to help you be more precise so that you can say exactly what you want to say i've taken some of my very best vocabulary lessons and put them right here in this video so if you are interested in building your vocabulary i recommend that you subscribe turn on notifications so that you'll learn about future lessons like future vocabulary lessons and i can become your teacher my name is wes and really interactive english it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals but before we begin i have a very quick announcement because if you would like to build your vocabulary practice using new words and phrases in context and do so while having a conversation then i suggest you check out my speaking course and when you click on the link down in the description you will find a special discount just for you the course is all about helping you speak confidently speak clearly and speak naturally each week there is a different speaking topic you will learn useful vocabulary we do engaging speaking activities and we warm up each lesson with something related to pronunciation or connected speech there are also pronunciation video lessons included and i'm going to teach you some of the language nuances like when to use certain words and phrases so click on the link down below if you'd like to sign up or learn more about the course and i hope to speak to you soon now let's start this vocabulary marathon and i am sure that you are going to learn some new words and phrases would you like to sound smarter when you're speaking in english of course you do so that's why today i'm going to tell you 10 different adjectives to help you sound smarter so the adjectives that i'm going to talk to you about today are a little more academic and they're great adjectives because they're very descriptive very precise and that is a great way to improve your fluency because you're better able to express your thoughts your opinions your ideas and they just so happen to be 10 of my favorite adjectives that i like to use because i want to sound smart so i'm going to give you the pronunciation of these adjectives i'm going to tell you what they mean and how they're commonly used so let's begin the first word is ubiquitous and ubiquitous has four syllables that first syllable is is just like you're saying the letter u ubiquitous and the stress is going to be on that second syllable ubiquitous ubiquitous ubiquitous ubiquitous means existing or being everywhere it is something that you see everywhere you go it could be a shop a store and you find it all over the world for example you have companies that you see everywhere like starbucks mcdonald's wherever you go whether you like it or not you see these places they are ubiquitous it could also be used to talk about maybe a word phrase or expression that you might commonly hear that is ubiquitous you hear it all the time you wouldn't really use it to talk about a person that you see all the time because again there is only one person ubiquitous is talking about something where there is a lot it is a lot more than just one it's everywhere it's ubiquitous local coffee shops are ubiquitous in my hometown the next word is cumbersome the word cumbersome has three syllables and the stress is on the first syllable cumbersome cumbersome and something that is cumbersome is something that is difficult something that is burdensome and usually it's often talking about something that is physical that is difficult to move or carry maybe because it has an awkward shape or maybe it's really heavy and it is cumbersome to move something from one place to another it's not always used to talk about an object it can be used to talk about a situation as well something that is difficult problematic we could say that it is cumbersome it's a cumbersome situation a cumbersome challenge a cumbersome life moving the furniture outside was really cumbersome the next adjective and it's one of my favorites because well it kind of describes me is facetious facetious has three syllables and the stress is on that second syllable it's like you're just saying the letter c for c and that first syllable has that schwa that uh sound facetious facetious facetious means not to be taken literal or serious and i would say it's kind of in between a joke and a lie and you're you're almost kind of teasing somebody when you're being facetious you're saying something that is so ridiculous it's so outlandish that the other person or people they shouldn't take you seriously because what you're saying is so ridiculous you are being facetious don't listen to him he's being facetious next is arduous an arduous has three syllables and the stresses on the first syllable are you wes now you don't hear that d sound that much it's not very strong it almost sounds a little like a j arduous arduous and something that is arduous is difficult because it requires a lot of exertion a lot of thought a lot of energy and it's often used to describe something that you have to do like a task an arduous task an arduous problem an arduous chore it requires a lot of exertion and it's because of that it's just really difficult it's arduous building the sand castle was an arduous task next is presumptuous and presumptuous has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable and the s almost sounds a little more like a z presumptuous presumptuous and if somebody is being presumptuous then that just means that they're showing little or no respect for others by doing something that that they shouldn't be doing they're being presumptuous thinking that they can do this or that when they shouldn't do it it's presumptuous for example if you go over to a friend's place most of us don't just walk inside their home or apartment you knock on the door because it's polite it's respectful if you just walk inside like you own the place then you would be presumptuous it was presumptuous of him to think that this was a date she just thought they were friends next is pensive and the pronunciation very easy just two syllables and the stresses on that first syllable pensive pensive now if somebody is pensive that just means that they are in deep thought they're really thinking about or reflecting on something it's almost like a dream-like state you're in such deep thought you've just tuned out the rest of the world you would say that this person is pensive or somebody might look pensive and usually if somebody is pensive it's it's because something requires that deep thought it could be something serious it could be something bad or unfortunate that that makes somebody pensive and really have to think about something she's thinking about her friend in the hospital she looks pensive the next adjective which is another one that i really like is circuitous and circuitous has four syllables and there's a few things going on with the pronunciation in the first syllable that c is going to have more of an s sound circuitous the stress is going to be on that second syllable and that c u is it's kind of like you're saying the letter q circuitous circuitous and circuitous is talking about a very roundabout way to get somewhere where you you're just not taking the most direct route and i think we've all probably tried to go somewhere and maybe we got a little lost and we went way out of our way and we ended up taking a circuitous route and frequently it's used with this word when talking about the direction that you go a circuitous route a circuitous path and it is just this windy roundabout way that you try to go and get somewhere circuitous we took a circuitous route to reach our destination next is conscientious and this is a great adjective to describe maybe yourself or someone else and i think the pronunciation is what makes many learners avoid this word because they look at it and think what what's going on there so conscientious has four syllables and the stress is on that third syllable that n n conscientious conscientious that second syllable is what really confuses people because that sci almost sounds like you're saying she conscientious conscientious and someone who is conscientious just means that they have a moral responsibility to to do their work carefully and also you know treat others with respect and be fair to others someone who's conscientious is really able to put themselves in another person's shoes and really see how they feel and empathize with them they are aware of their surroundings and because of that we would say they are conscientious great word she's very conscientious of her health the next word is meticulous and this word has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable meticulous meticulous that first syllable also has that schwa that a sound that reduced vowel sound meticulous this is another word that i like because i think it does describe me in in many situations if someone is meticulous that means that they try to pay really close attention to the details they're meticulous in their work they're focused on the details and they want to make sure every little thing is in order someone is meticulous now it's usually i think it is a good thing when you're talking about somebody's work that you want to pay close attention to the details so you don't miss anything and be very meticulous he's meticulous with his designs the final adjective that i have for you is convoluted convoluted also has four syllables and the stress is on the first syllable convoluted that second syllable again has that schwa sound that reduced vowel sound uh convoluted convoluted if something is convoluted it means that it is extremely difficult to follow because things are connected and intertwined and mixed around in a way that's difficult to understand that means that something is convoluted it can be used to describe a story or an argument or maybe even a sentence that is hard to follow and it doesn't make much sense it's convoluted the story was convoluted because there were so many different people involved so those are 10 super awesome adjectives that will help you sound smarter when you're having a conversation in english it'll also help you be more descriptive when you're expressing your thoughts your ideas your opinions so please use those adjectives welcome to today's lesson which is more of a vocabulary lesson because i'm going to talk to you about 10 amazing adjectives that you can use to sound more academic more professional and more competent when you're speaking english and these are not words that you're going to hear every day on the street instead you're more likely to hear these adjectives in presentations debates or in-depth conversations that are a bit more serious because these are words that sound more professional more convincing and they they give us a bit more authority when we're speaking about a topic so i'm going to tell you the adjective show you how it's phonetically pronounced give you the meaning as well as a sentence so you can see how it's used in context are you ready let's begin so the first adjective i have for you is germaine now this is two syllables and the stress is on the second syllable germaine and it means that something is relevant that it is closely related to something else and we could use it in a sentence and say your statements are not germane to the central argument the next word and it's one that i really like is preposterous and this adjective has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable preposterous and remember that o-u-s has that schwa that sound and this means that something is contrary to reason it's just ridiculous it's absurd and the way it's used is somebody would usually say something and it's ridiculous it's absurd and the other person would say that's preposterous that's absurd that's preposterous you're not gonna like this video that's preposterous next is a very cool word that is perfunctory and perfunctory has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable that funk per funk to read that third syllable has the schwa and it's going to end with that long e sound perfunctory perfunctory and if something is perfunctory it means that you're doing something out of routine you're doing it without even thinking about it it's habit it's a ritual you just do it in haste without giving it much thought and we would say that that it is perfunctory when she saw us she gave us a perfunctory smile the next adjective is truculent and this word has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable keep in mind that that cu is pronounced it's like you're saying the letter q tr q lund that last syllable has the schwa truculent and if somebody is being truculent then that means that they're being fierce a little cruel kind of very aggressive aggressively hostile if someone's being truculent so it's not not a good word it kind of means that that this person is upset with you maybe because of something you said and and they're just being a bit cruel they're truculent they're standoffish sometimes when i've had a really bad day and and i don't want to talk to people and i'm just upset i can be kind of truculent with others if if they're trying to approach me and i don't want to deal with anybody i can be truculent a great example would be in politics people maybe they do something wrong and the media wants to talk to them about it and they're they're angry they don't want to speak to the media and they might be truculent so we could say politicians are sometimes truculent with the media another great word is this one right here austere and this has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable with that long e sound austere and if somebody or something is austere it means that they're very severe in their manner they're very strict or even without excess austere her austere manner intimidated the students the next adjective which is one of my favorites is capricious and this word has three syllables and the stress is on the second syllable and keep in mind that first syllable has that schwa sound that ca precious capricious and if someone or something is capricious then that just means that they are subject to sudden or even unpredictable change capricious so you could say a person is capricious perhaps the weather is capricious or maybe even your plans are capricious they're subject to change and i could use it in an example sentence and say i can never get her to commit to a time because she's so capricious next is the word defamatory and this word has five syllables and the stress is on that second syllable defamatory defamatory it's not a good adjective because if something is defamatory we're talking about false or unjustified harm caused to one's reputation and we could use it in an example sentence and say the president's defamatory remarks startled everyone the next word which is another one of my favorite adjectives is esoteric and this word has four syllables and the stress is on that third syllable esoteric and when we describe something as esoteric we're talking about something that's really understood by a small group of people because they have knowledge or interest in that thing usually it's somebody that has direct experience with it so we say that it is esoteric for example somebody could have esoteric knowledge about something maybe they have an esoteric experience because there's just a few people that really understand and know what it's like i spent six months in the woods hiking the appalachian trail it was an esoteric experience another great adjective is nascent and this word has two syllables and the stress is on that first syllable it has the long a sound nay sunt that second syllable has that schwa nascen and if something is nascent then that just means it's beginning to exist or beginning to develop it's at the early stages it is nascent and we can use it in a sentence and say the project is at a nascent stage of development another very cool adjective is quintessential and this word has four syllables and the stress is on the third syllable quinta sen sho and when we say that something is quintessential it means that it is representing just the most perfect example it's quintessential now let me give you the quintessential example sentence interactive english is the quintessential channel to learn practice and improve your english skills if you agree with that last sentence please please please show us some love and hit that like button down below welcome to today's lesson it is a super awesome amazing vocabulary lesson because i'm going to teach you 10 different verbs to help you sound smarter and i say that they help you sound smarter because these are more advanced verbs these are advanced vocabulary words that are very specific very precise that you can use in certain situations so that you can perfectly express your ideas thoughts and opinions and say exactly what you want to say these verbs are going to help you do just that now i'm not only going to tell you the verb and the meaning but i'm also going to give you the pronunciation as well as an example sentence so that you can see how these words are used in context that's very important so without further ado let's begin the first word is to admonish and admonish has three syllables and the stress is on that second syllable mon admonish and this is a verb that we use with a direct object to admonish someone usually for doing something wrong because what it means is to to counsel or advise against something it's kind of like you're scolding somebody in a way but not because you are super angry and they did something really terrible but but they just did something wrong and it's not correct maybe it was a little rude just interrupted me again while i was admonishing you for interrupting me have you ever been admonished for doing something i definitely have been admonished for many things in my life the parents admonish their child for telling a lie the next wonderful verb is to advocate this word has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable advocate and to advocate means to show strong support for something it could be support for a policy it could be support for an issue and you advocate for it we often use it with the preposition for you advocate for something when you are really passionate about something you really really really believe in it and you want to advocate for this thing the teachers advocated for better pay the next verb is to bemoan and this verb has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable you may also notice that that word in that second syllable which kind of shares a similar meaning to the verb to bemoan which means you are basically expressing that you are upset you are distressed about something it's kind of like you're complaining and you might bemoan a situation that you are in you might bemoan someone's decision if you disagree with it and you don't like it you're not very happy with something that happened and you bemoan the situation she bemoaned having to look for another flight the next verb is compel this word has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable compel and what it means is to to force or drive or maybe even encourage somebody to to do something some course of action to do something that that you want them to do you you really want to convince them to do something sometimes it can be done by force you compel someone to do something because maybe you're threatening them in some way shape or form and you are compelling them to do what you want them to do the power of chrysler compels you but you're really just trying to get somebody to to do this thing to compel someone to do something the police compelled him to tell the truth the next verb is a good one embezzle to embezzle this verb has three syllables and the stress is on that second syllable embezzle embezzle and what it means is to take money or maybe even property but most of the time we're talking about money and to do it in a fraudulent way people are creating some false records some false receipts and they are taking that extra money and stealing it and they are embezzling the money you can embezzle money from a company you can embezzle money from a bank lloyd gross is a fictional salesman we invented to how do i put this steal from the company embezzle to commit fraud i just got fired from sweden's because you were embezzling now if you do this it's a crime so it is not a good verb it's not a verb that you want to be associated with the accountant embezzled millions of dollars from the company the next verb is extol to extol this word has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable extol and what it means is to praise highly to give a lot of high praise to someone or to something oftentimes you might extol someone during a eulogy if there is a funeral and a person is giving a eulogy and talking about the person that has passed away you you want to talk about all the good things that this person did you want to give them a lot of praise and you would extol this person you can also use it talking about uh places or things if you really just want to speak highly of it extol she extolled the beauty of modern art next is the verb impune to impune this word has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable and what it means is to to claim that something is false to to say that to challenge it and say that it's not true and kind of cast doubt upon this situation or or even this person so because of a few bad apples and impugn an entire continent i'm impugning a continent a lot of times you might hear it with the word character to impugn someone's character basically saying that this person should not be believed that they say things that are false they're dishonest and you're trying to cast doubt over the things that this person is talking about when you impugn someone's character mr chairman if she's going to impugn his character while he's speaking it's not a good verb it's not something that we should try to do but this is a situation that happens and it's a great way to describe it to impugn someone or something they tried to impugn her character with false accusations another great verb which is one of my favorites is obfuscate this verb has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable obfuscate and what it means to obfuscate something is to confuse or bewilder and just try to create a confusing situation so that it's really difficult to understand so you might hear it being used they they want to obfuscate a situation they want to obfuscate an issue they want to obfuscate a policy it happens a lot i think in politics when you're trying to get people to believe one thing or another thing and some people try to obfuscate certain issues the oil companies tried to obfuscate the benefits of wind energy the next verb is placate this word has two syllables and the stress is on that first syllable placate and what it means is to appease by by giving something up you're giving up some concession in order to try and get something that you want to placate someone for example if somebody is upset with you you did something wrong you will do something for this person you'll give something up you are trying to placate them in order for this person to forgive you to to be okay with it and and just to move on to placate someone nothing she could say or do would placate him another great verb repudiate this verb has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable repudiate and this means to reject something to to reject it with disapproval because there's no authority in this thing that people are trying to to say or do to repudiate someone or you could repudiate something so for example at work if if you are the manager and you have employees and and they make a request and you could reject it and say no i don't like it this is a terrible idea you would repudiate this senator eleanor princess shaw doesn't bother you at all your son repudiates so many of your more controversial policies no it was refused rejected rebuffed repudiated it's kind of a confrontational word because if you repudiate something then you're really letting the other person know that you're a bit unhappy that you don't like this and you are rejecting it you repudiate it the professor repudiated the students's request to postpone the exam so right now i would like to advocate for you to write us a comment and let us know a english word that you have recently learned it can be any word a noun an adjective a verb just let us know we love hearing from you in the comments if you don't write us a comment i'm not going to bemoan the situation i'm not even going to admonish you but we would really appreciate it and if you do i will placate you by coming out with another lesson next week if you would like to sound smarter and be smarter then this lesson is for you because i'm going to tell you 10 nouns to help you do just that many of you out there have said you would like to learn more advanced vocabulary words and that's what these 10 nouns are they're not only going to help you sound smarter but they're going to help you more accurately express your thoughts opinions and ideas they also happen to be 10 of my favorite nouns so as i go over these nouns i am going to give you the pronunciation tell you the meaning as well as talk to you about how they're used in context so let's just get this show on the road the first noun is this one right here quid pro quo and it is three words each word is only one syllable and if if you're saying it together the stress is is kind of on that first word and that last word quid pro quo and what this means is it is something that that is given or or even taken in return for something else so it's kind of like you you're doing a favor for someone in exchange for something else and that would be considered quid pro quo often we hear this when when talking about politics somebody gives a politician money and then that politician does something in return for them and they would refer to it as quid pro quo bid pro quo mr powers i need some quid pro quo from you pro maybe you're negotiating with somebody and you're like you know i'm gonna need a little quid pro quo if i do whatever favor it is for you if you want us to donate to your campaign we'll need some quid pro quo the next noun which is one of my favorites is catch 22. this is two words it's a compound noun the word catch is just one syllable and then 22 is three syllables and the stress is on that final syllable catch-22 the word comes from a famous book by joseph heller which is titled catch-22 and the meaning of a catch-22 see if you can follow me is it is a problem that cannot be solved because the solution to the problem is inherent in the problem itself now you may be thinking what the heck are you talking about and it's often referred to situations where again you can't solve the problem because the solution is within the problem itself and it's just like this circular loop so this is a great noun to describe this type of situation and again it's just like a stand-alone statement when you are tough they resent you and when you are cool they walk all over you catch 22. there's no unspoken thing well it's a catch-22 because if you said it then it would be spoken part of their parole is that they're required to have a job to catch 22 of us not that many people are that excited to hire a felon we don't really use this noun with any adjectives it's just really that standalone statement and you would describe something and say it's a catch-22 next is epitome and this noun has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable epitome this is a word that when you see it many times people may mispronounce it because the third syllable has that schwa and the last syllable is that long epitome and what it means is a person or thing that is that is typical of a class or or group as a whole something that possesses to to the highest degree what what this whole group is all about and therefore we we say that something is the epitome of something else kind of giving an example saying that this thing best represents this whole group it's the epitome of something interactive english is the epitome of english teaching excellence and if you agree with that statement then go ahead and and hit that like button down below it's it's kind of like a quid pro quo i teach you new nouns you hit that like button it's a fair exchange another great noun is dichotomy this word has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable dichotomy and that third syllable it has that schwa that uh sound dichotomy what it means is the division or or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different so let me give you a couple examples of a dichotomy you could have science and religion two things that you can compare and they're kind of opposed to each other in some ways also city life and country life completely different but we can still compare them and when using this noun you you say the two things that that you're comparing dichotomy of good and evil from the entire dichotomy of jock artists often we use it with the preposition between you talk about the dichotomy between two things for example we could say we're studying the dichotomy between economic development and environmental protection the next noun is myriad this word has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable that myr sounds like a mere myriad and a myriad is a very great or indefinitely great number of things often it can be used as a synonym for various you talk about a myriad of something there's a lot of variety there's a great number of these things there's a myriad there is a myriad of trees in the forest the next noun is credence this word has two syllables and the stress is on that first syllable credence and what it means is the belief as as to the truth of something that you're kind of there's a belief and it's showing that that belief is true i never gave these stories much credence he's a criminal and a terrorist people aren't going to give him credence and uh though we we give them no credence at all larry and often you may find this noun with the verb give something gives a belief credence it makes it seem a little more true for example the email they discovered gave credence to his unethical behavior next is malaise this word has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable malaise and this is not a great noun the reason i say this is because its meaning is a vague feeling of physical discomfort or uneasiness as an early sign of an illness so if somebody is is just starting to feel ill then it's very possible that they might experience malaise i experienced bad headaches and malaise before deciding to go to the doctor the next noun is sycophant and this noun has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable the spelling may throw people off to the pronunciation but that syc is just pronounced sick sycophant and the meaning of a sycophant is a person that that tries to gain attention by flattering wealthy or influential people so this is not a good noun you don't want somebody to call you a sycophant because it basically means you're you're sucking up to somebody else for no real reason it's pathetic yeah it's not good some sycophants in the media refuse to acknowledge the political corruption another great noun which is another one of my favorites is a dilettante and this word has three syllables and there's kind of like a stress on that first and last syllable dilettante the the reason i say it's one of my favorites is because i guess you know i i could be considered a dilettante uh many of us can be considered dilettantes because its meaning is a person that that cultivates an interest in something without really learning in-depth information and i think this just happens with people all the time we become interested in a topic and we learn a little bit about it so that we can converse with our friends and have discussions but we we have difficulty really debating this topic with facts and information because we just don't know enough they will remain dilated in war and tourists in vietnam what's your point your knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep do you know what that makes you a dilettante but if somebody calls you a dilettante then it's probably not in a good sense because they're they're probably referring to you saying that well you're a person that you think you know a lot but you really don't you want to think she knows a lot about health and nutrition but she's really a dilettante the next noun is zenith has two syllables and the stress is on the first syllable zenith and when talking about the zenith you're talking about the top the peak the highest point or state of something or someone's condition so if you are at the top the highest point then you are at the zenith it basically implies that you're not going to go any higher so it's like saying you you've reached the top you're not going to go any higher and things are just going to start going downhill from here his athletic career has reached its zenith so i hope some of these nouns were new for you and now that you've learned them you can go out and practice using them so that you can improve your overall english fluency today i have a vocabulary lesson for you and these words are all adverbs they are advanced adverbs and every single one of them ends in l-y and these are great adverbs to know because they're really going to help you accurately express your thoughts opinions and ideas and throughout the lesson i'm going to do a few things for you i am going to show you the adverb i will then tell you the correct pronunciation i'll give you the meaning and then i will also give you some example sentences so that you can see how the adverb is used in context and that is really useful because it's just going to reinforce the meaning so let's begin the first adverb is annually this word has four syllables and the stress is on that first syllable the second syllable it's like you're just saying that letter u and the third syllable has that schwa annually annually and this adverb means that that something is occurring once a year something happens once every year it happens annually the u.s marshals service annually flies 155 000 prisoners around the country evidence suggests it sheds its skin annually extended annually 12 million a year it's also quite commonly used with numbers for example when you're talking about banking and maybe you earn interest on the money that's in the bank and you will earn interest annually we could also use it and say everyone should file their taxes annually the next word is reluctantly this word has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable that third syllable also has that schwa reluctantly reluctantly and what it means is that just unwillingness to do something that you are not inclined to to do this thing reluctantly i am asking for your help but all he gives his loser son is grief and a place to live reluctantly he gives that reluctantly each year we we have to pay our taxes annually but i think most of us reluctantly file our taxes it's not something we want to do but we have to do it and many of us do it reluctantly the employees reluctantly came into work over the weekend then we have unabashedly this adverb has five syllables and the stress is on that third syllable that bash unabashedly that second syllable has that schwa that uh sound unabashedly and what it means is just that you are not apologetic you are not embarrassed you are very certain about your position you do something unabashedly or maybe you say something unabashedly she unabashedly told her boss that she wanted a raise then we have an adverb that that i like to use and that is vaguely it has two syllables and the stress is on that first syllable vaguely and vaguely means that something is not clearly expressed or something is not clearly stated does smell vaguely poisonous who are exposing me to information and ideas that seem vaguely familiar if i were to reach our rendezvous on titan with the time stone still attached to your vaguely irritating person kramer remember that whole deal with you selling peter and your stories for his book and then he gave him back to you vaguely we often use it with the word remember i vaguely remember what do i vaguely remember i vaguely remembered the example i vaguely remember you telling me to pick this up at the grocery store the next adverb is one of my favorites fervently it has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable fervently and what it means is that you are just showing great enthusiasm great intensity to to do something for example right now i'm fervently trying to explain the meaning of these new adverbs they fervently worked around the clock in order to finish the project on time next we have diligently this adverb has four syllables and the stress is on that first syllable diligently and it just means that that you are working very hard to accomplish something you are very focused on the task at hand and often it's used with the verb work we have been working diligently on this problem the person shares your concerns and is working diligently to find a solution senator gates had a series of mini strokes a few months ago but we are working diligently to get him through his final term i'm sure all of you are working diligently to build your vocabulary and learn new words which is why you're here the police diligently collected evidence in order to find the criminal then we have another great adverb which is vicariously this adverb has five syllables and the stress is on that third syllable is it on the third syllable i vaguely remember second syllable my bad the stress is on that second syllable well yes it is on the second syllable that third syllable it's like that that letter i just has that e sound and the fourth syllable has the schwa vicariously and what this adverb means is imagining a situation through the eyes of another person okay and it's often heard over and over again in the same way you live vicariously through another person so if somebody else has this exciting life going on and you're trying to imagine it and you might tell them wow i am going to live vicariously through you yes i live vicariously through you remember oh i'm going vicariously through you guys can i marry man uh-huh i need to live vicariously through you just give up details no wow i'm just going to live vicariously through you because you're doing all these cool and amazing things and you're going to tell me about it and i will imagine it she lived vicariously through her children the next adverb is hastily this word has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable hastily and what it means is just excessive speed that you are doing something quickly rapidly and with great urgency and because you're working so fast you're not going to be able to put the the same amount of care into it that you normally would which means that you might be more likely to make mistakes if you are working hastily yesterday's hastily passed untested pandering laws perhaps i spoke hastily oh the last minute gift hastily bought on the way to the party often i think of a situation where you're running out of time and that's a problem so you have to work hastily in order to get it done they hastily completed the final report in order to meet the deadline then we have another great adverb utterly this word has three syllables and the stress is on that first syllable utterly it means completely totally absolutely those are all synonyms for utterly and he was brilliant utterly utterly brilliant she's insane utterly mad completely and utterly alone i prefer to use utterly because i think it adds a nice little emphasis to to the verb or the adjective that you're describing for example his outfit is utterly ridiculous next is intently this adverb has three syllables and the stress is on that second syllable intently so this word means that you're you're just giving all of your attention to something that you are you are sharply focused on this thing i'm sure he's pressing his ear up against it and listening intently why is he watching us so intently and you are intently listening to someone maybe you are intently watching something are you guys intently watching this video i hope so i hope you listen intently to our lessons so we work diligently to to come up and create new english lessons for you guys each week and i completely and utterly hope that you find them useful and that they're easy to follow so if they are if you were listening intently to this lesson let me know in the comments tell me and just write i intently listened to this lesson that way i know that you were focused you paid attention and you understood all of these adverbs let me know in the comments thank you guys so much for watching don't forget to hit that like button actually you can fervently hit that like button do it with some energy some enthusiasm i want to teach you 15 irregular verbs that i think will help you improve your overall english fluency now these irregular verbs in particular are not as common as verbs like go or have but they are very useful especially in specific situations which is why they are a bit more advanced so i'm going to give you the verb in three different forms the present the past and the past participle i will also tell you the meaning of the verb and then give you an example sentence so that you can see how it's used in context the first verb that i have for you is arise arose arisen that is the present the past and the past participle and this just means to become a parent to notice something so to give you an example i could use it in the past and say new problems arose last week which delayed the project if you were working on something and problems arose then that may delay the work that you're doing problems arose then we have the verb bear bore born notice that with the past participle you may find it with the e or without the e and this verb has it has a few different meanings it can mean to turn slightly in one direction it can also mean to accept something that is unpleasant or to give birth or produce so let me give you a few example sentences i could say uh if i'm giving directions you need to bear to the left or you need to bear to the right this is a common way in which this verb is used in the present tense or perhaps i could say he was the leader and bore the responsibility of his team it was his team so he bore the responsibility and had to accept maybe something unpleasant and finally i could use it in the present perfect and say the apple trees have borne plenty of fruit this season they have produced plenty of fruit have borne the next verb i have for you is behold be held beheld so the past and the past participle are the same and this verb just means to see or observe something and often i think you may hear it being used in the context of like showing somebody something that you want them to see and you'd say behold um behold my water bottle now you'd want to show somebody something a little more exciting than a water bottle but you get the idea as to how somebody might use this verb behold and then they would show somebody something that is important or maybe even a little surprising the next verb is creep crept crept now this verb means to move slowly and carefully uh in order to avoid being heard you don't want anybody to notice you you don't want anybody to hear you so you might creep through a room and that's kind of that's how i was going to use it in my example and i was going to say last night i crept into the kitchen and took a cookie and that's actually a true story yes last night i did i crept into the kitchen and the reason that i crept into the kitchen is that well i felt a little guilty so i just i didn't want anybody to hear me and i crept into the kitchen notice how many times i say these verbs i do that for a reason so you will hear it again and again and again because this works this will help you remember then we have deal dealt dealt and this verb has a couple of different meanings it can mean to distribute cards or that you have some kind of business in commercial trading and you are buying and selling things i think most often you would use it in the context of a card game and playing cards and somebody would deal the cards so i can give you an example sentence in which you could actually use all three forms of this verb i could say she deals the cards in the present tense or in the past she dealt the cards or if i want to use the past participle i could give you a sentence in the present perfect she has dealt the cards then we have forsake forsook forsaken and this verb means to abandon or to give up for example i i think of usually some kind of promise or commitment was abandoned people take vows so somebody could say he has forsaken his vows he has abandoned his commitment his promises he has forsaken his vows now the next two verbs cause a lot of confusion and i hope to clear up some of that confusion right now so let's just start with li lay lane and this verb means to assume a resting position or to be kept in a specific state that that's where you are so let me give you an example i will use it in the past and i'd say well i didn't feel well i lay in bed all day that this happened in the past i assumed that resting position in my bed and i lay in bed don't confuse this with the other meaning of the verb which is to say something that's not true that is actually a regular verb and ends in ed but still this irregular verb li lay lane is confused with another irregular verb which is lay laid laid and this verb means to put something down or to prepare something lay laid laid so let me give you an example and we'll we'll start with putting something down again i can use one sentence and and use all three forms for example i could say we lay the baby on the bed in the present tense or in the past we laid the baby on the bed or using the past participle we have laid the baby on the bed we have put the baby down then to give you an example with its other meaning to prepare something i think uh you may hear somebody say we've already laid the groundwork for this project laid the groundwork they have prepared for the start of this project to lay the groundwork so please don't confuse these verbs lie which is to assume a resting position lie in bed or lay which is to put something down i'm gonna lay i'm gonna lay my head down on the pillow then we have mean meant meant and this i think is actually a very common verb but the meaning can be a little challenging and what this verb means is to to intend to refer to something often i think it's used when we're talking about questions well what does this mean i might ask students well what does this word mean or if i want to use it in the past and say well that is not what i was referring to you may hear somebody say well no no that's not what i meant that's not what i meant i didn't want to refer to this thing that's not what i meant then we have the verb overtake overtook overtaken and this verb means to come from behind and move in front of often i think you would hear this verb used in the context of driving because cars pass each other all the time and you might want to overtake a car that is in front of you i can give you an example and say well we overtook the bus because it was driving so slow so we came from behind and when in front of the bus we overtook the bus then we have the verb rise rose risen this verb has a couple of different meanings the first one is to move from a lower position to a higher position and the next meaning is just to to get up so let's start with the first meaning and i'll give you an example and i could give you a simple sentence and use all three forms i could say well the sun rises or in the past the sun rose or using the past participle the sun has risen and if i want to say get up i often think of the expression rise and shine and somebody would say this just telling somebody else to get up it's time to start your day rise and shine next is the verb swear swore sworn and this verb means that you are making a promise to do something swear swore sworn and let me give you another example in which you could use all three forms in this one sentence i could say he swears to tell the truth or in the past he swore to tell the truth or he has sworn to tell the truth often i think it's used in in that context of you're making a promise in which you are going to tell the truth i think it's also used as a question and somebody would just ask you know do you swear do you promise or they might say do you swear on something that is important which in that case it's kind of an expression which means well you really have to be serious about this promise to swear on something then we have sheikh shook shaken and this verb means to move something up and down or from side to side or or even to tremble and i could use it and give you an example and just say you know when we met we shook hands i often think of this verb being used talking about introductions and people shaking hands or to give you an example about trembling i think well in that case i think somebody is very cold and not only that but i think it would often be used in the continuous tense so i could say well you know last night was very cold and i was shaking i i was shaking as i lay in bed next is weep wept wept and this verb means just well to cry or to shed tears and often i think it would be used in a context that is a little more serious a little more severe in which you would say that you wept you were crying a lot for example i i could say that after the breakup he wept for days he was so sad he wept for days then we have withdraw withdrew withdrawn and this verb means to remove something or to to take something back so when i think of this verb i think it's often used in the context of money and you could say well she has withdrawn all her money from the bank account she has removed it from her account or maybe you want to apply for a job and then you decide that you don't want it and i can give you an example and use all three forms and say i withdraw my name from consideration or i withdrew my name from consideration or i have withdrawn my name from consideration wow i'm impressed that you have made it all the way to the end congratulations i'm sure that you have learned some new vocabulary and i'm sure that a lot of that was also review and it's good to get that review but try to listen for these words or if you're reading try to identify them and also practice them if you're having a conversation so if you enjoyed the lesson please hit that like button as always thank you so much for watching and i will see you next time so long

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Published: Wed May 04 2022