If you know these words, your English is excellent!

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English is really advanced. I'll give you a little vocabulary test to find out which educated native English speakers use these

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English is truly advanced I will show you a word on the screen and I will give you time to think about the meaning of the word and then I will teach you how to pronounce it perfectly and then I will give you the definition of the word and then I will give you some sample sentences and then you will hear some native speakers use the word in context and if a word is new to you, I suggest you pause the video and practice using it by making your own sentences.

That's such an important part of the practice that you're much more likely to remember the words if you use them in sentences and if you say them out loud, okay, let's start, let's look at the first word, do you know the meaning of this word? is easy to pronounce Bleak Bleak Bleak means lack of warmth or lack of kindness or hopeless also depressing or desolate, for example, you can say that the landscape was desolate and arid, the weather was desolate and cold and you can also say that the future seemed desolate after the company announced layoffs or the medical prognosis was bleak, let's hear how other people used it, the classic book Lord of the Flies, which paints a pretty bleak picture of human nature where the economy seemed pretty bleak to me, no It's very positive, it's quite somber.

In my opinion, nothing is done in Washington for very selfish and political reasons, let's look at the next word, do you know what it means? Let's pronounce it correctly first. a little different the lips are more rounded and it sounds like this or but in American English it's a big vowel a dating if something is daunting it seems hard to handle it's overwhelming it's intimidating it makes you feel a little scared or worried about your ability to do it, you don't have want to do it, for example, we can say that starting a new job can be daunting, the task ahead seems daunting, the sheer size of the mountain was daunting for the climbers, let's hear how other people used it, it's somewhat discouraging. starting a book looking at starting a completely new career of course it will feel daunting and now that you know the word discouraging you probably know the meaning of this word, what do you think undaunted, undaunted, undaunted means? is word number 191 in my online course 400 Advanced Words You Need to Know to Be Fluent in English in that course.

I teach you the most important words that my advanced students still need to learn. They speak English fluently but still lack that vocabulary when reading newspapers or When having conversations about deeper topics, my students sometimes have difficulty expressing themselves in the same way they can express themselves in their native language and that is why I created this course. The course also talks a lot about English pronunciation rules and the American accent. The course includes 7 hours. of video content Plus downloadable audio of the full 7 hours plus tests to test your knowledge and conversation practice exercises, and all 7 hours can be downloaded in audio format so you can listen to them even when you're offline, go to Accurate

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.com if it is. undaunted you do not feel intimidated or discouraged by difficulties, danger or disappointment, for example, you can say that despite the risks he did not become discouraged and continued with the plan the team did not become discouraged in the face of the opponent it is not a problem for I remain undaunted, it's not intimidating, it doesn't discourage me, what does this word mean, do you know it? let's pronounce it correctly first involuntarily involuntarily be careful with that letter I is a neutral sound it's not e it's I wh wh and then we have that double T between two vowel sounds, in American English those changes we don't say clever we say clever involuntary involuntary means unaware of all facts or not done on purpose, unintentional or unplanned, for example, we can say that you were an unwitting participant in the scam and that means that you were not aware of the scam, you did not know anything about it or we can say that your comment It was unintentionally hurtful in this case we use it as an adverb involuntarily it was unintentionally hurtful it was not intentional or we can say that he unknowingly threw away the winning lottery ticket he did it by mistake Do you know the meaning of this word in advanced English? to say is that we don't say egregious we say egregious we simply egregious egregious means extraordinarily bad shocking an egregious error or an egregious failure or an egregious problem is extremely bad and notable the egregious error cost the company millions of dollars he was expelled from school Because of his egregious behavior, the report highlighted several egregious violations.

His egregious disregard for safety put everyone at risk. Let's hear some native speakers use it when no one has stood up to the fact that it is egregious and we see it as an egregious act of theft from the state. their land and redistributing it again is simply unacceptable and atrocious and should not have happened this example is atrocious I mean this is a terrible example do you know the meaning of this word in advanced English what does it mean let's pronounce it correctly first prudes prudes we emphasize the first syllable yes Someone is self-righteous he behaves as if he is morally better than other people or morally superior to other people and usually because he does something or says something in a way that is annoying, for example we can say his sanctimonious attitude made him unpopular.

I'm getting tired of my friends' prudish lectures on healthy living. Do you know any prudish people? There are many out there. Let's hear how other people used it. Prudes about it. Prude alone is enough to drive you crazy I think women really respond to other women when we tell the truth, we're not prudes, yes I'm talking to you, arrogant, prudish, condescending and low life, and now use the word making your own sentence, do you know the meaning of this? Advanced word, first let's pronounce it correctly unlucky unlucky the vowel sound a is a big a sound and we emphasize the first syllable unlucky unlucky unlucky means unlucky experiencing extremely bad luck someone unlucky and deserving of pity the unlucky traveler lost his passport the unlucky team lost every game of this season do you know the meaning of this word?

It is pronounced TR. I would like to teach you a little pronunciation. A rule. Let's listen to the difference between the vowel sounds of these two words. TR I tried. TR I tried. What is the difference? Well, technically. You are the same vowel, it is the I vowel sound, however the trite I is shorter because T is a voiceless consonant and I proved that the vowel is longer because D is a voiced consonant, we use our vocal cords D versus TTT, we don't use our voice chords that are called voiceless consonant the vowel sound before a voiceless consonant is usually shorter listen again TR I tried TR I tried and here are some more words with the same pattern correct light walk lied white wide like this that we say that word again TR something that is trite is overused lacks originality or freshness is not new and perhaps boring is not original for example we say a trite comment or a trite idea or a trite expression we can say that the speech was full of trite expressions his ideas were dismissed as trite and unoriginal you should avoid trite phrases in your writing or we can say I know it sounds trite but we are lucky to have our health, let's listen to how other people used it and this is going to sound very trite and I apologize beforehand. you're a, you know a global world, you know, it's, it's, you know a trite phrase, but it's true.

I mean, these things sound trite, but they are profound evolutionary truths. Do you know the meaning of this advanced word? Let's pronounce it correctly first, ubiquitous, ubiquitous, we emphasize. the second syllable B and then the Q U becomes qu b b ubiquitous ubiquitous reduce that final syllable don't pronounce the O and the U don't say or it's us we repeat after me ubiquitous ubiquitous means present everywhere seems to be everywhere for example We can say that McDonald's and Starbucks are Ubi today you see them everywhere they are omnipresent in your city also smartphones have become omnipresent in today's society the influence of social media is omnipresent volcanoes are omnipresent throughout the system solar in a time when information is omnipresent but wisdom is rare, do you know the meaning of this word? let's pronounce it correctly first we have three letters a a we emphasize the first syllable and say a a however the second a and the third a are reduced and become the sound scwas become uh uh so we say it like this adment inflexible and that D is like a fast D we don't say inflexible we say Ad add for example adct or product Canada this often happens when the D is between two vowel sounds it sounds like this ad inflexible if you are inflexible you refuse to be persuaded or to change your mind you are determined not to change your opinion or a decision he has made, for example, we can say that he was adamant about not going to the party and that he did not want to go at all he was adamant about it I am adamant about it I will not change my mind I will not change my mind or you can use it as an adverb adamantly adamantly his parents were adamantly opposed to the marriage he adamantly denied that he was guilty he was steadfast in his innocence and now you use the word in your own sentences do you know the meaning of this word? let's pronounce it correctly first insensitive we emphasize the first syllable and reduce the second syllable we say it like this insensitive insensitive make sure you always reduce the endings or u s in adjectives for example generous we don't say generous we say generous nervous famous delicious if your native language is Spanish or Italian be careful with pronunciation changes in your native language the O is not reduced it is pronounced completely for example famous in Italian that o is pronounced completely or in Spanish the same the same word or curious of course they are written differently and pronounced a little differently but the trend is to pronounce it in a similar way to your native language and let's see the meaning of insensitive if someone is insensitive, he is insensitive, he does not care that other people are suffering or he is very cruel and does not show concern for other people and their feelings, we can say that his insensitive comments hurt his feelings or he has an insensitive attitude towards the poor towards the poor do you know the meaning of this word? let's pronounce it correctly distressed distressed make that vowel sound big it's a sound especially in American English open your mouth distressed and the TR R is pronounced like this is TR this TR this for example try travel trick we don't say we say TR distressed distressed distressed means extremely worried nervous or upset we can say that she was very distressed about the loss of her pet he seemed distressed after hearing the bad news of the boy he was distressed after losing me in the store, let's say that word again distressed distressed and I was so distressed and desperate and so full of pain as parents we were very very distressed how did you do in the exam if you only didn't know one or two words congratulations your

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and if many of these words were new to you I suggest you watch this video again, take notes and make sure you practice saying these words by creating your own sentences and keep expanding your English vocabulary every time you see a new word write it down in your notebook keep a list and then review it from time to time practice using the words and very soon your english will be at a much higher level thank you for watching and keep practicing your english take your english to the final level of fluency with my online courses the american accent course the 4 100 advanced words course that you should know for an english fluent and phrasal verbs for a fluent English course visit Accurate english.com