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

Thanks Wes! 1. ubiquitous ~ existing or being everywhere 2. cumbersome ~ difficult or burdensome 3. facetious ~ not meant to be taken seriously 4. arduous ~ requires strenuous effort; difficult 5. presumptuous ~ showing lack of respect by doing something that you shouldn't 6. pensive ~ deep or serious thought 7. circuitous ~ not straight or direct (circuitous route, path) 8. conscientious ~ morally responsible for doing work carefully and treating others with respect 9. meticulous ~ showing great attention to detail 10. convoluted ~ difficult to follow; complex; twisted (convoluted sentence, argument, story) 11. germane ~ relevant; closely or significantly related 12. preposterous ~ contrary to reason; ridiculous; absurd 13. perfunctory ~ performed merely as a routine; habit; duty 14. truculent ~ fierce; cruel; aggressively hostile 15. austere ~ severe in manner; strict; without excess 16. capricious ~ subject to sudden or unpredictable change 17. defamatory ~ false or unjustified harm to someone’s reputation 18. esoteric ~ understood by a select few who have special knowledge 19. nascent ~ beginning to exist or develop 20. quintessential ~ representing the most perfect or typical example will continue watching the video later!

Remember, try not to use some of these words in casual conversation, or you may come off as a nerd, or purposely trying to sound smart. Use these in more formal discussions, or in essays were you need more specific vocabulary. This is coming from a native English speaker. (I’m not responding to any more replies)

I had difficulty learning and remembering all of these words. However I didn’t give up. I kept watching and listening to this video over and over again. I used these words in my day to day. I have now learned and remembered all of these words. Don’t give up!

4:55 facetious 6:40 presumptuous 12:15 convoluted 14:11 germane 15:18 perfunctory 16:02 truculent 17:14 austere 19:38 nascent 23:56 compel 25:49 extol 26:44 impugn 27:54 obfuscate 28:43 placate 29:28 repudiate 37:20 credence 38:38 sycophant 43:42 unabashedly 46:32 vicariously

I am Deaf by birth, doctors assumed I be unable to learn, so I didn’t learn proper English, I love creativity and the way you teach is amazing, it help me get a better understanding on word usage ❤

English is my second language. For a romance-derived language speaker, e.g., Spanish, these words are rather easy because they come from Latin, and already exist and are used in Spanish, Portuguese, etc. For example, meticulous is meticuloso, arduous is arduo, pensive comes from pensante or pensador, austere is austero, capricious is caprichoso, defamatory is defamador, nascent comes from nacer (to be born), etc. The challenge however, is to pronounce them correctly in English, especially for a foreigner,

Great list! I’m a native English speaker, but since I teach beginning English to non native speakers….my speaking skills are declining! Most of my daily conversation with students is a simplified English. I really need this. Thank you!

even as a university educated native speaker actually having words explained like this is pretty useful

1. Ubiquitous 2. Cumbersome 3. Facetious 4. Ardous 5. Presumptuous 6. Pensive 7. Circuitous 8. Conscientious 9. Meticulous 10. Convoluted 11. Germane 12. Preposterous 13. Perfunctory 14. Truculent 15. Austere 16. Capricious 17. Defamatory 17. Esoteric 18. Nascent 19. Quintessential 20. Admonish 21. Advocate 22. Bemoan 23. Compel 24. Embezzle 25. Extolled 26. Impugn 27. Obfuscate 28. Placate 29. Repudiate 30. quid pro quo 31. catch-22 (J. Heller) 32. Epitome 33. Dichotomy 34. Myriad 35. Credence 36. Malaise 37. Sycophant 38. Dilettante 39. Zenith 40. Annually 41. Reluctantly 42. Unabashedly 43. Vaguely 44. Fervently 45. Diligently 46. Vicariously 47. Hastily 48. Utterly 49. Intently 50. arise arose arisen 51. bear bore born(e) 52. behold beheld beheld 53. creep crept crept 54. deal dealt dealt 55. forsake forsook forsaken 56. lie lay lain 57. mean meant meant 58. overtake overtook overtaken 59. rise rose risen 60. swear sworn sworn 61. shake shook shaken 62. withdraw withdrew withdrawn

As French students we spend years learning English just to realize advanced English is actually French 😅 (facetious -> facétieux, arduous -> ardu, presumptuous -> présomptueux, austere -> austère, capricious -> capricieux....)

I am from Italy and it is amazing how the more English goes formal the more it sounds like Latin languages. For a native of Italian like me it is much easier to remember this kind of words!

I just finished watching your vocabulary lesson about nouns. The more I learn the more I feel I am a dilettante and far from reaching my zenith in English. Though you might give me some credence to my study I know there are still a myriad of English words and expressions out there for me to explore. You are the epitome of the interactive English teaching. As some quid pro quo to your conscientious teaching I'd like to write a plain comment on each of your lessons using some of the words in that lesson. I am hoping this would be mutually beneficial to both of us regardless the dichotomy between teaching and learning.

As a non-native Ph.D. student, I found your lesson very useful. I've heard those words so many times. I give you a follow! Thanks so much for your incredible choices of words!

As a native english speaker, the overwhelming majority of these words aren't used on a day to day basis. Great list all the same.

This is really helps to used advacnced vocabulary words for my college and my future career job. It does help me prepared to used any vocabulary words to write an essay for college or anything.

You are truly the best. I was looking for a teacher for advanced English and I found it. After watching several instructors, you are truly THE BEST ONE!

Yesterday my family and I went on a road trip along Karbala if you have never heard of it it's such an enormous province in my country ,Iraq, on the first day of the trip we visited an amusement park and we had a great time there ,then we went to an amazing restaurant around the corner the food was scrumptious, and the waiter was so kind .On the last day of the trip we went to a large local library we read some books the books were actually so gripping that we couldn't put them down.It was an esoteric experience .❤🥰

Thank you for the video. I'm doing my best improving my English, my level of English now is C1, I try to learn as many Advanced words as I can.

English has words with similar meaning from two main sources. From Germanic sources via the Anglo-Saxon and from Latin via Norman French. I had a professor that when teaching English vocabulary to Spanish speaking students found that they had difficulty learning the short “easy” English words but were able to almost immediately learn the long more complex words . After some time she found out that these long complex words came from Latin and they were cognates to Spanish words since Spanish came from Latin as French did.

I have a 99 percentile vocabulary, but I find this very helpful as a reminder of words I seldom use due to my need to communicate effectively, rather than to sound 'smart'.