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!

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 withdraw withdrew withdrawn

My son is very good at math but he has a little bit of trouble with spelling. This helped him A LOT! Thank you!😁

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

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....)

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

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 ❤

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!

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,

Native English speaker here. Learners, be advised that some these words are above the vocabulary level of many Americans. Know your audience, and don't be afraid to rely on simpler words. You will never offend an American by speaking plainly

Adjective 1. ubiquitous ~ existing or being everywhere Ex: Local coffee shops are ubiquitous in my hometown. 2. cumbersome ~ difficult or burdensome (Cumbersome situation, challenge) Ex: Moving the furniture outside was really cumbersome. 3. facetious ~ not meant to be taken seriously Ex: Don’t listen to him, He’s being facetious. 4. arduous ~ requires strenuous effort; difficult (Arduous task problem chore) Ex: building the sandcastle was an arduous task. 5. presumptuous ~ showing a lack of respect by doing something that you shouldn't Ex: It was presumptuous of him to think that this was a date, she just thought they were friends. 6. pensive ~ deep or serious thought Ex: She’s thinking about her friend in the hospital, she looks pensive. 7. circuitous ~ not straight or direct (circuitous route, path) We took a circuitous route to reach our destination. 8. conscientious ~ morally responsible for doing work carefully and treating others with respect Ex: She is very conscientious of her health. 9. meticulous ~ showing great attention to detail Ex: He’s meticulous with his designs. 10. convoluted ~ difficult to follow; complex; twisted (convoluted sentence, argument, story) The story was convoluted because there was so many different people involved. 11. germane ~ relevant; closely or significantly related Ex: Your statements are not germane to the central argument. 12. preposterous ~ contrary to reason; ridiculous; absurd Ex: You’re not going to like this video? That’s preposterous. 13. perfunctory ~ performed merely as a routine; habit; duty Ex: When she saw us, she gave us perfunctory smile. 14. truculent ~ fierce; cruel; aggressively hostile Ex: Politicians are sometimes truculent with the media. 15. austere ~ severe in manner; strict; without excess Ex: Her austere manner intimidated the students. 16. capricious ~ subject to sudden or unpredictable change Ex: I can never get her to commit to a time because she’s so capricious. 17. defamatory ~ false or unjustified harm to someone’s reputation Ex: The president’s defamatory remarks startled everyone. 18. esoteric ~ understood by a select few who have special knowledge Ex: Eric made an esoteric joke that only he and his brother understood 19. nascent ~ beginning to exist or develop Ex: The project is at a nascent stage of development. 20. quintessential ~ representing the most perfect or typical example Ex: Interactive English is the quintessential channel to learn practice and improve your English skills.

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!

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)

Nouns: 1. quid pro quo - something given/taken in exchange for something else 2. catch-22 - a problem that cannot be solved because the solution to the problem is inherent in the problem itself E.g.: "It's a catch-22" 3. epitome - something typical that represents a group as a whole 4. dichotomy between (two things) - the contrast between two things that are opposed E.g.: We're studying the dichotomy between economic development and environmental protection 5. myriad - a great number of people or things (= various) 6. credence - the belief as to the truth of something E.g.: The email they discovered gave credence to his unethical behavior 7. malaise - a vague feeling of physical discomfort or uneasiness as an early sign of an illness 8. sycophant - a person who tries to gain attention by flattering wealthy or influential people 9. dilettante - a person who cultivates an interest in something without learning in-depth information 10. zenith - the top; peak; highest point of something

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'.

Thanks Mr. Wes .Extremely good. I loved this video. And it just struck to my mind that all these years I had myself got stuck with the basics of English language when I should be learning this instead. Thanks a ton Sir. I really appreciate the effort you put on to create this video so that people like us could access it at our fingertips especially girls like me. Gr8 job. God bless you.

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!

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!

They say vocabulary helps us expand reality or something like that. You started off with two words that just made me think of how cumbersome work is, and how arduous it is learning words that make me think of difficult tasks.

I already shared you with my family chat. Also, I am in the middle of a text, but I excused myself just to be meticulous and drop a comment to your channel. And of course I subscribed and thumbs up. I am definitely going to need this channel in this next part of my life. Thank you teacher.

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 .❤🥰

I really like your teaching style. I find it very easy to absorb and to follow along with. Usually I accidentally zone out and miss most of what people are saying, but this was perfect.

I am fervently working on improving my vocabulary that is why I intently listen to your lesson.

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.

Absolutely amazing. Loved it. I learned many new words. Will rerun the video. What is great about your way of teaching is that you dont just give words on a list, but you define them AND give examples in context. It is just great. I wish you would do more C2 lessons.

Truly magnificent videos I’ve just come across. Thank you for very much Sir, much appreciated.

Yes yes yes yes yes … thank you so much.. these is the type of content I’ve been looking for for years…. I’ve been on an English levels plateau for many years… just difficult to go to the next level after being able to communicate with the basics and getting into that routine ….

The word "Pensive" has probably a latin origin, we speak Brazilian portuguese in Brasil and the word above is "pensativo" in Portuguese...which comes from the verb "pensar" (to think). Great classes friend.😊

Thank you for putting together several highly useful vocabulary lessons in one single video! This is very practical, especially because the explanation and the examples are both clear and concise at the same time! Just great! Many thanks for your effort! Best wishes, Anna

Exactly what I was looking for. You're an awesome teacher. I really love this channel and the great content that you put on this channel.

I'm not sure why this video was recommended to me as a native English speaker, but I guess we can always learn something new! I certainly enjoy using nice vocabulary that my colleagues at work (they are also native speakers of English but make silly mistakes ["miss read" instead of misread, "aloud" instead of allowed, etc., quite embarrassing!]) don't understand (but pretend to 😂) Happy learning to all of you!

Thank you for your service, it means a lot to me to watch and reboot my knowledge ❤

This is awesome. A lot of advanced words in one hour, that's exactly what I am looking for. Many thanks.

Hello Wes! I would like to express my great appreciation for the video you have created. Now I feel completely and utterly enriched as far as advanced English vocabulary is concerned. In two weeks' time, I am taking an oral exam and my intention is to impress my teachers with sophisticated vocabulary. Thanks to you, I am totally positive that it will be undeniably feasible! Have a wonderful day, Wes! :D

The 'epitome' of an excellent teacher... Thank you for your articulate presentation.

Dear Brother , Please make a series of such videos encompassing the entire syllabus of SAT VOCABULARY . LOVE 💕 , JAYANTÀDA , 18/1/2023

I need an entire video on “lie vs. lay.” From my observation, many other people struggle with these as well.

Verbs: 1. to admonish - to advise against something; to scold; E.g.: “The parents admonished their child for telling a lie.” 2. to advocate for something - to show strong support for something; 3. to bemoan - to express distress, grief, or regret; 4. to compel - to drive someone to a course of action; 5. to embezzle - to take money (or property) fraudulently; to steal 6. to extol - to praise highly; to laud; to eulogize; 7. to impugn - to claim that something is false; to challenge something as false; to cast doubt upon (a certain situation or person); E.g.: “They tried to impugn her character with false accusations.” 9. to obfuscate - to confuse something; to bewilder something; to make something unclear; 10. to placate - to appease something, especially by (making) concessions; 11. to repudiate - to reject something or someone with disapproval. E.g.: “The professor repudiated the students’ request to postpone the exam.” Thank you, Wes!

I’ve considered myself entirely fluent for years so actually coming across new words here was quite surprising!

Dear Wes, I have recently discovered your channel and this video is absolutely brilliant for a C2 exam. Thank you!❤👍👍

As a native English speaker, I am told my vocabulary is very good and in sampling this, I did not find any word unknown to me. Excellent presentation by the teacher, but a word of caution to the learners: do not expect all native speakers to understand you; some will be relatively uneducated and so not know such high-level words. I find I frequently have to paraphrase because I use a fair amount of advanced vocabulary in my everyday speech. So, in a nutshell, pick appropriate words!

You are one of or if not the best English teacher I've seen so far . THANK YOU for teaching us with passion .

As a migrant, I am absolutely astonish with how extensive the English vocabulary. Thank you so much for all you give me! I am most appreciative. Roberto

Thanks for this scintillating video! I’ve been slacking off on my English since Chinese takes up the most of my time now; Brushed up on my vocabulary and even learned a thing or two, thanks to you!

I am an English student from Mexico. I thought this video was very well explained and easy to understand. Keep the lessons like this!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us ❤❤❤

I intently listend to this lessons. Thank you😊

I would like to say that this has been really helpful in introducing me to words that I had no idea existed, and ones I knew, but didn’t understand them fully. We really need more videos such as this since they are very informative and entertaining to watch, and in hindsight I feel like I should have started watching your videos long time ago.

This is awesome. A lot of advanced 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.

I intently listen to this lesson and fervently and enthusiastically like it :) .. thank you. Great lesson

His Episode is really helpful for me to learn new vocabulary just for improving my communication in English

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.

I am halfway through the video yet I already appreciate this collection of words. Thank you for your great job ❤

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.

Great video! I'm an English teacher preparing students to take Cambridge Exams. One of the key challenges of the C1 Advanced exam is the time pressure you may feel during the different sections of the exam. To overcome this challenge, it's important to practice time management skills during your exam preparation. One way to do this is to simulate exam conditions as closely as possible during your practice sessions. Set yourself a time limit for each task and try to stick to it strictly. This will help you get used to working under pressure and make it easier for you to manage your time during the actual exam. If you found this helpful, I have more resources on my channel that you might be interested in checking out! Good luck!

You are an excellent teacher, I ever come across, I feel fortunate, May God fulfill all you targets, With lots of ❤️

After listening to the teacher's explanation, it's very much like taking classes at school and growing knowledge. Thank you, teacher.

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.

Sir, I salute your passion to help other people to learn or master their vocabulary and I’m one of them. You deliberately explained the words with genuine.

I’m a native U.S. citizen who has spoken English from childhood, but I still appreciate these videos to help me communicate better. 🙂

Excellent! Advanced vocabulary, this is what I really need. Thank you🤗

Truculent is an interesting one. The word "truculent" in French (written the same, pronounced differently obviously) means quite the opposite. It means funny, joyful, colorful! After reading about it, it does come from the latin "truculentus" meaning "seemingly violent", and it could have that meaning in French too (although it's not the main one)! Very interesting

Weston, this video is just "gold" to me! Thanks so much Jorge

As Colombian! some of the adjetives were very new for me. Thank you, you are an excellent teacher .

Amazing lesson ! I will save it and watch it again and again . Thank you 🙏🏻🌹✨

Very excellent presentation sir All in one and nothing can be skipped. A must see video. Thanks a lot

I have excellent usage of the English Language.I have studied Four European Languages. There are some differences compared to the English Language,especially the Structure and the Grammar. It is not what you say,it is how you say it.Never forget that.🙏.

Thank you! Very useful, nothing convoluted about these very English words!

Thanks for being such a great teacher. You’ve made it so clear that I get the understanding on the spot. I will continue to follow your teaching. Thanks again

As you may know, lots of English words come from French (my mother tongue) but their meaning has changed in English. "Truculent", for instance, means "colourful", "earthy" etc.

Thank you so much for these quintessential videos!

This is an excellent class. These advanced vocabularies are sometimes not clear but he clarified the definition in a easy way. Thank you.

I listened intently to this whole video. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this! you're a really good teacher. Glad I found this channel

I am listening intently and grateful for you guys

This is the channel that I was looking for.... Hey Thankyou❤

So interesting ! So rich ! I understand at least half of them because they are similar to French, my mother tongue. Your lessons really help me extand my vovabulary in English. Fervently love it ! 😍

Wes, thank you for your helpful vocabulary lesson. Is it possible that you syllabize each word so I can learn vocabulary easier? Thank you

As a native English speaker with a love of articulation and eloquence in speech this is extremely useful! Thankyou wholeheartedly for your outstanding and meticulous work! (I think I'll need to rewatch it a few times to remember the ones I didn't already know, though.)

Thanks so much from today I'll step upon my learning. May God continues to bless you 🙏

Thanks a lot Wes I have learnt a lot of vocabularies from your lessons. Keep the good job doing♥️

Romance-language speakers surely find these words very intuitive

I am an English teacher, always looking for new content. You are brilliant. Thanks

Your manner of explanation is so concise and clear. Many thanks for taking some time to prepare such a treasure!

Excellent video and exactly what I needed to get my English further! Thank you :)

so i'm currently preparing for my college entrance and I have less than 10 days left to strengthen my vocabulary. I find this video very helpful as the way you explain the words is comforting to listen. Thank you teacher.

Verbs 20. Admonish ~to warn, to advise against something wrong Ex: the parents admonished their child for telling a lie. 21. Advocate~ to show strong support for something Ex: The teachers advocated for better pay. 22. Bemoan~ to express sorrow or dissatisfaction Ex: She bemoaned having to look for another flight. 23. Compel~ force someone to do something Ex: The police compelled him to tell the truth. 24. Embezzle ~ to take money illegally Ex: The accountant embezzled millions of dollars from the company. 25. Extol~ To praise highly Ex: He extolled the virtues of the Bangladeshi peoples, He extolled the beauty of modern art 26. Impugn~ To challenge as false Ex; They tried to impugn her character with false accusations. 27. Obfuscate~ Deliberately make ST confusing and difficult to understand Ex|: The oil companies tried to obfuscate the benefits of wind energy. 28. Placate~ To appease, especially by concessions Ex: Nothing she could say or do would placate him. 29. Repudiate~ To reject with disapproval Ex: The professor repudiated the students’ request to postpone the exam.

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Thank you, dear Wes. Very useful.

Great job, sir! I am an English teacher (ESL) and found your content extremely meticulous-no pond intented! :-) Great content .....perfectly useful and extremely helpful! Thank you so much for putting this together as your content inspires me to keep going. Thank you, Wes!

I found this channel accidentally when I was browsing for a way to learn more vocabularies, after listening a few times, I realized that the teacher is an expert at explaining the meaning of the word, and gives very practical example for using the word.

I'm so grateful for this videos..An impeccable knowledge of you is indeed a blessing to us.Your too munificent to share your knowledge and ideas to us. Being esoteric in vocabularies are really commendable......

I wish, I would have watched this video earlier. This is a quintessential video and I advocating it. It will definitely placate those who are bemoaning lack of advanced words. It's esoteric kind of you that you shared these best words.

I intently listen to, so I utterly understood everything you said. And I'm going to practise them fervently.

I intently listened to this lesson, utterly and completely tried to live vicariously through you.

We need more videos like this!!! Thank you 🙏🏼

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Much appreciated sir.... Great work 💓