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Master These 10 Advanced Words to Expand Your Vocabulary 🧠✨
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Feb 7, 2025
**In this video, I'll challenge you with a quiz featuring 10 advanced vocabulary words to boost your word power! 📚 **Learn new words, impress your friends, and improve your communication skills with this fun and engaging quiz. 🌐English Blog: https://www.worldenglishblog.com/ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ⭐ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.jp/1english808/ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ⭐ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldEnglish808/ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ⭐ X: https://twitter.com/ABCDEnglish808 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ #WorldEnglishBlog #english #englishvocabulary #englishgrammar #vocabulary #advancedvocabulary #wordoftheday #englishvocabulary #learnenglish #vocabularytest #quiz #wordquiz #education #languagelearning #lifelonglearning #brainboost #wordpower #improvecommunication #englishtips #vocabularybuilder #englishgrammar
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we should always be increasing the
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number of words we can use in our second
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language believe me I
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know doing vocabulary challenges could
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be a lot of fun and also a great way to
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learn new English words as your friendly
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neighborhood English teacher I made this
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challenge video Just For
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You number one is the adjective
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perplexed I was perplexed by the
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teacher's instructions and had to ask
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for
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clarification which picture shows a
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perplexed
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woman perplex means feeling confused and
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unsure about
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something perplex can also describe
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someone's appearance or expression Gary
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looks perplexed
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Gary has a perplexed look on his
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face perplexed ends with a hard T sound
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perplexed other English words that end
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with the same three letters x e d will
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make that same hard T
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sound
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mixed
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fixed number two is the verb
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exacerbate his aggressive reaction only
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exacerbated the situation
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exacerbate means to make something worse
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especially a condition or
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problem his aggressive reaction only
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exacerbated the situation
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the cigarette smoke in the cafe was
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exacerbating his allergy
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symptoms the letter C in exacerbate is a
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soft C this means it makes an S sound
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exacerbate number three is the noun
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quandry she was in a quandry about
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whether to accept the new job offer
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a quandry is a difficult situation that
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makes you unsure what to
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do this noun is often used in the phrase
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in a
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quandry the circumstances placed her in
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a quandry
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number four is the adjective
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stoic the firefighter remained stoic as
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he entered the burning
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building can you guess what stoic
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means we're using sto to describe this
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firefighter what do you notice about him
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is he happy is he scared can you see any
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emotion on his face this gives us a clue
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to the meaning of stoic
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stoic means not showing much emotion
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even in difficult
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situations it's important to remain
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stoic especially during stressful times
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this way we can make good decisions that
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are not clouded by emotion
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you have power over your mind not
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outside events realize this and you will
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find
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strength Marcus Aurelius stoic
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philosopher number five is the verb
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elicit the teacher used various methods
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to elicit the answers from his
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students can you guess what the verb
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elicit means let's look back at our last
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example I asked questions about the
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picture to help you find the
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answer I wanted to elicit the meaning of
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stoic from my
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viewers elicit means to get information
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or reaction from someone by one's
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actions or
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questions I always prefer to have my
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students discover the answer by guiding
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them with questions rather than just
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telling them the
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answer remember that elicit also means
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getting a reaction from someone due to
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your actions here's another common
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example the band's powerful performance
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always elicits loud cheers and
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excitement from the crowd
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number six is the noun
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Paradigm the assembly line is a paradig
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of mass
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production a paradigm is a typical
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example or model of something
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something the assembly line is a
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paradigm of mass
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production artificial intelligence is
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changing the Paradigm of how we
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work we often see Paradigm used together
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with a noun shift to show how something
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has
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changed there's been a paradigm shift in
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the way we work thanks to AI
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the letters dim are pronounced dime at
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the end of
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Paradigm you may have heard the word
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dime before this is the nickname of the
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10 cent coin used in North
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America number seven is the adjective
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disingenuous his disingenuous apology
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did not fool
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anyone here's a hint the example
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sentence ends with the claim that no one
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was fooled by the
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apology if your intention is to fool
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someone you are not being
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honest disingenuous means not sincere or
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honest but pretend pretending to
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be his disingenuous apology did not fool
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anyone did you know that disingenuous is
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the opposite of
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ingenuous ingenuous is an adjective that
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means honest innocent and willing to
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trust people I'm a Canadian lifelong
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English speaker I've used the word
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disingenuous many times but I have never
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heard or used the word
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ingenuous I suppose we could have
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figured it out by the use of the
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negative prefix this meaning not or the
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opposite of we see this prefix used in
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many common English
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words number eight is the adjective
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presumptuous it was presumptuous him to
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speak for the entire group without
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asking their
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opinion presumptuous means acting as if
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you have the right to do something when
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you
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don't it was was presumptuous of him to
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speak for the entire group without
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asking their
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opinion in natural conversation we often
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add statements like is it presumptuous
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of me before we make a request or ask a
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favor this is to show we are humble and
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we respect the other person's time or
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property would it be presumptuous of me
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to ask to borrow your car
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number nine is the noun
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impass the negotiations reached an
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impass and both sides walked
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away an impass is a situation where no
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progress can be made
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made the negotiations reached an impass
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and both sides walked
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away this noun is commonly used with the
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verbs reach break and
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end it often follows the preposition
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at the two sides were at an
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impass number 10 is the noun
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contingency before we start this project
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we must consider are all possible
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contingencies a contingency is a
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possible future event that you need to
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prepare for
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before we start this project we must
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consider all possible
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contingencies a contingency is like a
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backup
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plan we often use contingency in the
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compound nouns contingency plan in case
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something affects our original plan and
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contingency fund extra money set aside
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for
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emergencies how do you doing a quiz tell
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me in the comments if you didn't score
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high but you learned some new words I'm
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very happy thanks for watching and I
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hope you have an awesome day
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