Hello and welcome to my advanced
vocabulary lesson.
Today, I'm going to be talking about 25
vocabulary words that you can learn today.
Number one is abandon.
Abandon is to leave something or
someone and not come back.
So you can abandon a person or a thing.
For an example, a parent can abandon
their child or a person
can abandon their friend.
Another thing you could do is abandon a
house or
abandon a car.
So a sentence could be "I
abandoned my old house"
or "Sarah abandoned
her old car".
Another example is "My mother
or my father abandoned me".
So you can use this in a situation where
a person leaves
but they never come back.
So this can be very devastating to a
person
when they feel like they've been left
behind.
Number two is abnormal.
Abnormal means that this is not normal.
This is
atypical. Usually this is an
issue or a problem. So maybe i go to the
doctor.
For an example, I go to the doctor
and my test results are abnormal
or someone is dressing
in an abnormal way
or acting in an abnormal
way. This person is different
strange or odd. This usually describes a
thing or a person that is strange
or odd.
Number three is articulate.
Articulate means to share ideas
very clearly usually written or spoken.
So this person can get their point
across
very easily and very quickly.
Most people can understand what they are
saying.
For an example, "Chelsea really knows
how to articulate herself to her clients"
or "Tom can articulate
himself with his
co-workers or with his boss".
Number four is belittle.
Belittle means to speak disrespectfully
about someone or to put them down
and make them feel bad about their
selves.
This is when you tease
or even bully someone or insult
someone. So,
"Sally was belittled by
the kids at school today"
or "i felt belittled by my
teacher".
Another example is, "Why did you belittle
me today?
I really didn't appreciate it."
Number five is book worm.
A book worm is someone
who reads a lot. This person
loves to read and study and learn.
A bookworm is someone
who spends a lot of time in the books.
So an example is,
I really really love reading big books,
so i'm a bookworm or she's a bookworm.
She reads three books a week.
So that's what makes somebody bookworm.
Number six: by-product a by-product
is something that was caused by
something else.
So this is the effect
of something or something that was
produced from something else.
So for instance,
dairy products like milk and cheese and
eggs
are animal by-products. So these are
products that a lot of people eat
that are coming from animals,
which is why we typically call them
animal
by-products.
A by-product could also be a situation
that
comes from another situation. So,
"The byproduct of
our presentation was really really good".
So this usually shows effectiveness
or productiveness when we talk about
a by-product.
Number seven: a beneficiary.
A beneficiary
are people or a person
who receives something after a person
dies. This could also be known as an
inheritance. So
some people will be the beneficiaries
of a house car or
money. An example of this
is that "When I went to the bank a few
years ago,
the banker asked me if I wanted to
add beneficiaries to my account".
So if you're opening up a retirement
account for instance,
the beneficiaries are the people
that would obtain the money from your
retirement account
if you should pass away
before you get to access the money.
So, many people will put their spouse,
parents, or children as the beneficiaries
because
these are usually the people that we
want to receive
the items or the assets
possessions that we own when we pass
away.
Another example is if a person has a
will,
they will often try to put other people
in the will
as the beneficiary of their assets and
assets are
pretty much physical possessions that
are owned by a person
like a home money furniture
jewelry etc.
Number eight is capacity.
Capacity is the limit of how many
things or people something
can hold.
So for an example, if you go to a
restaurant, there might be a sign
next to it that says capacity
200, which means that only 200 people
can fit in there before the capacity has
reached its limit.
Another example is an elevator.
The elevator will sometimes have a sign
that says,
"capacity: a thousand pounds".
So the capacity of how much
weight the elevator can hold
is a thousand pounds.
Anything more than that and
problems could occur.
Number nine is catharsis or cathartic.
Catharsis is the noun and
cathartic is the adjective.
It means to express one's feelings
or emotions through art
or artistic means. This often will
provide relief
to the person that is engaging
in this art.
So for an example, "It is very cathartic
for me to paint when i am stressed out"
or "I feel a great catharsis
when i sing and dance".
That is an example of cathartic
or catharsis.
Number 10: Checkup.
There's different ways that a person can
have a checkup. The most common example
is to get a checkup from your doctor.
This is a general health assessment
by your doctor or physician. Those are
pretty much the same meaning: physician
and doctor.
So they're checking up on you to see if
you're healthy,
to see if you're sick or if you're okay.
Another way to check up on another
person
is to check up on a friend or a relative
to call them or text them and ask them
if they're okay or how they're doing.
So i called my cousin to check up on her
to see
if she is okay.
Number 11 is coincidence.
A coincidence is usually when
a combination of things happen
at the same time. This is something that
is unexpected. You didn't know that this
was going to happen
all at one time. For an example,
my mother called me on the phone as soon
as I woke up in the morning.
What a coincidence.
It usually appears as if one
occurrence caused another,
but most of the time it doesn't.
It is just a coincidence.
Number 12 is collaborate.
Collaborate means when people work
together to reach a goal.
So let's get together and collaborate on
the project,
or let's collaborate and talk about
the best solution for a problem.
You can use this in a situation
when you really need a team of people
to help you reach a certain outcome.
Number 13 is collapse.
Collapse means to fall apart.
Something broke or fell apart.
A couple of examples are:
"My house fell apart after the earthquake"
or "My house collapsed after the
earthquake".
Sometimes people can play a game
together
where they're building something or
building blocks
one on top of the other and they might
accidentally
collapse the blocks
or collapse whatever they're building.
Number 14 is complacent.
Complacent is wanting things
to stay the way that they are, wanting
things to be the same,
not wanting to change anything. So for an
example,
"I really don't want to change anything.
I'm
pretty complacent" or "He
is so complacent. He really doesn't want
to make
any improvements" or
"I feel like my employee...
she is so complacent. She's not
flexible. She doesn't want to grow. She's
too complacent".
Number 15 is conspicuous.
Conspicuous means to stand out
or something or someone that is
easy to find. So
if I'm in a crowd of people and I'm
looking for my friend Samantha,
if Samantha is wearing a bright red
shirt
and no one else is, she is very
conspicuous.
Samantha is so conspicuous, I can see her
from a mile
away with her bright red t-shirt or
for an example with the yellow umbrella
here,
that umbrella that you're holding is so
conspicuous. It is so easy to find it. It
is so easy
to see it. Number 16
deliberate. Deliberate means to do
something on purpose.
You planned every move that you made
in order to do what you're doing.
This is often used in a negative way.
Although it could be
positive, but a person can deliberately
say something disrespectful or say
something hurtful. They could
deliberately
push you down or deliberately
make fun of you. A person could
deliberately
plan an attack.
So for an example: "You deliberately
pushed me.
You deliberately hurt me.
I don't appreciate that".
Now some people can deliberately pursue
a goal, so they might deliberately
plan to go to college
or deliberately plan
to start an internship.
Number 17: depreciate.
Depreciate is to lower in value
or to lower in cost.
So this is something that
people
don't really want any more or
not as many people want to buy this item
anymore or maybe not as many people want
to
spend as much or buy it
for as much as they used to.
So an example is that
clothing can depreciate over time.
A pair of shoes that cost two hundred
dollars can depreciate over time
and cost ten dollars or twenty dollars.
The opposite of depreciate is appreciate.
So some items can increase in value over
time
like a house can appreciate.
So another example is a car can
depreciate over time.
Next is destination.
The destination is a place you intend to
go to.
This is sort of the last resort;
the end goal in mind.
This can be physical or figurative or
intangible so
if you're going on a road trip from
Florida, let's say
to California,
you plan to make stops along the way, but
your
ultimate destination is California.
So my friends and I, we really want to go
on a road trip, but our
ultimate destination is California.
Number 19 is diligence. Diligence
is consistent work over time.
This is a person who is someone who
quote unquote "hustles". You know that's
slang for
working hard. They don't take a lot of
breaks.
They work almost non-stop.
They are working all the time.
For an example, "My friend is so
diligent. She works from 7
am to 7 pm, 5
days a week. She's very diligent.
Number 20 is distraught.
Distraught is to be disturbed or unhappy.
You are worried, maybe about something or
you're just not feeling good or feeling
well about something.
So for an example, "I felt
really distraught after the conversation
that I had
with one of my friends yesterday. I was
really distraught by something that she
told me",
or maybe you're traveling and you get
lost
and you don't know where you are. So you
are distraught
by the fact that you are lost.
Number 21 is dwindle.
Dwindle means to decrease
or to get smaller.
So your money could dwindle.
You could lose money over time. So
for an example, "My finances
are starting to dwindle
because I lost my job. My money is
dwindling"
or maybe you could also use this word to
describe
non-physical things like how you feel or
your emotions.
So, "My patience is starting to dwindle
because of how long I had to wait for an
answer from you. So my patience is
dwindling".
Number (*twenty-)two is edible. Edible
is usually something that
refers to food. So this is something that
is proper to eat or food
that is appropriate for consumption.
So avocados and eggs are edible. This is
appropriate for us to consume
and digest and get nutrition from,
but dirt and rocks are inedible.
This is not edible for us to eat.
Number 23 efficient.
Efficient means to do more work with
less resources.
So it's the ability to do more
in less time or less
work or less money. This is a resourceful
person. When someone is efficient, they're
usually very resourceful
and they can produce more with less.
So "My co-worker is very efficient.
She can get more done in an hour than I
can do in a day".
Number 24 is elaborate.
Elaborate, which means
to give specific explanations about
something
or to go in detail to really
dig deep and share more information.
For an example, "Could you please
elaborate
on your plan to increase
our sales?" or "Could you please
elaborate on why you think that this is
a good idea?"
You could also elaborate with written
papers. So if you're writing an essay,
"Please elaborate
in your essay".
Lastly is 25: empathy.
Empathy is the ability to
feel another person's emotions and
understand them.
This this could also be the willingness
for a person to
feel your pain. So you could also feel
someone's
joy and happiness, but most of the time
when people talk about empathy, they talk
about
emotions like sadness and anger
and disappointment.
Empathize with a person, which is a verb,
means to really step into their shoes,
figuratively
and to try to feel what they
feel and to understand
their emotions.
So a sentence that you can use
as an example is,
"I love my best friend because she knows
how to show empathy towards me.
When i am stressed or when I am sad"
or "He really can empathize with me when
I'm
hurt sad or angry".
It's really important to have friends
who have
empathy for you and vice versa for you
to have
empathy for them. So that
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