sometimes when we speak or write english
we get stuck
because we are looking for that
appropriate word so today
i picked the 10 most common words
that appear in competitive exams and you
can also use them in your daily
english vocabulary so today we're going
to learn 10 smart words
to make you sound smarter in english
their meanings
root words example sentences and
alternate words
so let's get going
 
so hey there this is chetna and you're
watching chet chat
and at the end of this video there's
also a little quiz
to test you on how well you learn these
words
so let's get going quickly smart word
number one
is intrepid intrepid
intrepid means to be fearless
adventurous
and extremely brave for example
our intrepid soldiers walked for miles
in deep snow
to reach their base now intrepid comes
from
in and trepidus trepidus means to get
alarmed
and intrepidus means someone that does
not get
alarmed and does not get afraid another
word
from this root trepidus is trepidation
which is that trembling feeling of fear
and anxiety
so to be intrepid is to not have any
trepidation
and not have any fear so if you want to
climb the mount everest
you better be an intrepid person
the intrepid kitten bravely walked right
in front of two dogs
and the intrepid reporters went up to
the war scene to record
the events other words that you can use
in place of intrepid
are courageous brave valiant and
fearless
now i want you to make a sentence with
each of these words
and put it down in the comment section
below and i'm going to comment on each
one of your sentences
and smart word number two is bolster
bolster bolster means to support
something to strengthen it and to make
it stronger
example when you want to cheer up a
friend who's feeling down
you bolster your friend bolster is also
used
for a long cylindrical pillow which is
firm
and which you use when you sit down for
support
example after the pandemic the
government will have to take some strong
measures to bolster the economy the
teacher
bolstered the students confidence by
telling each one of them that they
possessed a very
special quality in them they need to do
something to
bolster their image alternate words for
bolster
are boost support and strengthen
smart word number three is pragmatic
pragmatic pragmatic means someone that's
practical realistic down to earth
matter of fact example in these times
it's better to be pragmatic than to be
rigid
and conservative pragmatic comes from
the greek word
pragma which means deed historically
it's been used to talk about people that
are more concerned with their actions
than with some abstract notions for
example
the scientist used a pragmatic approach
to deal with the water crisis
now if you run into a four-year-old
child who insists that they want a
unicorn for their birthday
you can always say that hey this child
is just not being pragmatic
other words that you can use instead of
pragmatic are sensible
and practical and if you want to learn
more
english words and phrases i'm going to
drop links for you
in the description box under the video
for some of our other
interesting videos on smart words and
phrases
smart word number four is succinct
succinct succinct means to be concise
to be short to be brief to be to the
point
so for example let's say you've written
a book
and you're going to get interviewed on
television and you have only a five
minute slot to talk about your book
you're gonna have to tell a succinct
version of that story
sometimes when we write a long essay we
feel
later on that we could have written it
concisely in maybe one or two pages
now if your teacher for instance asks
you to write the answer in succinct
manner what she's trying to say is that
keep your answer
short brief and to the point other words
that you can use
instead of succinct are condensed or
compact and the opposite of succinct can
be
verbose or wordy you can say that the
essay was very
wordy because it was five pages long
and if a speech for instance is very
long you can say his speech of 45
minutes was two verbose
smart word number five is jocular
jocular now are you a happy person are
you someone who's very cheerful and is
always cracking
jokes and making your friends laugh then
you are a
jocular person a person can be called
jocular
when they're fond of joking they are
humorous and playful
now jocular is used in the positive
sense
it not only is used to describe someone
who's always tracking jokes
but also someone who's happy and
cheerful to be around
a jocular man can make even the most
serious person smile
example this song was written in a
lighthearted and jocular way
today he was not in his usual jocular
mood
so if one of your friends is very happy
and cheerful one day and is cracking a
lot of jokes and making everyone in the
group
laugh you can always say lovely to see
you in this jocular mode today
alternate words to jocular could be
humorous
now don't forget to make those sentences
with each one of these words
and put them down as comments under this
video
smart word number six is elucidate
elucidate elucidate means to explain
something and make it clear so for
example
you're trying to learn english and i'm
doing my best to elucidate
some of the difficult words in my videos
now elucidate is a verb which means
it denotes an action so you could
actually tell somebody
could you please elucidate what you just
said no perhaps you didn't understand
what they said
and you're asking them to explain it to
you more clearly
the root word of elucidate is the word
lucid
lucid means to be bright and shining
so let's say someone explains something
in a very lucid way
it means that they have almost shown
light over it
and made it appear very clear so for
example
your teacher asks you a question please
elucidate the newton's first
law of motion with examples what she's
trying to say
is explain this law very clearly
and also give some examples and
alternate words that you can use
instead of elucidate or clarify or
illuminate smart word number seven
is unanimous unanimous when two or more
people
are in perfect agreement you can use the
word unanimous
for example the doctors were unanimous
in their diagnosis
now when a group of people are in total
agreement
it could be a unanimous opinion a
unanimous
vote or a unanimous choice example
the bill required the unanimous approval
of
all the member states now unanimous
comes from
uni and animus animus refers to the mind
or the spirit
and uni refers to union so it's like the
union of all minds everyone agreeing to
the same thing
now imagine i asked each of you what
you'd like to have for lunch today
chances are the unanimous decision will
be pizza
and recently on my community post i
asked you
what you wanted to see in my next video
and the unanimous
choice was english words alternate words
that you can use
instead of unanimous are consensus and
agreement
now put a comment quickly under the
video telling me which of these was your
favorite
and stay tuned because we've got a quiz
coming up for you
at the end of these 10 words smart word
number eight
is presume presume now presume
means that you decide something is
perhaps true even before you receive the
evidence for it it's almost like you're
guessing a little bit beforehand
example is she at work i presume
because she's not at home so you've
presumed that she's
at work because she's not at home but
you have no evidence to say that
so presume is something like pre-assume
so let's say you go into an interview
for a sales manager's job
and the interviewer might ask you even
before they've looked at your resume
they might ask you you have sales
experience i presume
example i presume that schools and
colleges
are not going to open in 2020 and
sometimes
when you try to guess the math answer
too quickly your teacher might say
don't presume wait for all the facts to
be declared
alternate words that you can use instead
of presume
are assume suppose or imagine
smart word number nine is congenial
congenial a congenial person
is easy to get along with so if you're
deciding which of your friends to take
along on your next road trip
then choose the one that's most
congenial congenial means
sharing the same temperament or
qualities
you can talk about a congenial person
place
or environment maybe for some of you the
library is a congenial
environment or perhaps the garden is a
congenial place
you can use the word congenial for
something that's pleasing
like-minded and compatible overall
congenial
is something that's easy to get along
with because it shares the same
qualities as you
now congenial comes from corn and genial
genial is like genetics and gene and
con means like similar so it's like
saying that we have the similar genetic
bond between us example the science
department provides a congenial
atmosphere for research
or frank was a very congenial colleague
the summer season in india is not
congenial
to most northern europeans alternate
words that you can use
instead of congenial are pleasing or
pleasant
and don't forget to make sentences with
each one of these words and drop them
down in the comment section below
smart word number 10 is adept
adept adept means to be very skilled
and proficient at something for example
she
was an adept juggler or satya
was unusually adept at mathematical
calculations
example robin was adept at handling the
media
or bill was adept at imitating others
chimpanzees are adept climbers and if
you have managed to learn the meanings
of
all these 10 words today then you are
adept at english language and other
words that you can use
instead of adept are skilled and well
versed
and now for the quiz i've got 10 short
questions for you
and in each one of them there's a fill
in the blank and the answers
are each of the 10 words so i'm going to
read out the questions to you now
and you're going to quickly write
answers to them in the comment section
below
so here goes the last paragraph was a
dash
summary of the book the high interest
rates
helped to dash up the economy the notes
helped to dash the most difficult parts
of the text i dash from your speech
that you are a foreigner he is usually
very
dash at keeping his private life out of
the media
the children lightened the mood at home
with their light-hearted
and dash chit-chat she had a very
dash relationship with her boss doctors
are dash
about the dangers of this drug the dash
young man took part in a grueling
sponsored 50 mile bicycle ride some
fashion styles are popular
because they are convenient and dash so
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