LEVEL UP Your Vocabulary with THESE Advanced Alternatives To Common Words

I'm tired.

You're fast.

It's hot.

It's cold.

Today you're going to level up your vocabulary  with advanced alternatives to these common words.

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Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Our first common word.

Let's review these in examples.

Your car is fast compared to mine.

Instead of fast, you can say  rapid, the service was rapid.

During lunch hour the service was fast, or  the response from customer support was speedy.

Speedy.

You can also say he took a brisk walk.

Brisk, brisk.

He took a brisk walk to clear his mind.

Now, brisk is used for actions  involving energy and speed,  

such as walking or weather, but  not objects like cars or processes.

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The rapid change in pressure and  temperature produces huge amounts of steam.

Visitors can ride one of Europe's  fastest elevators and take a speedy  

climb to some of the best views in Berlin.

Interactions that could be  seen as pleasantly brisk.

And convenient in.

Some cultures could be.

Seen as horribly rude in others.

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Our next common word?

The Internet is too slow to load videos.

Instead of slow, you could  say the traffic was sluggish.

Sluggish.

How fast does a slug move?

Not fast at all.

Sluggish.

Traffic was sluggish during rush hour.

Or you can say I felt  sluggish after a heavy lunch.

Now sluggish is used to mean  less power or less energy.

You could also say they took a  leisurely stroll by the lake.

Now stroll is another word for walk leisurely.

This sounds positive, so traffic is slow.

That's negative.

But we took a leisurely walk.

This sounds positive because it  means slow and relaxed on purpose.

You can say progress on the  project was gradual but steady.

Gradual also sounds positive  whereas slow sounds negative.

So gradual means slow but steady gradual.

Get sluggish.

Let your body just eat the fat that  you've stored up, just the way you should.

Hibernate a little bit.

Around 500 million years ago, an ancient  fish was out for a leisurely swim.

Our next word?

It was quiet.

Quiet in the library.

You can say the room was silent  after the shocking announcement.

You could say this spa has a serene atmosphere.

Serene sounds positive.

It means peaceful and calm.

Oh, that spa is so serene.

You can say the baby's room was hushed.

SHH.

Hushed so she could sleep.

Now if something is hushed, just like when  you say SHH, it means deliberately muted.

So any noise from people, music  outside so you close the window.

The room was hushed.

We must be participants of  change, not silent observers.

This exhibit features playful river  otters in a serene environment that  

is a combination of land and water habitats.

Even toddlers will love this hands on  museum where they are never hushed.

What's the opposite of silent?

Our next word?

The traffic is too loud for a meeting.

Instead you can say the Thunder was deafening.

So loud I cannot hear deafening during the storm.

Or how about the applause was  booming after the performance.

Now deafening and booming  both mean extremely loud.

Sometimes this can be positive, like an applause.

You want applause to be extremely loud?

How about this one?

Her piercing scream.

Her piercing scream startled everyone.

Now.

Piercing is used for very high pitched or  sharp sounds and they get your attention.

Right now, students around the world are screaming  for change in the piercing voice of despair.

Ah, crickets.

The deafening silence that occurs when  someone doesn't respond to our e-mail,  

phone call or text, or in some way  fails to acknowledge that we exist.

Our next common word.

It's too hot to sit outside.

Instead of hot, you can  say the sand was scorching.

Do you know this one?

Scorching.

Or the sun was blazing at midday.

You can say she finished the race  despite the sweltering, sweltering heat.

Now, all of these mean extremely hot, but  sweltering specifically means uncomfortably hot.

It is an extreme temperature.

Now, India is a country infamous  for its scorching heat and humidity.

And everything smoking, blazing, quickly  moving, steam is going in your face.

Everything's smelling super good.

And that's the beauty of wok cooking.

It's another sweltering night  here in the swamps of Texas.

And the opposite of hot,  it's too cold in this room.

You can say the wind was  chilly during the evening walk,  

the leisurely evening walk or stroll,  or the lake felt icy or freezing when  

I dipped my hand in the frigid for  rigid air froze the pipes overnight.

Now these adjectives are listed from least  extreme so least cold to most extreme most cold.

Well, it's.

Chilly out here, isn't it?

Or.

At night.

Surrounded by the swirling currents and  freezing water of San Francisco Bay,  

Alcatraz was believed to be inescapable,  holding his breath under dark, frigid water.

Our next common word?

She was angry about the mistake.

The boss seemed irritated.

Irritated during the meeting.

You don't want that.

He was furious when his flight was cancelled.

Maybe you've experienced that.

Or she became enraged.

Enraged when her suitcase was lost.

Again, these are listed from least extreme.

So least angry to most extreme.

Enraged means extremely angry.

You know, sometimes I get irritated,  annoyed and wonder what the heck,  

what are you doing, why are you driving like that?

Or he was really furious at Hostiter,  as he was by the way, at Minsky.

Torvald finally reads the letter  from Krogstad, and he is enraged.

Let's talk about hungry.

Of course you can say I'm hungry.

Let's get lunch.

Now you can say I'm a little  peckish or just I'm peckish.

Let's have a snack.

You can say after hiking all day I was  famished, damaged, or he felt ravenous.

Ravenous after skipping breakfast again.

Least extreme peckish only means slightly hungry  to most extreme ravenous means extremely hungry.

We can whip up a sandwich if we're feeling  peckish, but we have to consume proteins and.

Sugars and other.

Essential molecules made by  something out the ravenous  

swarm stretches as far as the eye can see.

Let's talk about so tired.

I was so tired after the long flight.

You can use weary.

We were weary, weary After the 10 hour flight.

He felt drained from back-to-back meetings.

Drained.

Or you can say she was exhausted.

I'm sure you know this one, but  how frequently do you use it?

She was exhausted after the marathon.

I really believe.

But it is a weary game.

And then, as Kyle's strength drained  away, he sensed the end was coming.

On the one hand, if they do  so, they'll be exhausted.

They'll suffer from burnout.

Let's talk about stupid.

Of course, you can describe someone as  stupid, which is quite a rude thing to say.

Not very polite, but we often use  this adjective with ourselves.

I made a stupid mistake.

Have you ever said that I made a  stupid mistake in front of my boss?

Oh no.

Well, instead of stupid, you can say dumb.

Oh, that was dumb of me.

That was stupid of me.

You probably know that one.

How about foolish?

It's foolish.

Not very smart.

So stupid or dumb?

Not very smart.

It's foolish to leave your car unlocked.

Would you agree with that?

So saying something is foolish  sounds slightly less rude than  

saying that's dumb when you're  saying it to another person.

Or if you even want to sound more polite,  

you can say he made a silly a silly  mistake by wearing mismatched socks.

So we use silly when something is  more lighthearted, not very serious,  

and is not as harsh of the others.

So if you want to say this to someone,  if you say that was dumb of you,  

that was stupid of you, that  sounds quite harsh, quite rude.

But if you say that was foolish of you or  that was silly of you, that sounds less harsh.

How can you be smart and have  this dumb idea at the same time?

This was nuts without fear.

We'll do foolish things.

I also do silly things like  I have a reggae air horn.

Let's talk about rich.

He's rich enough to afford a yacht.

Notice that pronunciation?

Yacht.

Yacht you can use wealthy.

Warren Buffett is extremely wealthy, so you  can still modify this to make it stronger.

Extremely wealthy.

You can say his wife's family is loaded.

Loaded.

This is a casual way of saying extremely  wealthy, but native speakers use this a lot.

He's loaded, she's loaded, they're loaded.

To sound more formal or professional  you can use affluent are prosperous.

They live in an affluent  or prosperous neighborhood.

You can use these to describe people, but they  

are more commonly used to describe  communities, countries, businesses.

Many wealthy countries have adopted a carbon tax  that makes consuming carbon fuels more costly,  

encouraging households to  adopt carbon neutral energies.

Many neighborhoods will be redeveloped as  affluent housing, while thousands of residents  

will be forcibly pushed out of their homes  and into affordable housing outside the city.

The city dates back to medieval times and  was already prosperous by the 13th century,  

when a dam was built to separate  the rot from the new Hamas.

And the opposite of rich.

Hopefully you don't need to use this.

He's too poor to afford a yacht.

You can say we're raising money  for disadvantaged children.

Notice that pronunciation disadvantaged.

So children who don't have the advantages that  wealthy families have disadvantaged children.

The community became impoverished  impoverished after the hurricane.

The organization helps destitute  destitute individuals find housing,  

so these are people in the most need destitute.

There's disparities.

It exposes, you know, that they're  not taking care of certain, you know,  

minority groups or disadvantaged groups.

So there's a lot of political impediments, but  there's spectacular examples of the opposite.

They want to impoverish all of humanity today  to solve a putative problem in the future.

There's some desperate poverty out  there and it's not just an anomaly,  

it's half of humanity struggling to make it work.

Let's move on to clean.

Your kitchen is so clean you can  say the hotel room was spotless.

Spotless.

Extremely clean.

You can say the lab must remain pristine.

Pristine.

Or your white countertops look Immaculate.

Immaculate.

Not an imperfection or a spot or a mark.

Immaculate.

There's no spotless.

Leaders, I mean.

None of us in here are morally.

Unstained characters.

In life's.

Grand story.

Even so, given this risk, it is a pristine.

He's also committed to the  idea of an Immaculate empire.

And the opposite.

My kitchen is so dirty.

The hotel room was filthy when we arrived.

Extremely dirty, filthy.

The windows became grimy after the  storm, His unkempt repeat after me.

Unkempt, unkempt, disheveled, disheveled.

His unkempt or disheveled  appearance surprised everyone.

So if I started this video and my hair was super  messy and my shirt had stains on it and maybe my  

lipstick was smeared, you might say Jennifer you  look unkempt or Jennifer you look disheveled.

So this is used with personal appearance  and it means poorly maintained or neglected.

I neglected to brush my hair and fix  my shirt before recording this video.

Crowded tenements, filthy streets and  unsanitary conditions all around contributed  

to an annual death rate of one out of every 36  residents, according to the Living City archive.

The kitchen area is dirty and grimy.

Why was he unshaved with unkempt hair and  torn jeans and paint all over as close?

Should.

Someone call the.

Police.

Our next word?

Boring.

I'm sure you've used this one.

The lecture was boring.

Hopefully you're not thinking  that right now with this lesson.

Or you can say the movie was dull, dry, or slow.

All of these are synonyms to boring.

You can say filling out forms is always tedious.

We use this with tasks that are boring.

Or you can say this job is so mundane, monotonous.

So these mean routine not changing.

So the same task over and  over again every single day.

And because it's routine and not  changing, it's therefore boring.

I know all of this may seem tedious or boring.

I.

Was finding ways to motivate myself when  things kind of got a little bored or mundane.

And audio book.

It gets astoundingly monotonous.

Now you have so many advanced  alternatives to add to your vocabulary.

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