20 Advanced Adjectives (C1/C2) to Build Your Vocabulary | TOTAL English FLUENCY

Hi there. Welcome back to advanced  English Lessons with Harry,  

where we try to help you to get a better  understanding of the English language,

This is an advanced English lesson. And in this  one we're looking specifically at 20 advanced  

adjectives, 20 advanced adjectives, adjectives  in English that will help you to be a little  

bit more descriptive, particularly in your  written format. But also if you're doing this,  

if you're in your the speaking part  or the written part of is really,  

really important to drop in a few good words,  good adjectives, adverbs, whatever they might be.

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So in this particular lesson,  we're going to focus on adjectives,  

20 advanced adjectives. Now, a lot of these you  might not know. And when you look at the list,  

you might not understand them at the  first time that you look at them. Then  

please listen to it a couple of times.  Take a few of them. Not all of them.

Take a few of them. Practice. Okay. Look them up  in the dictionary. Practice them again. Trying to  

see a situation when you can use them. And if you  can only. And even just use a few of them in your  

speech, in an email or whatever. It'll help  you to understand them much, much better. And  

you have a much better chance of remembering them  because just learning them by heart isn't going to  

work. Within 15-20 minutes they'll be gone. So you  really have to practice. Practice. And yes, more  

practice. Okay, so we've got 20 and I'm going to  give you an explanation as to what it means. It's  

one of them. And then I'll give you a couple of  examples as to how you might be able to use them.

Number one.

Articulate, articulate. Now there is  a verb to articulate. And when we're  

talking about the pronunciation.  Articulate. Is the adjective a  

different pronunciation?  Different stress? Okay. So

Articulate means

the ability to express thoughts  and ideas clearly and effectively.

Particularly when somebody is writing

some

essay or if they're giving a speech.  So you have to be clear and effective.

So you have to be articulate. And the  way you put it across the people very,  

very clearly understand you. For example,

the articulate lawyer presented a  strong case. Persuading the jury  

with her convincing arguments  and eloquent delivery. Yes,  

a good lawyer. So now we set the I said here,  the articulate lawyer. You could also say

the lawyer presented her

case with

Articulate words or articulate delivery.

So you can use articulate in many  different ways. But here in my example,  

it's the articulate lawyer, meaning someone who's  very, very clear. And then in the second example,  

we can talk about a journalist. So  the articulate journalist wrote a  

powerful article shedding light  on important issues and sparking  

meaningful conversations and debate. So a  very articulate article by the journalist.

Okay. So we could say the articulate journalist  or an articulate article by the journalist. So an  

article that was very, very clear and clearly  set out exactly what he was talking about,  

whether he was protesting against some  building regulations or some corruption  

in the government. His arguments were very  clear, very articulate, and this sparked

a lot of debate and  discussions around the country.

Number two, Astute, astute. Now astute  means the ability to understand and analyse  

situations quickly and accurately. So when  somebody is astute, it doesn't take them long

To understand what somebody is trying to tell them  

and they're able to sum up the  situation very quickly and very

accurately. Okay. Now, an example. The astute  businessman was able to predict market trends  

and make strategic decisions leading to great  success in his business. Okay. So the articulate,  

sorry, the astute businessman was able to predict  market trends and make strategic decisions that  

led to great success in his business, the astute  businessman. So he made decisions that were.

Really, really effective. But also that helped  his business to develop. Okay, so astute.

And the second example we could talk  about politicians and politicians can  

often be astute. So the astute politician was able  

to navigate complex political situations  and make wise choices for the benefit of

His or her constituents or the  constituents in their constituency,

they need good leadership from their

politicians. So this particular politician  was particularly astute a case who is able  

to make wise, clever decisions that were for  the benefit of everybody who lived in his

constituency.

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Number three, diligent. Okay,  

so this is another strong adjective  diligent, diligent refers to somebody

who is hardworking, who is conscientious  and thorough in everything they do.

Diligent.

The diligent student studied for hours every  day, putting in great effort to achieve

top grades in all of her classes. So the diligent  student. Now, if you wanted to use as a not verb,  

the you could say the student studied  diligently for hours so you could turn  

it around and present it as an adverb.  So very easy to change verbs... sorry,  

adjectives two adverbs By adding  -ly. So diligent becomes diligently,  

so the student studied diligently. The adjective  added ly becomes the adverb. Here we're talking  

about adjectives. So go back to diligent. The  diligent student studied for hours each day,  

putting in the effort to achieve top marks in her  exams, or the diligent employee worked tirelessly  

to meet deadlines and exceed expectations,  earning praise and recognition from his bosses.

So the employee was very diligent in his work. He  worked tirelessly to meet those deadlines, and so  

he worked day in, day out, not caring really,  whether he had to work overtime or not. He just  

wanted to make sure that the work got done. So  he was very diligent, very dedicated in his work.

Number four, eminent. Eminent.

When somebody is eminent, a person  is eminent. We refer to them that  

somebody who is highly respected in the  position they hold, the work they do,  

and they are greatly admired by everybody, so  highly respected and admired, often because  

of great achievements that they have achieved  or that they have done. So except for example,

The eminent scientist made groundbreaking  discoveries that revolutionised the field  

of medicine earning her numerous accolades and  awards. So the work by this particular scientists,  

her work was recognised by everybody. And she  was soon seen as a real eminent scientist in her  

field of cancer research or whatever it was that  she was studying. She'd made some breakthrough

and groundbreaking discoveries  in relation to drug treatment  

or some other way to lessen the impact  of these particular diseases and so an  

eminent scientist or an eminent politician  in the such a thing who's greatly respected,  

somebody who's been a politician for many, many  decades, they could also be described as eminent.

My second example, we talk about an eminent  artist so not as to is well respected by other  

members of the artistic world, but also by the  general public. So the eminent artist created  

masterpieces that inspired generations, leaving  a lasting legacy in the world of art. Okay,  

so the eminent artist who created sculptures  or paintings that were really beautiful.

Amazing technique. And these were certainly  revered by everybody who who has seen them.

Number five impartial. So we're talking about,  

remember, we're talking about adjectives.  So impartial. Impartial means somebody that  

has an unbiased and fair view of whatever the  situation is in an unbiased and fair view of

the people, an unbiased and  fair view of the situation,  

an unbiased, fair view of  the competition. Okay. So,

For example, judges in competitions, they also  have to and always have to be impartial. The  

impartial judge considered all the evidence  and made a just and fair decision upholding  

the principles of justice and equality. So the  impartial judge and the jury considered all the  

evidence and made a just decision upholding  the principles of justice and equality

Or

the impartial journalist who reported on the  news objectively so is impartial. He's got  

to be objective. So he reported on the  news objectively presenting all sides  

of the story and avoiding sensationalism  or bias. And so he presented the facts as  

they were. He didn't colour it in any way. He  didn't lean in in favour of one or the other.

He gave an objective or unbiased or

impartial view on the situation and  allowed the reader to make up his  

own mind, which is a good sign of good journalism.

Next word, number six Innovative,  innovative and so innovative is  

all about being creative and creating  something, something usually that's original

and it's some new ideas or new methods.  So something that's innovative.

For example,

the electric car, the electric  vehicle is innovative. Not

now, of course, has been there for a few  years, but when it was first introduced,  

it would have been seen as revolutionary  and breaking the mold so innovative.

For example, the innovative entrepreneur invented  a new product that solved a common problem,  

disrupting the market and attracting  a large customer base. So when we  

first saw the introduction of the World Wide Web,  

the introduction of emails in introduction of  mobile phones, these were, of course, innovative.

inventions, something that nobody  had ever seen before. And, you know,  

there would be always new ideas coming to the  market that people are not so sure about. And yet,  

you know, ten, 15, 20 years later, they  looked on as being highly innovative.

So when something is innovative, it's  creative, it's different, it's new,  

it's original or something  that is quite groundbreaking.

And then number seven, meticulous. I get the  pronunciation right here. Meticulous. Again,  

just reminding you were talking about adjectives.  These are all adjectives, meticulous. And when  

something is meticulous, it's very carefully  made and with great precision. So extreme

Care and precision has gone into  making something that's meticulous and.

You have to pay close attention to the details.  

So a meticulous report leaves  no stone unturned. Meticulous

investigation means you've looked at every way  and every idea and every angle to make sure that  

you're reporting correctly so meticulous.  You go to every little bit of detail. You  

don't leave anything out, anything that you're  suspicious of, you investigate. Meticulous.

For example, the meticulous architect  designed the building that was both  

functional and esthetically pleasing to  the eye. Taking into account every detail  

and aspect of the structure  and the landscape around it,  

so meticulous. The architect was meticulous  in his planning, meticulous in his design,  

making sure that the building fitted in not only  to the street but the other buildings around it.

And perhaps the history of that particular  city. Okay. So the meticulous architect.

The meticulous chef. So a cook or a chef.  The meticulous chef prepared a dish,  

not just any dish. It was a meticulous dish,  prepared with great perfection and precision.

With proper seasoning. And it was presented  well and paying attention to every ingredient  

that we used, both in terms of the look and the  flavour and the taste. So that meticulous chef,  

he again, when he was presenting his  dish perhaps on some TV program like  

Master Chef or presenting a meal for  Fit for a King went into great detail,  

a meticulous detail to make sure that  it represented what he wanted it to.

So hopefully you still with me. These are  advanced adjectives and shown you different  

words about them that you might not have  heard how you can use them. As you said,  

the very beginning. Make sure you try and practice  a few of them. So we're on to number eight,  

and number eight is resourceful. Yeah, when  somebody is resourceful, it means they're  

able to find solutions to problems that other  people may not be able to find solutions to.

They can they can use contacts.  They have information they have.  

They always have a way around a  problem. So they are resourceful.

Example, the

resourceful engineer solved a complex technical  problem using unconventional methods and finding  

a unique solution to the problem. Okay, so he  was resourceful. He put his thinking cap on as we  

might say, and he thought about the problem from  every angle, and he came up with an appropriate  

and ingenious solution to his particular problem.  So he would be described as being extremely  

resourceful. And the second example there,  resourceful traveler, navigated the foreign  

country with ease, using her language skills and  cultural knowledge to overcome all obstacles.

So travelling around South America or Asia,  where you may not have so much experience,  

but if you've done a lot of reading, you speak a  couple of the languages. These particular skills  

will help you no end and will ensure that you  have a good trip. So a very resourceful way  

in which you can get around particular problems.  Often the problems are just one of communication.

Number nine, resilient, resilient Ghana. Somebody  

who is resilient is someone who is able  to recover quickly from difficulties

From setbacks and adapt to any new  circumstances that put in their  

way. They are resilient. The resilient  athlete bounced back from a series of

injuries, working hard to regain his  strength and eventually achieve his  

great success by winning a gold  medal. So very resilient. Lots  

and lots of injuries time and time again.  But he got back on the road to recovery,  

built up the leg or whichever part of the  body that had been injured frequently.

And he achieved his ultimate goal  by winning a medal in some European  

or perhaps world or even Olympic  championship. So to be resilient.

Second example, the resilient entrepreneur  weathered the challenge of starting a new  

business, learning from previous failures and  adapting to changing market conditions. So the  

resilient entrepreneur. This was not his  first time to get into business and maybe  

on the back of a few previous failures,  other people would have just given up.

He didn't. He showed his resilience and he  proved that he was able to make a success  

of his business. So he was very, very  resilient and that with the T on the  

end of that adjective, resilient,  the noun showed great resilience.

Number ten. Versatile. So versatile is  somebody who is flexible, is able to  

adapt to a variety of different situations  or roles and capable of performing very,  

very many different tasks. So when  you're versatile, which is a really great

characteristic to have. You're very, very  beneficial to the company. You work for,  

the team, you play forward, whatever  it might be. If you're versatile,  

you've got really great strengths  that everybody will look for.

The versatile actor. For example, the versatile  actor played a wide range of characters,  

demonstrating her ability to portray  different emotions and personalities. So  

she wasn't just known as a comedian.  She wasn't known just as a serious

actor. She could do Shakespeare or  she could act in theatre or on the  

small or the large screen. So extremely versatile.

The versatile employee had a diverse set of skills  

and was able to contribute to many  different projects and initiatives

making her a valuable asset to her company.

And in fact, any company that would  be lucky to have her. So a versatile  

employee not only good in finance and  accounting, also good in marketing, I.T.,  

whatever it took, she had those particular  abilities. So very, very versatile.

Number 11. Assertive. Okay. Now, this is a really  strong adjective. When people are assertive,  

it usually means that they are  very confident and self-assured

and they are able to express their opinions  and stick to those opinions. Even when  

people criticise them or don't agree with  them, they can be very, very assertive.  

So they can be very clear and forceful in  their defence of their particular opinion

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the assertive leader was able to  rally her team around her and make  

quick decisions even under the highest pressure.

Okay. So no matter what the situation was, she  was able to get her team to believe and follow her

to make them feel

assured that what she was doing,  a decision she was making,  

were going to be successful. So she was very  assertive even in the face of criticism.

And the second example, the assertive  negotiator status of somebody negotiating,  

the assertive negotiator, was able to get the best  deal for his company, standing firm and confident

in his position against all comers.

So no matter what people throughout him, he  had an answer. No matter what people put up,  

he could come up with a solution.  So he was very assertive in his  

abilities and as a negotiator. So he is able to

negotiate the best deal possible for his company.

Number twelve. Compassionate. Compassionate.  Okay. When somebody is compassionate,  

they show great sympathy and  empathy for other people. So

particularly for other people's welfare.  So they're not just in it for themselves  

and not just interested in  how they do, but they're

aware of those people around them  and their particular situation.

The compassionate nurse treated her patients  with care and empathy going above and beyond.

The cause to ensure their comfort and  well-being. So the compassionate nurse  

doing everything she possibly could  to make the patients comfortable.

To make their stay in hospital

not enjoyable, but a way that they  would recover more quickly. I had  

some great empathy and sympathy for  their their unusual situation. So the

compassionate nurse or the compassionate  volunteer worker. So if you if you  

are volunteering in some of these  NGOs, you have to have compassion,  

particularly if you are going to serve  in some strange and exotic locations.

So the compassionate

volunteer worked tirelessly to help those  in need. Dedicating her time and resources  

to various charitable causes. So she decided to  dedicate part of her life to charitable causes.  

So she went to some parts of Africa, and there  she was able to volunteer to help dig wells,  

to help educate kids. To show her  how to grow crops So she showed great

compassion, great empathy and  sympathy for that particular plight.

In the case of the compassionate volunteer.  Okay. Now moving on to number 13 and number 13 is

empathetic. Your case. This is when  somebody has empathy. Empathetic. And  

be very careful here because people often  get the word confused. So it's empathetic.  

Empathetic again, being empathetic means  that you are able to understand and share  

the feeling of others so you have  empathy for them, yet empathetic.

And as an example, the empathetic counsellor  provided a safe and supportive space for her  

clients has helping them to work through their  emotional challenges. So it could have been  

a psychologist psychiatrist here are saying  the empathetic counsellor provided a safe and  

supportive space for her clients. Really, really  important to show that empathy. The empathetic  

friend listened attentively and offered words  of comfort and support to her grieving friend.

Okay, so the friend showing empathy. The  empathetic friend listened attentively  

and she offered words of comfort and support to  

her grieving friend. So the  friend had lost a parent or

divorced or something like that. So  she had to show and give a shoulder  

to lean on. She had to show  great empathy for her friend

Number fourteen. Number fourteen,  persistent. Persistent. And get the  

pronunciation. Get that sound right.  Persistent and being persistent means  

continuing to try to do something  despite difficulties that get in  

your way. You just try and try and try  until you succeed to be persistent.

The persistent athlete trained every  day and finally won the championship  

after many years. So his persistency paid off.

He tried and tried and tried. He  trained and trained and trained.  

And that persistence at being persistent. That

ability to be persistent meant  that he turned it into success.

The persistent student kept studying  until she finally passed her exams,  

So maybe she failed once or twice. But  she didn't give up. She was persistent,  

she continued. She learned from her previous  failures, and eventually she was a success.

Persistent.

So we are being very persistent here.  We're continuing. We're coming to the  

end round to number 15. So six more to go.

Number fifteen. Inquisitive, inquisitive,  inquisitive. So when you're inquisitive,  

you have a strong desire to learn or know more  about something, or how something works when you  

have an inquisitive mind. Often young people  have inquisitive minds. Why? How does that  

work? What's that for? Why did you do that? So a  very inquisitive mind, always asking questions.  

The child's inquisitive nature led him to ask  lots of questions about the world around him.

The child's inquisitive mind led him to ask  lots of questions about how the world worked.

The inquisitive student always asked,  thought provoking questions in class of  

his teacher. The inquisitive student always  asked thought provoking questions of his  

teacher to find out more information.  Challenge, challenge, challenge.

Number sixteen. Conscientious. Again, be  careful with the pronunciation. It's a  

bit of a mouthful. Conscientious con.  She and she's conscientious. And when  

somebody is conscientious,  it means they are diligent.

They are responsible, they are thorough, and  they're very careful about their work. So the  

conscientious worker, conscientious, diligent,  responsible and thorough. So as an example,  

she is a conscientious student. She is a  conscientious student who always submits  

her assignments on time and puts in a lot of  effort a con She and she just students lots  

of sounds. She is a conscientious student  who always submits her assignments on time.

The conscientious employee double checks his  work to ensure there are no mistakes. The  

conscientious employee always checks his work  twice or double checks it to make sure there  

are no mistakes. Conscientious. Conscientious  student and a conscientious employee. Okay,  

so difficult sounds. You have  to be really, really careful,  

even for people like me. We tried to say quickly,  we can often get a little bit tongue tied.

Conscientious. Conscientious.  Conscientious, conscientious. Okay,

I'll give up that because I might get it wrong.  Okay. Anyway, that's number 16. Conscientious  

number 17. Arrogant people who are arrogant. I  hate arrogant people. So arrogant is when you  

have an exaggerated sense of self-importance or  superiority. So somebody walks around with their  

nose in the air. Looking down the nose at other  people can be described as somewhat arrogant.

He was so arrogant that he refused  to listen to anyone else's opinion,  

believing that he was correct or he was  right. So he was so arrogant that he  

refused to listen to anyone else's  opinions even when he was wrong.

She was often criticised for her arrogant  behaviour towards her colleagues. She was often  

criticised for her arrogant behaviour or behaving  arrogantly, if you want to put it in as an adverb.

Her arrogant behaviour towards her colleagues.

Number eighteen, a much nicer  adjective, eloquent. And again,  

be careful of the pronunciation. Eloquent,  eloquent and eloquent is all about being fluent,  

all about being persuasive in  your way of speaking or writing.

So you can be articulate. Eloquent is articulate,

eloquent in your writing, eloquent in your  pronunciation, eloquent in your speech.

The eloquent politician or the politician  delivered an eloquent and powerful speech,  

if you want to put it that way. The politician  

delivered a powerful and eloquent  speech that moved the audience.

The eloquent writer has a way with  words that captivates readers.

Okay, so you're talking about a particular  reader that you like to read any of the  

books that he or she has written. Then  you can say they write eloquently,  

or her books are eloquent or they are full  of eloquent phrases and vocabulary. So you  

can use that word time and time again. And what it  means is something fluent, beautiful, persuasive,

Very articulate.

Okay. Number nineteen. Tenacious. Tenacious.  Like a dog with a bone tenacious. Yeah. And  

when you're tenacious, you have the ability to  be persistent and not to give up easily. And  

that's the dog with the bone. If you get  the dog with her until he gets and chews  

and holds it and pulls and pulls and pulls,  that's a tenacious dog like a little terrier.

Okay. So as an example, the Tenacious  Mountain climber refused to give up  

and he finally reached the summit.  So after many attempts, many years,  

he finally reached the summit. He was  tenacious in his desire to reach that summit.

The tenacious job seeker applied for many,  

many positions with different companies before  finally getting the job of his dreams. Okay,  

so the tenacious job seeker  or job hunter applied to many,  

many companies for many, many positions before  finally getting the job of his or her dreams.

And then finally, perseverant. We have the  word perseverance as the noun. Perseverant

And just be careful again with  that pronunciation. Pronunciation.  

Perseverant. Having the ability to  persist. To be perseverant. To have  

the ability to persist and continue despite the  difficulties. You never, never, ever give up.

The perseverant athlete trained hard  every day and eventually won the race.

The perseverant athlete

The perseverant student studied hard for  the exams and finally got straight A's.

So again, perseverant. Perseverant, perseverance.  And be careful with that pronunciation.

Okay, so there you have twenty, twenty adjectives,  

twenty advanced adjectives. You won't remember  them all. Try and practice. A few of them pick  

and choose the ones that you like, the sound  of practice, the pronunciation to make sure  

you get it very clear. Practice the use of  them in sentences to see how you can use them.

If you have any doubts, any  problems, then come back to me.

and I'll give you some more examples of  cases. Harry thanking you. Hopefully,  

you will come back and join  us again for the next lesson.