How to sound INTELLIGENTLY SEXY!

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Intelligence is sexy so that's why we
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should all know the word "Sapiosexual"
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You can pronounce it both ways
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It means that you're attracted to intelligence
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At times like these we need
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a bit more intelligence
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So here are 10 words that you can start using to
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improve your vocabulary,
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make you sound smarter, and therefore more sexy
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You're welcome
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The first word is "Beleaguer"
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Now this means to cause problems or trouble for something
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In a passive voice
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"To beleaguered by something"
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means to be surrounded by problems or troubles
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For example:
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"A lack of funding by the government can beleaguer education system
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and cause schools to close"
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Or an example of the passive voice could be:
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"His business was beleaguered with financial problems since the beginning"
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The next word is "Belabour"
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Not to be confused with "Beleaguer"
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and definitely not to be confused with "Belieber"
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This means to explain or
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to worry about something too much to
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emphasize something to the point where
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it's boring or annoying
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Basically repeating a point more than necessary
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For example:
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"I know I arrived late but if
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you're going to belabour that fact then
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I'll just go home again"
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This means to merge two things
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usually two ideas, bits of information, or two points
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into one singular thing for example
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For example:
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"Don't conflate love and sex, they're not the same thing"
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Having the wherewithal to do something talks
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about having the ability to do it
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For example:
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"Unfortunately I lack the
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wherewithal to start my own business I
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don't have the money or the brains"
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The next word is "Hamper", this means to hinder
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impede, create barriers to progress or success
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For example:
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"Lack of practice has really hampered my ability to improve my English"
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"Reprehensible", this means to act
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in a terrible, awful, unforgivable way
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For example:
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"The way you acted in my party was reprehensible,
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you kissed my dog with an open mouth, in front of my cats!
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You know how jealous they get!"
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The next word is "Erudite", this shows great knowledge,
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education, shows that you've learned a lot
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For example:
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"Yes but Obama was articulate and erudite,
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Donald Trump just sounds like
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The next word is "Impeccable"
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Perfect, without any mistakes
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For example:
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"Wow your English homework was impeccable! not one mistake!"
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The next word is "Innate", it means something natural
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inside you, or instinctive
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For example:
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"I have an innate ability to see peoples' aura
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Your aura is purple today
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Purple is the sign of the Capricorn
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and the final word is "Eloquent"
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This describes speech when
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it is articulate fluent and well-expressed,
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It is 'eloquent'
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For example:
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"Here it is, a fragile, delicate, pale blue dot
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and that's where we live
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that's where every human has ever lived,
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and you can see the vulnerability at a glance" - Carl Sagan
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He spoke so eloquently
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So I hope your vocabulary has improved
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Now you can sound smarter and sexier
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Go out there and be sexy!
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