we should always be increasing the
number of words we can use in our second
language believe me I
know doing vocabulary challenges could
be a lot of fun and also a great way to
learn new English words as your friendly
neighborhood English teacher I made this
challenge video Just For
You number one is the adjective
perplexed I was perplexed by the
teacher's instructions and had to ask
for
clarification which picture shows a
perplexed
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woman perplex means feeling confused and
unsure about
something perplex can also describe
someone's appearance or expression Gary
looks perplexed
Gary has a perplexed look on his
face perplexed ends with a hard T sound
perplexed other English words that end
with the same three letters x e d will
make that same hard T
sound
mixed
fixed number two is the verb
exacerbate his aggressive reaction only
exacerbated the situation
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exacerbate means to make something worse
especially a condition or
problem his aggressive reaction only
exacerbated the situation
the cigarette smoke in the cafe was
exacerbating his allergy
symptoms the letter C in exacerbate is a
soft C this means it makes an S sound
exacerbate number three is the noun
quandry she was in a quandry about
whether to accept the new job offer
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a quandry is a difficult situation that
makes you unsure what to
do this noun is often used in the phrase
in a
quandry the circumstances placed her in
a quandry
number four is the adjective
stoic the firefighter remained stoic as
he entered the burning
building can you guess what stoic
means we're using sto to describe this
firefighter what do you notice about him
is he happy is he scared can you see any
emotion on his face this gives us a clue
to the meaning of stoic
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stoic means not showing much emotion
even in difficult
situations it's important to remain
stoic especially during stressful times
this way we can make good decisions that
are not clouded by emotion
you have power over your mind not
outside events realize this and you will
find
strength Marcus Aurelius stoic
philosopher number five is the verb
elicit the teacher used various methods
to elicit the answers from his
students can you guess what the verb
elicit means let's look back at our last
example I asked questions about the
picture to help you find the
answer I wanted to elicit the meaning of
stoic from my
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viewers elicit means to get information
or reaction from someone by one's
actions or
questions I always prefer to have my
students discover the answer by guiding
them with questions rather than just
telling them the
answer remember that elicit also means
getting a reaction from someone due to
your actions here's another common
example the band's powerful performance
always elicits loud cheers and
excitement from the crowd
number six is the noun
Paradigm the assembly line is a paradig
of mass
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production a paradigm is a typical
example or model of something
something the assembly line is a
paradigm of mass
production artificial intelligence is
changing the Paradigm of how we
work we often see Paradigm used together
with a noun shift to show how something
has
changed there's been a paradigm shift in
the way we work thanks to AI
the letters dim are pronounced dime at
the end of
Paradigm you may have heard the word
dime before this is the nickname of the
10 cent coin used in North
America number seven is the adjective
disingenuous his disingenuous apology
did not fool
anyone here's a hint the example
sentence ends with the claim that no one
was fooled by the
apology if your intention is to fool
someone you are not being
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honest disingenuous means not sincere or
honest but pretend pretending to
be his disingenuous apology did not fool
anyone did you know that disingenuous is
the opposite of
ingenuous ingenuous is an adjective that
means honest innocent and willing to
trust people I'm a Canadian lifelong
English speaker I've used the word
disingenuous many times but I have never
heard or used the word
ingenuous I suppose we could have
figured it out by the use of the
negative prefix this meaning not or the
opposite of we see this prefix used in
many common English
words number eight is the adjective
presumptuous it was presumptuous him to
speak for the entire group without
asking their
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opinion presumptuous means acting as if
you have the right to do something when
you
don't it was was presumptuous of him to
speak for the entire group without
asking their
opinion in natural conversation we often
add statements like is it presumptuous
of me before we make a request or ask a
favor this is to show we are humble and
we respect the other person's time or
property would it be presumptuous of me
to ask to borrow your car
number nine is the noun
impass the negotiations reached an
impass and both sides walked
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away an impass is a situation where no
progress can be made
made the negotiations reached an impass
and both sides walked
away this noun is commonly used with the
verbs reach break and
end it often follows the preposition
at the two sides were at an
impass number 10 is the noun
contingency before we start this project
we must consider are all possible
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contingencies a contingency is a
possible future event that you need to
prepare for
before we start this project we must
consider all possible
contingencies a contingency is like a
backup
plan we often use contingency in the
compound nouns contingency plan in case
something affects our original plan and
contingency fund extra money set aside
for
emergencies how do you doing a quiz tell
me in the comments if you didn't score
high but you learned some new words I'm
very happy thanks for watching and I
hope you have an awesome day