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В своей прошлой статье я упоминал о словах, которые в английском называются fancy words – что на русский можно перевести как «слова высокого стиля». Любой человек, который изучает язык, знает, что для этого нужно, помимо всего прочего, следить за тем, как говорят люди вокруг него. Для русского языка исключений быть не должно; несмотря на то, что для нас он родной, его изучение продолжается каждый день и не закончится до последнего из них. При этом по человеку сразу видно, сколько внимания он уделяет языку: вы явно заметите, если кто-то рядом с вами будет говорить не привычное «я думаю» раз за разом, а будет перемежать его с «я полагаю», «я предполагаю», «я считаю». Все это – синонимы, по частоте появления которых в речи можно легко отделить человека, не забывающего про свой язык.
Fancy words тоже являются синонимами, но особой, более редкой группы. Представьте, что, помимо вышеперечисленных эквивалентов «я думаю», ваш собеседник начал свое суждение так: «я помыслил». А может, и еще с какого слова, о котором я, к своему стыду, не ведаю, так как читаю на русском не так много, как хотелось бы. А надо бы.
Я подвожу вас к тому, что в английском языке все то же самое. Существует ряд слов и словоформ, которые нечасто встретишь в речи обывателей и которые могут обогатить и украсить вашу речь, выделив вас среди других изучающих английский. Это также подтвердит вашу любовь к языку, ведь без любви к языку, повторяю я и еще много раз буду повторять, изучать его затруднительно и безынтересно. В этом вторая функция fancy words – показать, насколько разнообразен и красив в этом своем разнообразии изучаемый язык, чтобы развить к нему особое чувство.
В этой статье я предлагаю ознамиться с совсем небольшой частью арсенала слов высокого стиля английского языка. В качестве первой порции – слова, тщательно и бережно собранные мною из книг, как старатели собирают золото из приисков. Все они имеют в качестве синонимов более или менее общеупотребительные слова, так что у вас будет шанс, если вы общаетесь лично или по переписке с иностранцами, вставить одно-другое в свои реплики. Обратите внимание, что я говорю «одно-другое», ведь с fancy words очень важно не переборщить, чтобы про вас не подумали, будто вы свой словарный запас выставляете напоказ. Не забывайте, что к этим словам обычно стоит пометка либо «книжное», либо «устаревшее», то есть их чаще всего употребляют все-таки в художественной и исторической литературе. Поэтому я вовсе не советую их заучивать – наоборот, советую не заучивать, ведь их знание вызвано не необходимостью, а интересом. В своей первой статье для этого сайта «Как я запоминал слова» я писал, что наверняка запоминаются только те слова, которые, когда вы их произносите, оставляют приятный привкус на языке. Зубрежка подавляет это ощущение. Не зубрите – просто познавайте.
Скорее всего, такое собрание, будучи первым, не станет последним – в целях удовлетворения своего и вашего интереса я продолжу искать синонимы высокого стиля и к другим словам, которые часто используются в повседневном общении. А пока что – до новых!
behest [bɪ’hest] — распоряжение, директива, указание, приказ = order
beseech [bɪ’sɪ:ʧ] — заклинать, молить, упрашивать = beg
besmirch [bɪ’smɜːʧ] — пятнать, чернить, позорить (репутацию, имя) = spoil
blithe [blaɪð] — веселый, жизнерадостный = happy
countenance [‘kaunt(ə)nən(t)s]- лицо, выражение лица = facial expression
demur [dɪ’mɜː] – возражение = protest
to disport [dɪs’pɔːt] oneself — развлекаться, веселиться = to have fun
doughty [‘dautɪ] — бесстрашный, смелый, отважный = brave
evanescent [ˌevə’nes(ə)nt]- исчезающий, растворяющийся, тускнеющий = disappearing
famished [‘fæmɪʃt] – голодный = hungry
firmanent [‘fɜːməmənt] — небесный свод = sky
hirsute [‘hɜːs(j)uːt] — волосатый, заросший волосами = hairy
inebriate [ɪ’niːbrɪət] – пьяница = drunk
knave [neɪv] — жулик, плут, мошенник, нечестивый человек = con
mien [miːn] – манера = manner
methinks [mɪ’θɪŋks]- я считаю, я думаю, мне кажется = I think
morass [mə’ræs] – болото = marsh
perfidy [‘pɜːfɪdɪ] — измена, предательство, вероломство = betrayal
provenance [‘prɔv(ə)nən(t)s] — происхождение, источник = source
rapacious [rə’peɪʃəs] — жадный, алчный = greedy
repast [rɪ’pɑːst] — прием пищи = meal
rive [raɪv] – разрезать = cut
sapience [‘seɪpɪən(t)s] — мудрость, рассудительность = wisdom
sortilege [‘sɔːtɪlɪʤ] – гадание = fortune-telling
stalwart [‘stɔːlwət] – верный, преданный, надежный = loyal
surmise [sə’maɪz] — догадка, предположение, прозрение = guess
susurrus [s(j)uː’sʌrəs] — шепот, шорох = whisper
valedictory [ˌvælɪ’dɪkt(ə)rɪ] – прощальный = concluding
variegated [‘veərɪgeɪtɪd] – разнообразный = various
wroth [rəuθ] — разгневанный, озлобленный = angry
Language specialists confirm that people with a good education, those who read more, and those who like to explore new things have a bigger and richer vocabulary. You might think this automatically means that using big words makes you intelligent. Well no, that’s not how it works. It often happens that people use big words to sound smart without even understanding what that word means. Needless to say, the effect is quite often the opposite.
But besides knowing the meaning of words, you should also be aware of the appropriate situations to use them in. For one, even though the more common and the fancy word might have the same general meaning, a small nuance often makes them inapplicable in certain situations. On top of that, using high vocabulary words that belong in a textbook or a novel when you order a coffee or explain to a friend why you liked the movie you watched last night, sounds ridiculous, to say the least. Similarly, special words that are only understandable to people of a certain profession shouldn’t be forced into a conversation if you are not talking to your colleagues. They don’t make you sound smarter; they make you sound incomprehensible.
That said, it absolutely does not mean that you should always stick to basic vocabulary. There are hundreds of beautiful words in English, same as in any other language, that can expand your vocabulary and make you an interesting and pleasant counterpart. Remember that the actual goal of every conversation is to find the perfect words to describe your thoughts and feelings, not to dazzle the person you are talking to with some long and arguably unnecessary words.
Below you will find a lot of interesting words with their definitions to help you expand your English vocabulary. How many of them did you already know? Make sure you use them responsibly and also tell us in the comments if there are any fancy words you especially enjoy.
Effervescent
Meaning: having the property of forming bubbles.
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Aeonian
Meaning: lasting for an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
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Pusillanimous
Meaning: lacking courage and resolution.
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Flabbergast
Meaning: to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder.
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic
Meaning: someone with a fear of long words.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification
Meaning: the act or habit of assessing something as worthless.
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Eloquent
Meaning: marked by forceful and fluent expression (having a way with words).
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Zenith
Meaning: the highest point.
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Magnanimous
Meaning: showing or suggesting a lofty, courageous, noble spirit.
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Quintessential
Meaning: the perfect example of something.
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Erudite
Meaning: having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying.
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Brobdingnagian
Meaning: marked by tremendous size.
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Discombobulate
Meaning: to confuse (someone).
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Assiduity
Meaning: dedication, diligence and great focus.
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Myriad
Meaning: a great number / countless.
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Repertoire
Meaning: a person’s list of talents and skills; a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform.
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Transcendent
Meaning: extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience, being beyond comprehension.
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Ebullience
Meaning: the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings.
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Lateritious
Meaning: brick-red in colour.
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Obsequious
Meaning: subservient (useful in an inferior capacity); marked by a fawning attentiveness.
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Statuesque
Meaning: resembling a statue especially in dignity, shapeliness, or stillness.
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Pulchritudinous
Meaning: physically beautiful.
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Amative
Meaning: relating to or indicative of love.
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Unparagoned
Meaning: having no equal; matchless, incomparable.
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Penultimate
Meaning: next to the last thing.
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Fortnight
Meaning: a period of 14 days.
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Ennui
Meaning: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction, boredom.
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Rococo
Meaning: an artistic style especially of the 18th century characterized by fanciful curved asymmetrical forms and elaborate ornamentation.
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Maxim
Meaning: a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct.
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Venerable
Meaning: honorable, highly regarded.
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Evenfall
Meaning: the beginning of evening, dusk.
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Winebibber
Meaning: a person who drinks too much wine.
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Mellifluous
Meaning: having a smooth rich flow; filled with something (such as honey) that sweetens.
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Diminutive
Meaning: a word or name usually indicating small size.
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Aplomb
Meaning: complete and confident composure or self-assurance.
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Pervicacious
Meaning: very obstinate, unyielding, willful.
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Obfuscate
Meaning: to make obscure or unclear.
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Circumlocution
Meaning: the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.
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Extol
Meaning: to give high praise.
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Incisive
Meaning: impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation).
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Latent
Meaning: present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious or active. In other words — there, but not there.
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Immaculate
Meaning: having or containing no flaw or error.
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Splendiferous
Meaning: extraordinarily or showily impressive.
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Aesthetic
Meaning: pleasing in appearance, attractive.
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Junoesque
Meaning: marked by stately beauty.
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Canny
Meaning: clever, shrewd.
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Perspicacious
Meaning: of acute mental vision or discernment.
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Prodigious
Meaning: causing amazement or wonder.
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Phenomenal
Meaning: highly extraordinary, exceptional, remarkable.
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Ineffable
Meaning: incapable of being expressed in words.
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Tenderness
Meaning: a tender quality or condition, such as gentleness and affection.
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Canoodle
Meaning: to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing.
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Selcouth
Meaning: unusual, strange.
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Orphic
Meaning: mystic, oracular; fascinating, entrancing.
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Malaise
Meaning: physical discomfort or a general feeling of being under the weather.
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Quiddity
Meaning: whatever makes something the type that it is; the essence.
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Cimmerian
Meaning: very dark or gloomy.
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Orgulous
Meaning: proud.
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Usufruct
Meaning: the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another.
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Auspicious
Meaning: showing or suggesting that future success is likely.
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Ubiquitous
Meaning: existing or being everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered.
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Confluence
Meaning: used when discussing a meeting of minds, a group of ideas, or a coming together of diverse people for a gathering.
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Granular
Meaning: finely detailed. Can also help describe a meticulous level of detail in your own work, thinking, or planning.
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Pithy
Meaning: having substance and point, being brief, but very efficient.
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Bespoke
Meaning: custom-made.
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Resplendent
Meaning: shining brilliantly, characterized by a glowing splendor.
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Diatribe
Meaning: nasty (and usually lengthy) tirade, whether spoken or written.
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Vitriolic
Meaning: bitterly harsh language or criticism.
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Bloviate
Meaning: to speak or write in a showy, grandiose way.
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Fastidious
Meaning: showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care.
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Sycophant
Meaning: a self-seeking flatterer.
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Sesquipedalian
Meaning: loving of long words.
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Boondoggle
Meaning: work that you do just so that you look busy, but it isn’t actually useful.
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Alacrity
Meaning: lively, cheerful and eager behavior.
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Amiable
Meaning: friendly, sociable, and generally agreeable.
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Candor
Meaning: free from prejudice or malice, honest, sincere.
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Deferential
Meaning: showing or expressing respect and high regard due a superior or an elder.
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Gregarious
Meaning: tending to associate with others of one’s kind, social.
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Insular
Meaning: characteristic of an isolated people; an island unto itself.
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Intrepid
Meaning: characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance.
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Meticulous
Meaning: marked by precise attention to every detail.
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Panacea
Meaning: a remedy for all ills or difficulties.
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Pellucid
Meaning: easily, clearly understandable.
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Predilection
Meaning: an established preference or bias.
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Repudiate
Meaning: to reject or refuse to recognize as valid.
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Salient
Meaning: something that stands out and is obvious.
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Substantiate
Meaning: to give facts to support a claim.
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Surfeit
Meaning: the quality of overabundance.
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Taciturn
Meaning: temperamentally disinclined (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval) to talk.
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Stupendous
Meaning: causing astonishment or wonder, marvelous.
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Ravishing
Meaning: unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking.
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Exquisite
Meaning: pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection.
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Enlightened
Meaning: freed from ignorance and misinformation.
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Ingenious
Meaning: having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving.
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Adulation
Meaning: extreme or excessive admiration or flattery.
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Amorous
Meaning: the act of being in love.
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Canonize
Meaning: to treat as illustrious, preeminent, or sacred.
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Endearment
Meaning: a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection.
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Halcyon
Meaning: characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity.
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Coruscate
Meaning: to be brilliant or showy in technique or style.
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Bellwether
Meaning: one that takes the lead or initiative, trendsetter.
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Acumen
Meaning: keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters.
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Gasconade
Meaning: to brag or boast.
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Idiosyncratic
Meaning: traits that belong to a person’s character.
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Umbrage
Meaning: displeasure, resentment, or anger.
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Nefarious
Meaning: flagrantly wicked or criminal.
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Parlance
Meaning: formal debate or parley.
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Despondent
Meaning: feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection (lowness of spirits), or depression.
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Lucid
Meaning: comes from the Latin adjective lucidus (shining), a more fancy word to define a person for his intelligent thinking, capability of being understood or comprehended.
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Abate
Meaning: to decrease in force or intensity.
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Facetiously
Meaning: joking or jesting, often inappropriately.
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Aptitude
Meaning: talent or natural ability.
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Debase
Meaning: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character.
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Diligent
Meaning: characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort.
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Elucidate
Meaning: to explain very clearly.
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Ephemeral
Meaning: lasting a very short time.
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Lithe
Meaning: easily bent or flexed.
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Modicum
Meaning: a small portion; a limited quantity.
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Nuance
Meaning: a very subtle difference.
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Penchant
Meaning: a strong and continued inclination.
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Perusal
Meaning: studying with the intent to memorize.
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Plethora
Meaning: an abundance or extreme excess.
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Staid
Meaning: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint.
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Studious
Meaning: character trait involving diligent study.
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Righteous
Meaning: acting in accord with divine or moral law, free from guilt or sin.
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Alluring
Meaning: having a strongly attractive or enticing quality.
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Astute
Meaning: having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly, mentally sharp.
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Perceptive
Meaning: characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight.
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Comprehend
Meaning: to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of.
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Sensational
Meaning: exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great.
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Wondrous
Meaning: that is to be marveled at, extraordinary.
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Devotion
Meaning: earnest attachment to a cause, person, etc.
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Reverence
Meaning: honor or respect felt or shown, especially profound adoring awed respect.
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Infatuated
Meaning: filled with or marked by a foolish or extravagant love or admiration.
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Besottedness
Meaning: blindly or utterly infatuated.
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Scintillating
Meaning: brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty.
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Cacophony
Meaning: a loud, obnoxious blend of sounds.
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Equitable
Meaning: a fair division between all parties.
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Gratuitous
Meaning: unnecessary, uncalled-for.
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Got dough rolling in from fancy watch companies, luxury cars.
Зашибаете деньги у фирм по продаже дорогих часов и люксовых машин.
So we knew right where Yoshimitsu and his fancy watch would be.
Так что мы точно знали, где Йошимитцу и его понтовые часы могут быть.
Can you call the manufacturer of my fancy watch and report a problem?
Ты бы не мог позвонить производителю моих модных часов и сообщить о проблеме?
I was supposed to wear a fancy watch and then just go about my job—
that’s all.
Моя задача заключалась в том, чтобы носить модные часы и просто делать свою работу- и все.
For those who fancy watches, Bulgari has unveiled the Octo Ultranero,
encased in steel(coated with DLC) that features hands, index and crown crafted in red gold.
Те, кто мечтают о часах Bulgari смогут открыть для себя черный Octo Ultranero,
стрелки, цифры и заводное колесо которого сделаны из розового золота.
I was really little at the time, but I remember watching everyone in their fancy clothes and.
This is one of those fancy, high-tech sports watches that reads the victim’s heart rate,
GPS location, and even the altitude.
Это одна из тех навороченных, высокотехнологичных моделей спортивных часов, которая определяет пульс жертвы,
местоположение по GPS и даже высоту над уровнем моря.
Try our collection of unblocked parking games,
play as a hotel valet and drive the most fancy cars, watch out not to scratch them or you might get fired.
Попробуйте нашу коллекцию неблокированных парковочных игр,
играть как камердинер отеля и ездить наиболее дорогие машины, следить чтобы не поцарапать пленки или вы могли бы уволить.
Watch usb flash, 100% original movement from Japan, USB hidden inside watch, fancy design.
Часы USB Flash, 100% оригинал движения из Японии, USB скрыты внутри часов, изящным дизайном.
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There are many advanced word lists, but usually, they lack proper examples.
In this article, however, you’ll find some of the juiciest verbiage ever devised and get some movie entertainment as a bonus.
Watching movies is probably one of the best ways to stay in touch with the living language, and as a movie addict, I couldn’t help but create this list.
Each word is followed by a definition, an example, and a movie scene in which it appeared.
All of those movies are marvelous, as they include copious amounts of other advanced words and witty dialogues. Enjoy.
The 50 Sophisticated Words in English List
1. Obtuse – Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
Example: The Shawshank Redemption
Andy Dufresne: “Are you obtuse?”
2. Condescending – having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.
Example: The Social Network
Mark Zuckerberg: “Did I Adequately Answer Your Condescending Question?”
3. Enhance – intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
Example: The Game of Thrones
Bronn: Oh… are we friends now?
Tyrion Lannister: Of course we are. Just because I pay you for your services doesn’t diminish our friendship.
Bronn: Enhances it, really.
Tyrion Lannister: Oh, “enhances”. Fancy word for a sellsword.
Bronn: Been spending time with fancy folks.
4. Demented – behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement. (or suffering from dementia)
Example: The Network
Howard Beale: Well, if there’s anybody out there that can look around this demented slaughterhouse of a world we live in and tell me that man is a noble creature, believe me: That man is full of bullshit.
5. Vicissitude (+ 100 other words in the movie): a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Example: V For Vendetta
V.: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
6. Accretion – growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
Example: True Detective
Rust Cohle: We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self; an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody.
7. Oblivious – not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.
Example: The Matrix
Agent Smith: Have you ever stood and stared at it? Marveled at its beauty… its genius? Billions of people just living out their lives… oblivious.
8. Wanton – (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.
Example: Hannibal (TV Series)
Hannibal: God is beyond measure in wanton malice.
9. Avarice – extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Example: Hannibal (The Movie)
Hannibal: Because of his avarice, and his betrayal of the emperor’s trust, Pier della Vigna was disgraced, blinded, and imprisoned.
10. To dabble – take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way (or immerse one’s hands or feet partially in water and move them around gently).
Example: Annie Hall
Alvy: So, did you do shoot the photographs in there or what?
Annie: Yeah, yeah, I sorta dabble around, you know.
11. Predatory – preying naturally on others.
Example: Inglorious Basterds
Hans Landa: Now, if one were to determine what attribute the German people share with a beast, it would be the cunning and the predatory instinct of a hawk.
12. Contender – a person who tries to win something in a contest; especially: a person who has a good chance of winning.
Example: On The Waterfront
Terry Malloy: You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. It was you, Charley.
13. Pestilential – relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.
Example: Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: I can’t accomplish a goddamn thing of any worth until we cure ourselves of slavery and end this pestilential war!
14. Lethal – sufficient to cause death (very harmful or destructive.)
Example: Django Unchained
Dr. King Schultz: My good man, did you simply get carried away with your dramatic gesture, or are you pointing your weapon at me with lethal intention?
15. Fornication – sexual intercourse between people not married to each other.
Example: King’s Speech
Lionel Logue: Do you know the f-word?
King George VI: F… f… fornication?
Lionel Logue: Oh, Bertie.
16. Digression – a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.
Example: Genius (2016)
Thomas Wolfe: Had there ever been such blue? Had there ever been such eyes?
Maxwell Perkins: Don’t need the rhetorical.
Thomas Wolfe: Why?
Maxwell Perkins: It’s not a lightning bolt. It’s a digression.
Thomas Wolfe: A blue beyond blue – no. Her eyes were blue.
Maxwell Perkins: Better.
17. Customary – according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances.
Example: Reversal of Fortune
Claus von Bülow: I let the dogs out as was customary.
18. Compound – a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
Example: Breaking Bad
Walter White: Chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change. Now, just think about this. Electrons, they change their energy levels. Molecules change their bonds. Elements, they combine and change into compounds. Well that’s… That’s all of life, right?
19. Monstrous – having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster (or inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong).
Example: Game of Thrones
Tyrion Lannister: No, of that I’m innocent. I am guilty of a far more monstrous crime. I am guilty of being a dwarf.
20. Incompatible – (of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.
Example: Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise de Merteuil: Vanity and happiness are incompatible.
21. Regurgitate – repeat (information) without analyzing or comprehending it (or bring swallowed food up again to the mouth).
Example: Good Will Hunting
Will: That’s gonna last until next year — you’re gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talkin’ about, you know, the Pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.
22. Fathom – understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.
Example: A Few Good Men
Jessep: I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
23. Inter – place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
Example: Julius Caesar
Mark Anthony: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar.
24. Exacerbate – make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
Example: Capote
Perry Smith: They only exacerbate the problem; they only heighten or intensify it.
Truman Capote: Perry, I know what ‘exacerbate’ means.
Perry Smith: Okay… well…
Truman Capote: There is not a word or a sentence or a concept that you can illuminate for me.
25. Desolation – a state of complete emptiness or destruction (or great unhappiness or loneliness).
Example: The Lion in Winter
Eleanor of Aquitaine: What a desolation!
26. Canine – relating to or resembling a dog or dogs.
Example: The Last Action Hero
Benedict: I snap my fingers again and sometime tomorrow, you emerge from several canine rectors.
27. Yawp – a harsh or hoarse cry or yelp.
Example: Dead Poets Society
John Keating: I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
28. Valediction – the action of saying farewell.
Example: LA Confidential
Dudley: Have you a valediction, boyo?
29. Loathe – feel intense dislike or disgust for.
Example: House of Cards
Frank Underwood: I’ve always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful men on their backs.
30. Nefarious – (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.
Example: Sherlock Holmes
Lord Chief Justice: Be as skeptical as you like. But our secret system has steered the world for the greater good for centuries. The danger is they can also be used for more nefarious purposes.
31. Compromise – an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions (but also – expediently accept standards that are lower than is desirable).
Example: The Invisible Woman
Mrs. Frances Ternan: I cannot risk Nelly’s reputation.
Charles Dickens: I hope that nothing I could offer would compromise her.
32. Racy – lively, entertaining, and typically sexually titillating.
Example: The Remains of the Day
Miss Kenton: Are you reading a racy book?
33. Catalytic – relating to or involving the action of a catalyst (Catalyst – a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change).
Example: A Dangerous Method
Carl Jung: A Catalytic Exteriorization Phenomenon
34. Perjure – willfully tell an untruth or make a misrepresentation under oath; commit perjury.
Example: Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet: Your unfortunate brother once had to put up with my playing for a whole evening.
Georgiana Darcy: But he says you play so well.
Elizabeth Bennet: Then he has perjured himself most profoundly.
Mr. Darcy: No I said, “played quite well.”
35. Hinder – make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.
Example: A Room With a View
George Emerson: This tremendous thing has happened between us and it means… it means nothing must hinder us ever again.
36. Solemnity – the state or quality of being serious and dignified (or a formal, dignified rite or ceremony).
Example: The Age of Innocence
Narrator: Dining with the van der Luydens was at best no light matter, and dining there with a Duke who was their cousin was almost a religious solemnity.
37. Lineal – being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
Example: Macbeth
Macbeth – Upon my head, they placed a fruitless crown. And put a barren scepter in my grip. Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand. No son of mine succeeding.
38. Mispersuade – to persuade wrongly.
Example: Mansfield Park
Mary: Here is my proposal. We mispersuade Henry to marry Mariah.
39. Ungentlemanly – not appropriate to or behaving like a gentleman.
Example: The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack: […] you have no right whatsoever to read what is written inside. It is a very ungentlemanly thing to read a private cigarette case.
40. Ravishing – delightful; entrancing.
Example: The Picture of Dorian Grey
Dorian Grey: Allow me to offer my congratulations on your ravishing debut.
41. Minnow – a small freshwater Eurasian fish of the carp family, which typically forms large shoals (or a small or insignificant person or organization).
Example: Scent of a Woman
Frank: You’re building a rat ship here — a vessel for sea-going snitches. And if you think you’re preparing these minnows for manhood, you better think again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills!
42. Abhor – regard with disgust and hatred.
Example: Much Ado About Nothing
Leonato: Most wonderful that she should so dote on Signor Benedick, whom she hath in all outward behaviors seemed ever to abhor.
43. Forfeit – lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.
Example: The Merchant of Venice
Salarino: Why, I am sure, if he forfeit thou wilt not take his flesh. What’s that good for?
Shylock: To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
44. Futility – pointlessness or uselessness.
Example: The Dresser
Sir: I know futility when I see it.
45. Chasm – a deep fissure in the earth’s surface (or a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.)
Example: The Lord of The Rings
Elrond: The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom; only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came.
46. Self-perpetuating – perpetuating itself or oneself without external agency or intervention.
Example: My Dinner with Andre
Andre: OK. Yes, we are bored. We’re all bored now. But has it ever occurred to you Wally that the process that creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating, unconscious form of brainwashing, created by a world totalitarian government based on money, and that all of this is much more dangerous than one thinks?
47. Predicated – something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.
Example: The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon Cooper: Either the reason is predicated on a series of sub-reasons leading to an infinite regression, or it trackbacks to arbitrary axiomatic statements or it’s ultimately circular i.e. I’m moving out because I’m moving out.
48. Distinguished – very successful, authoritative, and commanding great respect.
Example: Star Trek
Judge: This is Commander Spock. He’s one of our most distinguished graduates.
49. Bosom – a woman’s chest or breasts (or used to refer to the chest as the seat of emotions).
Example: Richard III
King Richard: Now is the winter of our discontent. Made glorious summer by this son of York. And all the clouds that loured upon our house. In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
50. Unfounded – having no foundation or basis in fact.
Example: Doubt
Father Flynn: It’s about your unfounded suspicions.
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When it comes to fancy yet useful words, the English language has tons to offer. Here are 25 examples of smart words that you can use in daily conversation.
As an English learner, one of the best feelings in the world is creating better English sentences. There’s just something very satisfying in knowing some smart words to use in a conversation and using them. We all had that “Yes, I did it!” moment after using something we learned in real life.
Adding beautiful words in your vocabulary has some benefits as well. Some of the advantages of learning powerful words are
improving English pronunciation, better-articulated speeches, and better reading and listening comprehension. Besides, it makes you feel and sound smart, which you can use to your advantage professionally.
Why Sounding Smart Is A Good Thing?
Did you know that there’s a benefit when you sound fluent
like a native speaker? According to a
Harvard Business Review study, an applicant’s voice and sound can affect the employer’s impression during interviews. The more confident and smart-sounding your voice is, the better you can fare in job interviews.
Using big words can be frowned upon and even ridiculed by some English speakers. After all, there are times that these complicated words can be frustrating and irritating to the listener. If misused, they make you sound incoherent instead of smart. Make sure that you understand the word you’re going to use in a sentence. Here are other tips to sound smarter and more confident when speaking in English.
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Check and fix your posture (stand straight, but remain relaxed)
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Speak loud and clear
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Use matching body language
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Use appropriate words based on the audience.
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Always practice your English daily.
25 Impressively Useful Words That Can Make You Sound Smarter
According to
Merriam-Webster, no one knows the
exact amount of English words ever created. However, an individual is said to use 20,000 to 30,000 words in daily conversations. New words are also made annually, primarily from interactions on the internet. If you want to spice up your speech and sound fluent, use these 25 smart words.
1. Repertoire
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A person’s list of talents and skills
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In formal language, repertoire means all songs and plays a performer can perform without fail.
Example:
Chris knows how to play the piano, bass, drums, and guitar. His musical repertoire is quite extensive.
Damian has a wide repertoire of champions he can play in League of Legends.
2. Accolade
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Acknowledgment of someone’s excellent performance
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A similar term for award or honor
Example:
The team’s hard work has finally paid off! Receiving the highest accolade in the contest is worth all the sacrifices they made.
Did you hear? Allan received the highest accolade from the Science Fair. What a lucky guy.
3. Exacerbate
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Worsen a situation that is already bad
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Make bad things severe.
Example:
Steven thought opening the window can put out the fire. Unfortunately, this further exacerbated the problem.
Shouting at her while she’s mad will only exacerbate her mood, so calm yourself before making a conversation.
4. Quid Pro Quo
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A material or favor received for doing or giving something else.
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A favor for a favor; give and take
Example:
How about this? I’ll give you this book when you give me that book? Quid Pro Quo?
Daenerys and Jon agreed on a quid pro quo: she will help him defeat his enemies in exchange for his loyalty.
5. Rendezvous
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A meeting place and date agreed upon by two parties
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The location and time where two or more parties can meet together
Example:
Do you have any problem with the rendezvous? We can adjust the particular details when the boss gets back.
Luffy is once again late for the rendezvous. I swear I’m going to give him an earful when he arrives.
6. Touche
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Acknowledging someone’s good point during an argument
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Can be used to appreciate someone’s clever point
Example:
Danny: Do you think Jon knows how to solve this math problem?
Tyrion: He knows nothing about math.
Danny: Hmm, touche.
7. Fiasco
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Can be used to describe something that failed miserably
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A complete failure; a great disaster
Example:
Have you seen the last season of “Game of Thrones”? It was a total fiasco!
“The Room” is considered a fiasco by a lot of people. But the memes from that movie have been viral.
8. Ostentatious
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An act which is done to obviously seek attention
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Giving a show to impress other people
Example:
Darius likes showing off his wealth. He’ll grab every chance to show his ostentatious lifestyle.
Garen has been admired in the military due to his display of skills and humility. He was never ostentatious nor arrogant when teaching his juniors.
9. Tranquil
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The state of being relaxed/calm
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Free from any distraction or agitation
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A word to describe a peaceful and quiet environment
Example:
Nothing beats the tranquil ocean during the sunset. It’s a magnificent view worth seeing every day.
The village is so tranquil, it’s a nice place to settle down and start a family.
10. Flummoxed
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Extreme confusion or bewilderment
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A state of utter confusion; perplexed
Example:
The instruction was written poorly; no wonder he got so flummoxed and made a wrong input.
Cristina cannot understand anything about the lesson; she was so flummoxed.
I hope this example doesn’t make you flummoxed.
11. Capricious
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Sudden changes in mood or behavior
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Unpredictable
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Changing from time to time
Example:
She suddenly became angry and walked off, and I don’t know why. Women are so capricious sometimes!
Short-term stock trading is challenging when the economy and stock market are in a capricious state.
12. Concur (Concurred)
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To agree to an opinion or a statement
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To have the same opinion as another person.
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Synonym of “agree.”
Example:
The team concurred to spend the next vacation on a nearby beach resort.
Now that I think about it, you’re right about the whole situation. I concur and support your decisions.
13. Quintessential
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Being the best example of something/someone
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A perfect representation of a class or a quality
Example:
Macky is a very reckless driver. He’s the perfect quintessential guy insurance companies would like to avoid.
Jack Ma’s from-rags-to-riches tale is a quintessential success story of not giving up.
14. Red Herring
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An idea or things that takes the audiences’ attention away from the central matter
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Is a term that refers to a thing that diverts people’s attention from the main focal point
Example:
He’s just redirecting the attention to other people to bury his controversies away from the spotlight. Please don’t fall on his red herrings.
The investigation revealed that one piece of evidence found on the scene was actually a red herring.
15. Cacophony
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A loud and displeasing sound
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Deafening or boisterous noises
Example:
The cacophony from my neighbor’s ridiculously large sound system never fails to wake me up each morning.
Although the band has a lot of aesthetic qualities, the cacophony in their sound fails to maintain the crowd’s attention.
16. Cajole
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To persuade someone with gentle coaxing
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Reducing reluctance with praises and flattery
Example:
After a couple of voluntary housework and good grades, Rocky finally managed to cajole his parents to let him go on a hiking trip.
The hardest thing to do when you’re under pressure is to cajole yourself to keep going.
17. Revel
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To greatly enjoy doing something
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To party and have a good time with other people
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Feasting/celebrating
Example:
Happy Birthday! Let’s spend the night revealing with good food and good karaoke session.
Chad is out and might not come back until tomorrow. He’s currently out with friends for their weekly late-night revels.
18. Dapper
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Someone (usually a man) dressed up in a classy and dashing fashion
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A man who is sporting a neat and elegant look
Example:
I remember him! He is that dapper gentleman who danced with me at the ball.
Michael can’t seem to find the best outfit for a dapper-inspired look in his wardrobe.
19. Fortuitous
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A very unexpected surprise; accidental; by chance
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When something pleasant happens unexpectedly
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Fortunate or lucky
Example:
When Tom met Summer for the first time, he knew at that moment that it was a fortuitous event.
Norman deemed today’s routine walk fortuitous after bumping and catching up with an old childhood friend.
20. Fastidious
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A very detail-oriented person
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Someone who likes everything to be perfect up to the smallest detail
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Having high standards (adj)
Example:
Conny’s fastidious character makes her one of the best event organizers in the area.
When it comes to food, the chef always makes sure that everything is perfect and passes his fastidious standards.
21. Idyllic
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Extremely pleasant, peaceful, and safe;
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This word often used to describe time, place, or personal experiences
Example:
She remembered her childhood as one of the most idyllic times of her life.
If you want to live an idyllic lifestyle, consider living close to nature.
22. Bonafide
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A genuine classification
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Authentic and real
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Can be used to describe a good intention
Example:
It is confirmed that the excavated jars and cutleries from the new digging sites are bona fide relics from the Pax Romana era.
Take it, it’s a bona fide good offer if you ask me.
23. Innocuous
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Harmless in nature
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Inoffensive
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Innocent and friendly
Example:
That innocuous puppy look was all it takes to convince me.
Even behind those innocuous smiles, you can tell that he’s planning something wicked.
24. Prolific
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Someone or something that has an abundant productivity
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Being extremely productive
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Fast growth or generation
Example:
The harshness of the weather in the wild prompted the prolific improvement of his survival skills.
Beethoven was known as a prolific composer and pianist, as well as one of the best classical musicians ever.
25. Peevish
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The state of being extremely irritable
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Being irritated or frustrated over the smallest things
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Someone who is bad-tempered
Example:
May is not very good at controlling her words and facial expressions when she’s peevish.
Oh no, what have I done? She’s got that peevish face on, I’m in big trouble.
The peevish patient has been waiting for the doctor’s arrival for 30 minutes.
Final Thoughts
There’s nothing wrong with using fancy words that can make you sound smarter. The problem starts when you’re using words that you don’t fully understand. As always, practice makes everything perfect, so continue expanding your English vocabulary. Talk to other English speakers or learners to learn more about the language.
Are you having some difficulties in learning how to use the words above?
Professional tutors from JustLearn can help you understand these words and practice real-life usages. You can arrange classes that fit your schedule and learning needs. Don’t forget to check other articles for tips on learning new languages. Enjoy learning!
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
причудливое слово
красивое слово
красивое название
необычное слово
модное название
забавное слово
причудливым словом
Don’t worry, music theory’s just a fancy word for music math.
Не волнуйся, музыкальная теория- просто модное слово для музыкальной математики.
Electronic immobilizers may sound like a fancy word, but in reality, it something that we use every day.
Электронные иммобилайзеры могут звучать как модное слово, но на самом деле это то, что мы используем каждый день.
Fungibility is a fancy word for interchangeability.
Dark energy is basically a fancy word for ignorance of what makes up 75 per cent of our universe.
Темная энергия — в основном причудливое слово для невежества того, что составляет 75 процентов нашей Вселенной.
Repatriation is a fancy word meaning re-introduction.
Radiation is just a fancy word for energy that propagates out from a source in waves.
Радиация — это просто красивое слово для обозначения энергии, которая распространяется от источника в виде волн.
Just a fancy word for a newspaperman.
Fungibility is a fancy word for interchangeability.
Fungibility — это модное слово для взаимозаменяемости.
Marketplace lending is just a fancy word for a type of a loan which you are expected to repay.
Рыночное кредитование — это просто модное слово для того типа займа, который вы должны погасить.
Strategy is not just a fancy word.
Echolalia is a fancy word for the repetition of spoken words.
Эхолалия — это модное слово для обозначения повторения сказанных слов.
I am an epileptologist, which is a fancy word for someone who’s a seizure specialist.
Я эпилептолог, такое модное слово для специалиста по судорогам.
You’ll need one Bitcoin wallet hosted on the ‘clearnet,’ (a fancy word for the standard internet).
Вам понадобится один биткойн-кошелек, размещенный на «clearnet» (причудливое слово для стандартного Интернета).
«Procedure» is just a fancy word for proper order to do things.
«Протокол» — это просто красивое слово, описывающее правильный порядок.
Choice architecture is just a fancy word for changing the way the food and drinks are displayed, but, as it turns out, it makes a big difference.
Архитектура выбора — это просто модное слово для изменения способа отображения продуктов и напитков, но, как оказалось, это имеет большое значение.
It’s a fancy word for changing your mind.
Here’s a fancy word for you: Anthropocentrism.
The word hypotheses is really a fancy word for guesses, and if you really think about it when you fill out the business model canvas all you have is a series of guesses.
Слово «гипотеза» — это, на самом деле, такое модное слово для обозначения догадки, и если вас действительно это волнует, то когда вы заполните шаблон бизнес-модели, то у вас получится — серия догадок.
Medieval books were constructed of parchment, which is a fancy word for sheep or goat skin (and primarily sheep skin, because there were a lot more of them around).
Средневековые книги делались из пергамента, каковой не более чем красивое слово для обозначения овечьей или козьей кожи (в первую очередь, овечьей, потому что овец было гораздо больше).
The reason is crowd behaviour, or what mathematicians call hyper-synchronicity (a fancy word for everyone doing the same thing at the same time).
Причина — поведение толпы или то, что математики называют гиперсинхронностью (причудливое слово, описывающее состояние, когда все начинают делать одно и то же одновременно).
Результатов: 98. Точных совпадений: 98. Затраченное время: 110 мс
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Корпоративные решения
Спряжение
Синонимы
Корректор
Справка и о нас
Индекс слова: 1-300, 301-600, 601-900
Индекс выражения: 1-400, 401-800, 801-1200
Индекс фразы: 1-400, 401-800, 801-1200
Мы все всегда чего-то хотим. Ну и, конечно, любим поговорить о своих и не своих желаниях. Вот и сейчас мне хочется рассказать вам об очень важном глаголе WANT и синонимичных ему выражениях.
Want — глагол, который употребляется крайне часто. В Macmillan Dictionary это слово выделено красным цветом и помечено тремя звездочками. Это означает, что слово want относится к наиболее часто употребляемым словам. Собственно, want — это первое, что приходит в голову, когда нужно сказать «Я хочу». Поэтому, чтобы как-то разнообразить речь и научиться более точно передавать свои мысли, поговорим о выражениях, близких по значению к want. Но сначала о самом глаголе в его основном значении:
want — [wɒnt] — хотеть, хотеться, желать (еще значения: нуждаться, испытывать недостаток, требовать)
want smth (хотеть чего-то); want to do smth (хотеть сделать что-то)
I want a cup of coffee. — Я хочу чашку кофе.
Do you want some more tea? — Хочешь еще чаю?
I don’t want to talk about it. — Я не хочу говорить об этом.
He has always wanted to have a car. — Он всегда хотел иметь машину.
Want — достаточно нейтральный глагол, используется в менее формальной обстановке, чем would like.
Would like (= I’d like)
would like smth
would like to do smth
I would like a cup of coffee, please. — Я хотела бы чашечку кофе, пожалуйста.
Would you like a cup of coffee? — Хотите чашечку кофе?
I would like to thank everyone for the help. — Я хотела бы поблагодарить всех за помощь.
Оборот, синонимичный глаголу want в значении «хотеть, желать». Но в отличии от want, would like, являясь вежливой формой, используется в более формальной обстановке, в частности при общении с незнакомыми людьми и написании официально-деловых писем. Обратите внимание, что в переводе на русский язык часто используется частица бы: хотел(а) бы, хотелось бы.
Feel like
feel like smth
feel like doing smth
I feel like a cup of coffee. — Хочу чашечку кофе.
A: Hamburgers again? I’m sick of hamburgers. — Опять гамбургеры? Мне надоели гамбургеры.
B: Ok, what else do you feel like? — Хорошо, что другое ты хочешь?
I feel like going for a walk. — Я не прочь прогуляться (Мне хочется прогуляться).
Feel like используется в разговорной речи и означает «хотеть, быть не прочь».
Fancy
fancy smth
fancy doing smth
I really fancy a cup of coffee! — Очень уж хочется чашечки кофе!
Do you fancy a cup of coffee? (или Fancy a cup of coffee?) — Хочешь чашечку кофе?
Do you fancy going to the cinema? — Хочешь пойти в кино?
Fancy — очень разговорный вариант, характерен для британского английского.
Be in the mood for или Feel in the mood for
be in the mood for smth
be in the mood to do smth
Are you in the mood for pizza? — Хочешь пиццу?
I’m not really in the mood for dancing at the moment. — Я действительно не в настроении сейчас танцевать (Я действительно не хочу сейчас танцевать).
I’m not in the mood to see a movie tonight. — Я не хочу смотреть фильм сегодня вечером (Я не в настроении смотреть фильм сегодня вечером).
Be in the mood for smth означает «быть в настроении для чего -либо, быть расположенным к чему-либо». По сути, хотеть чего-то или не хотеть в данный момент. Это выражение используется, когда вы хотите подчеркнуть, что сейчас чего-то хотите или не хотите, всё зависит от вашего настроения.
Crave
crave smth или crave for smth
crave to do smth
I’m craving for a cup of coffee. — Очень-очень хочется кофе.
We are craving to watch the new episode of «The Walking Dead». — Мы очень хотим посмотреть новую серию «Ходячих мертвецов».
Crave — это не просто хотеть, а очень-очень хотеть чего-либо, жаждать, страстно желать.
Be dying for smth
be dying for smth
be dying to do smth
I’m dying for a cup of coffee. — До смерти хочется кофе.
We’re dying to meet your new boyfriend. — Нам ужасно хочется познакомиться с твоим новым парнем.
Be dying for smth — очень сильно хотеть (так, что не можешь больше ждать); умирать (сгорать) от желания что-либо сделать.
Hit the spot
И еще одно, ну очень интересное выражение, которое может пригодиться в повседневной жизни.
Hit the spot — Это то, что надо! В точку!
Фраза, означающая, что вы точно знаете, чего хотите. Если мы говорим о еде или напитках, то hit the spot может означать «приходиться по вкусу».
A hot cup of coffee would really hit the spot right now. — Чашечка горячего кофе прямо сейчас пришлась бы мне по вкусу (Чашечка горячего кофе — было бы то, что надо) .
Думаю, многим эти выражения придутся по вкусу)) Если вам понравилось, ставьте лайк и делитесь с друзьями.
фантазия, воображение, вкус, причудливый, модный, полагать
существительное ↓
- фантазия, воображение
to have a lively fancy — иметь живое воображение
the power of fancy — сила воображения
all those stories only tickled his fancy — все эти рассказы только дразнили его воображение
- воображаемый, мысленный образ; иллюзия, мечта
fancies of a poet — поэтические образы
I have a fancy that … — мне кажется, что …
did I really hear it or was it only a fancy? — я действительно слышал это или мне показалось?
- прихоть, каприз
passing fancy — мимолётное увлечение
it was his fancy that we should go there by plane — это он придумал, чтобы мы летели туда самолётом
- вкус, склонность, пристрастие
to have a fancy for smb. — любить кого-л., увлекаться кем-л.
to take a fancy for /to/ smb. — полюбить кого-л., привязаться к кому-л.
to take a fancy for smth. — захотеть чего-л.
to catch /to take/ smb.’s fancy — поразить чьё-л. воображение, понравиться, прийтись по вкусу /по душе/ (кому-л.)
the place caught my fancy at once — место сразу понравилось мне
- понимание, (художественный) вкус
to possess fancy for form — обладать чувством формы
- (the fancy) собир. энтузиасты, любители; болельщики
the great book-sale had congregated all the fancy — большой книжный аукцион собрал всех любителей
прилагательное ↓
- причудливый, затейливый, прихотливый, фантастический
fancy picture — фантастическая картина
fancy design — причудливый узор
a fancy hairdo — затейливая причёска
- орнаментальный, украшенный; фасонный
fancy bread — фигурный хлеб
fancy cakes — фасонные пирожные
fancy weaving — ткачество фасонной ткани; жаккардовое ткачество
- фигурный, непростой
fancy dives — фигурные /спортивные, сложные/ прыжки в воду
fancy swimming — фигурное плавание
fancy skating — фигурное катание
- модный; изысканный, высшего качества
fancy articles /goods/ — модные товары; безделушки; галантерея
fancy haberdasher — продавец модных товаров мужского туалета
fancy fruit — изысканные фрукты
this dress is too fancy to wear to work — это платье слишком нарядно для работы
- фантастический, экстравагантный
at a fancy price — по баснословно дорогой цене
fancy names — вымышленные экстравагантные имена
- (о животном или растении) обладающий особыми свойствами; выведенный для получения особых свойств
- пёстрый, многоцветный (о растении)
глагол ↓
- воображать, представлять себе
I can’t fancy him as a soldier! — никак не могу представить его солдатом!
fancy his doing a thing like that — подумать только, что он мог это сделать
just fancy!, only fancy! — можете себе представить!, подумайте только!
fancy that, now! — удивительно!, странно!
- предполагать, полагать
I fancy he has gone — я полагаю, что его уже нет /что он уже ушёл/
I rather fancy she isn’t happy — я не думаю, что она счастлива
- нравиться, любить
I don’t fancy this place at all — мне совсем не нравится это место
the patient may eat anything that he fancies — больной может есть всё, что захочет
what do you fancy for your dinner? — что бы ты съел на обед?
- разг. быть высокого мнения о себе, быть самодовольным, «воображать» (обыкн. to fancy oneself)
he fancies himself as an orator — он воображает себя оратором
- воображать; напрасно надеяться
he fancies that he can succeed without working hard — он воображает, что может достичь успеха без труда
- выводить вид животного или растения для получения особых свойств
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel — светская вечеринка в дорогом отеле
a sense of fancy and whimsy — ощущение фантастического и причудливого
to dig that fancy hat — заметить ту модную шляпку
distempered fancy / mind — расстроенное воображение
faerie fancy — волшебный, сказочный образ
flight of fancy — полёт фантазии
fancy footwork — причудливые движения ног
fancy car costing twenty-five gees — модная тачка ценой в двадцать пять зелёных кусков
luxuriant fancy — буйная фантазия
maggoty fancy — причудливая фантазия
fancy name — выдуманное имя
the lively play of fancy — живая игра фантазии
Примеры с переводом
Do you fancy a beer?
Хочешь пива? / Будешь пиво?
I fancy a swim.
Ужасно хочется искупаться.
All the girls fancied him.
Он нравился всем девушкам.
Do you fancy going out for an Indian?
Хочешь пойти в индийский ресторан?
It was his fancy to fly to Paris occasionally for dinner.
У него был каприз: летать в Париж обедать.
Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.
Её убеждённость в своём умении петь — не более чем фантазия.
His plans to build a new stadium are the product of pure fancy.
Его план построить новый стадион, это просто мечты.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
Fancy you being in New York too. What a turn-up for the books!
He took her out for a five-course dinner in a fancy restaurant.
…a summer romance that was an impermanent fancy, quickly forgotten…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
fancier — любитель, знаток, фантазер, мечтатель
infancy — младенчество, детство, детский возраст, период становления, несовершеннолетие
fancied — воображаемый, любимый
fancies — фасонные пирожные, галантерея, модные товары
fancily — причудливо, странно, фантастически, с фантазией
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: fancy
he/she/it: fancies
ing ф. (present participle): fancying
2-я ф. (past tense): fancied
3-я ф. (past participle): fancied
noun
ед. ч.(singular): fancy
мн. ч.(plural): fancies
adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): fancier
прев. степ. (superlative): fanciest