hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy how would you rate your English vocabulary range on a scale of one to 10 one being I know nearly nothing to 10 which is I ate a dictionary for breakfast well today I'm going to help you test your vocabulary knowledge with 15 beautiful words we'll start with some fairly common words and we'll gradually build up to Super Advanced words that even proficient speakers of English might not know what do you think are you ready for the challenge Mega important there's a free pdf that you can download that goes with this video and in this PDF you won't just find the 15 words we've also added 15 bonus words to really give your vocabulary a boost there's also a link that will take you to some interactive vocabulary exercises to test you on the 30 words you'll learn in the PDF I've also included some top tips to help you memorize any words that are new for you to downlo this Mega PDF and exercise pack just click on the link in the description box or you can even scan the QR code then just enter your name and your email address after that you'll automatically receive my free weekly PDFs alongside my news course offers and updates it's a totally free service and you can unsubscribe at any time with these words I will say them once so you can think about whether you recognize it and then when I say it the second time I'll show it on screen let's get get the ball rolling with a relatively easy word reckon reckon does it ring any bells here it is in a complete sentence I reckon it's going to rain soon have you got it recken is an informal verb that means think or believe we use it so often in British English I reckon that I use it around a hundred times a day number two core core notice how I don't pronounce the a in core there's no Ur sound there it's just that long vowel sound or cor an example using core my dad reading me a story before bed is one of my core childhood memories core is such a beautifully versatile word as a noun it means the central or middle part of something like an apple core or the Earth core when used as an adjective it usually refers to the central or key part of something a core memory is significant memory from your childhood it's often something that has a direct impact on your personality we also often talk about core beliefs or core values number three deliberate deliberate the teacher made a deliberate mistake to check if the students were still paying attention if you've never heard this word before can you guess its meaning from the context a deliberate action is intentional we can also say the teacher made a mistake on purpose the opposite of deliberate is unintentional or by accident British English in American English they also say on accident we favor by accident in British English now deliberate has an sound at the end theah deliberate you will also hear it squeezed down to three syllables deliberate deliberate in fast spoken English be careful though there is also a verb that is spelled in exactly the same way but it has a different meaning and pronunciation the verb form is to deliberate deliberate with a at the end words like this are called heteronyms and I've included some more examples in the PDF bonus point if you know what deliberate means if you deliberate something you think about it very carefully for example the judges deliberated for hours before reaching their final decision time for number four elsewhere elsewhere notice how the main stress is on the second syllable elsewhere here is the word in context any idea what it means the the restaurant is fully booked we'll have to go elsewhere there's actually a bit of a clue in the word itself to go elsewhere means to go somewhere else elsewhere somewhere else I think it's a beautiful word the way that somewhere else is inverted to become elsewhere we usually use it after a verb like we did in the example sentence okay how are you getting on so far let's do number five grab grab for example someone just grabbed my bag and ran off with it grab literally means to take hold of something very quickly often using Force but we can also use grab as a casual expression meaning to get something to eat or drink quickly it's a great phrase that we use all the time for example we've got 30 minutes before the next meeting should we go and grab a coffee obviously I'm not going to snatch the coffee like that we're just going to get it quickly it implies speed number six ready I love this vowel sound urge urge I love this word but it can be tricky to pronounce because of the long vowel sound at the beginning uh imagine you've just seen something that's disgusting and say uh it's the same sound you find in world and work urge how have you heard this word before okay let's look at the meaning can you replace urge with a synonym in this sentence the government urged the public to remain calm it's a pretty formal word you might have heard it on the news still not sure maybe you can think of another word that begins with the letters u r g and e we have urgent this has the same root or origin as urge it's similar in meaning to recommend but it's stronger the structure is to urge somebody to do something it's also often used in the passive for example she was urged to follow safety procedures at all times okay here comes lucky number seven gig gig I've just bought tickets for the Coldplay gig in September gig is another word for concert we normally use it with popular music concerts like pop rock or Jazz we don't normally say a classical music gig here the word concert would be more appropriate musicians or comedians do or play a gig but most of us go to a gig sometimes it's used in a slang way to mean a job I've got a gig as a children's party Entertainer for example it's like a oneoff it can also be used as a verb and I've left more information about all of this and all of the other words plus some more in the PDF the links in the description okay we're over halfway through now and we're moving things up a notch to some advanced level words number eight I love how this word sounds cling cling here it is in a sentence he always clings to his girlfriend's arm when they watch horror films together so if you cling to or onto something you hold it very tightly usually because you're afraid you probably have some cling film in your kitchen it's also known as plastic wrap we use it to cover food tightly so if you describe a person as clingy clingy what are you saying it's a fairly disapproving adjective meaning that a person depends on another person too much and lacks Independence we often use it to describe children or part parners who are perhaps a bit too possessive for example Sarah is a clingy child she never leaves her mother's side ready for number nine we're moving into Super Advanced territory now gabble gabble he got nervous in the interview and started to gabble if you gabble you speak so quickly that people find it difficult to understand you we often use it with the prepositions on and Away what do you tend to to gabble on about or gabble away about I have to admit I tend to gabble on a bit about Spain I'm here right now and I love it number 10 this is a word that I learned fairly recently and now that I know what it means I see and hear it everywhere it's a regular verb Gaslight Gaslight for example the boss made a mistake and then gaslighted me into thinking it was my fault to Gaslight means to manipulate someone's memory of an event and this usually involves trying to make somebody believe things that aren't true in an attempt to control them if someone gaslights you you might start to doubt your memory of an event and you're probably thinking what on Earth does this come from well interestingly this term comes from the 1930s British play called gasl light in which a man manages to convince his wife that she has a mental illness really creepy number 11 we have ghost ghost now I know you're thinking Lucy there's no way that ghost is an advanced word well you're not wrong the noun ghost is definitely an intermediate word but could you use ghost as a verb here's an example we chatted online for over a year and then she completely ghosted me if you ghost somebody you suddenly stop all communic ation with someone without explanation you simply and then I'll go down like this disappear we often use the term with online relationships but you could also be ghosted by a friend or someone you're dating in person or in real life it's quite sad actually let's move on to number 12 to another word I love saying finicky finicky this word has two meanings so let's hear it in context I'm a bit finicky when it comes to coffee so I always buy from the same independent coffee shop another example different meaning can you help me put this shelf together it's a bit finicky so in the first sentence finicky means fussy it's a disapproving adjective which means that you worry too much about certain things this worrying can make it difficult for you to be happy or satisfied with something in the second sentence assembling the furniture is finicky because it requires a lot of attention to detail as there may be lots of small parts okay we are on the home straight now our final three words number 13 situationship situationship an example I'd love to move things on from being in a situationship to actually being boyfriend and girlfriend any ideas this is a great word to use when you're more more than friends with somebody but you're not officially dating or in a serious relationship it's a blend of the word situation and relationship and it's being used more and more frequently number 14 ableism ableism do you recognize any parts of this word able or ISM perhaps you're familiar with the words racism sexism and feminism here's the word in context as a wheelchair user Sally is forced to face ableism on a daily basis ableism refers to discrimination against disabled people and I love this word because it draws attention to unacceptable attitudes and behaviors towards people with mental and physical disabilities okay now it's time for our final word of the day and this is a word that I most definitely relate to nomophobia nomophobia perhaps you recognize the last part of the word phobia here's the word in context she has a severe case of nomophobia she can't go anywhere without her mobile phone so a phobia is an extreme fear of something and nomophobia is a fear of not having your mobile phone something I can kind of relate to although I'm trying to spend more time away from my mobile phone okay that brings us to the end of today's lesson how many of these wonderful words did you already know and which one is your favorite let me know in the comments section as I said there are 15 more words in the PDF and we go into loads more detail and you'll also find that link for the interactive exercise pack I think you'll really like it just click on the link in the description box to 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