How big is your vocabulary? do you think you've got a good grasp on the English
language? Well I have a handful of words for you that you probably have never
heard of and that's because these words rarely appear and this is why they're
deemed some of the hardest in the English language. Most natives do not
know them so by learning them you are gonna be one step ahead of most people
and I have to admit that I didn't know any of these words before making this
video. Now I've broken this video down into three parts so that you have time
to digest some of the information so if you do enjoy this one be sure to come
back and watch the other two. So now let's open our minds and stretch our
vocabulary and in order to ensure that these words go in and stay in our minds
I would like you to write a sentence for each of these words, if not, at least a
couple of them. Number one: captious captious this is an adjective and it
means that you tend to find fault or that you make petty objections to things.
That can be annoying. For example: His wife was a captious woman. Number two
Bibulous Bibulous if you are Bibulous then you are excessively fond of drinking
alcohol. So I might say they were certainly a bibulous bunch. Word number
three malapropism malapropism that's a mouthful malapropism malapropism is the
mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding word often with an
amusing effect for example I might say flamingo instead of flamenco and the
example sentence you cannot deny the amusement that malapropism brings to a
language teacher's life. Number four tricorn, tricorn this can be used as an
adjective or a noun as an adjective it describes a hat which has a brim turned
up on three sides and as a noun it describes the hat which
has a turn up on three sides here are some example sentences with these
costumes we should be wearing tricorn hats especially if we want to appear
authentic he stood looking at her longingly with his tricorn under his arm
Next we have tenebrous tenebrous this is a literary adjective and it means dark
shadowy or obscure for example his deep tenebrous voice made me feel uneasy. Next
we have braggadocio braggadocio braggadocio is a noun and it means
boastful or arrogant behavior for example spend a few moments on YouTube
and you will see many examples of braggadocio next we have Bruit Bruit which
sounds exactly the same as this word Brute Brute but it has a completely
different meaning this word can be used as a verb or a noun as verb it means to
spread usually a rumour widely so you spread a rumour widely for example I
might say it is widely bruited among my viewers that I am a big fan of sprouts
which of course is not true but as a noun this is a medical term which means
a sound especially an abnormal sound which is heard through a stethoscope
like a murmur for example if you listen closely doctor you will note that an
arterial bruit can be heard over the liver. The next word is probably one of
my new favorite words and it is embonpoint this certainly doesn't
sound English I'm sure we borrowed this from the French but it means the fleshy
plump parts of the body particularly a woman's
bosom she was loved for many reasons not least for her glorious embonpoint
next we have pabulum pabulum now pabulum is a mass noun and it basically means
bland or insipid intellectual matter or bland or insipid entertainment and the
example sentence is Facebook has taken steps to clear our news feeds of the
uninvited pabulum which is apparently getting us down. So if you've taken any
of those words on board you have just enriched your English vocabulary with
some of the hardest words in our language don't forget there are two more
parts to this video if I've already made those parts then they will be in the
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bell notification button so that you're notified when I do release them and you
can enrich your vocabulary even further. Ok I'm going to stop with this pabulum
now take care see you soon