isn't it really frustrating when you're
trying to have an argument with someone
and you just can't find the words oh
it's even worse if English is not your
first language and you don't have the
vocabulary to begin with so right now
I'm going to give you five words to help
you sound smart when you argue hi guys
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a look at those five smart sounding
words shall we number one
exacerbate eggs us abate if you
exacerbate a situation you make it worse
so let's imagine you have a very small
fire and you throw oil onto the fire you
are exacerbating the fire because you
will make that fire so much bigger and
so much worse than when it started so I
could say to you David you need to leave
right now because you are exacerbating
the situation so just leave and come
back tomorrow number two beleaguered
beleaguered if something or someone is
beleaguered then it means it has lots of
troubles it's constantly being pressured
it's constantly having problems
it is beleaguered under a lot of weight
so I could say to you my poor
beleaguered mother is constantly having
to deal with issues with the council
with the neighbors and with her family
now just leave her alone
number three quid pro quo quid pro quo
this is Latin and it means this for that
an exchange if I give you something you
give me something back
quid pro quo so I could say no I didn't
give you that for free I
gave that as a quid pro quo for use of
your car this weekend
number four quintessential
quintessential quintessential means a
typical example of something very
specific or a person who's very specific
for example I could be talking about
chocolate chip cookies that I make in my
factory and I might say no we should
only sell our quintessential cookies
which use our milk from our factory that
is what makes them quintessential and
finally number five vitriol vitriol
vitriol is a noun and it basically means
immense hatred either spoken or written
immense hatred so hate on another level
so I could say to you never in my life
have I experienced such an attack of
fury and vitriol so there you have it
five more words to help you to sound
smarter when you are arguing they were
exacerbate beleaguered quid pro quo
quintessential and vitriol if you did
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not to get into too many arguments and
goodbye