today's lesson is all about building
your vocabulary what's up everyone my
name is Wes this is interactive English
which is all about helping you practice
and improve your English skills and the
way we're going to do that today is by
building your vocabulary I am going to
teach you some advanced adjectives that
you can use to describe people and this
is useful because we often like to talk
about ourselves and describe our
personality and as well as talk about
those around us so I'm going to teach
you the meaning of the word as well as
give you an example sentence so that you
can see how the adjective is used in
context these advanced words also happen
to be some of my favorite adjectives so
are you ready let's begin the first word
that I have for you is Frank and what it
means is that that somebody is very
direct in the way that they speak
they're very open they're honest they
they're not shy about telling you what's
on their mind you would say that that
person is frank often I think of
somebody making the statement and saying
you know I'm gonna be frank with you I'm
getting ready to tell you what's on my
mind I'm not gonna hold back I'm gonna
be frank with you she was Frank about
her job experience during the interview
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your English the next word I have for
you is boisterous and this adjective
means someone who is energetic cheerful
and may even be a bit noisy so I think
that it's not always a permanent part of
your personality perhaps somebody is
usually boisterous but I think all of us
can be boisterous from time to time I
think it depends on the situation
the people that were with and if we're
really loud and energetic and cheerful
then somebody might say wow you are
boisterous after a few drinks he became
rather boisterous then we have
persistent and what this word means is
somebody who is continuing to do
something or trying to do something in a
very determined way but often kind of an
unreasonable way that you are just not
going to give up you are persistent and
you're gonna keep going until you you
achieve your goal and you get what you
want so it can be a good thing and that
you know don't give up always be
persistent keep trying but it may also
be a bad thing because if somebody is
too persistent that that could get a bit
annoying and you might want that person
to go away and you tell them get the
hell out of here you persistent little
so keep that in mind if you're thinking
about whether or not you should be
persistent the coach was persistent when
trying to recruit new athletes for the
team next is unassuming and this means
somebody who is not arrogant somebody
who is not trying to get all of the
attention and I think it's usually
describing somebody
personality and you might say that
somebody has an unassuming manner that
they don't try to stand out and get all
the attention they can be rather
unassuming the students unassuming
behavior meant that the teacher hardly
noticed her the next adjective is
intimidating and this is not a good word
if somebody's using it to describe you
because what it means is that somebody
is making you feel frightened or afraid
so we could say that somebody might have
an intimidating personality or maybe if
you're just looking at their face
perhaps they have an intimidating look
during our first meeting the new boss
was intimidating
the next word and and this is one that I
really like is pragmatic it means that
that somebody is solving a problem in a
sensible way that you are taking a
realistic approach in trying to solve
this problem so I often think of
somebody who has a lot of common sense
who's very reasonable you could say that
they are pragmatic I like to think of
myself as being pragmatic but but I'll
be frank with you you know that that's
not always the case
the team was pragmatic in their approach
to solving difficult issues then we have
pretentious now this is not a good
adjective to describe another person
because it means that someone is trying
to appear smarter and sound a bit more
clever than they really are so I often
think about somebody who might be
talking about art or literature and
they're trying to pretend that they know
so much you could say that this person
that they're being a little pretentious
he's so pretentious when he's talking
about art I can't stand to be around him
the next adjective is cynical and
another it's another good one because I
think I can definitely be cynical and
it's just the belief that that other
people are motivated by their own
self-interests so for example I think
especially when it comes to politics I'm
a bit cynical I think many people are
cynical when talking about politics so
that's a great example as to when you
might hear or even use this word she's
always been so cynical when it comes to
politicians
the next adjective and and this is a
little more slang and that is cocky and
if someone is cocky it just means that
they are confident usually in a bit of
an arrogant and unpleasant way and it
can be kind of rude if somebody's cocky
because that means that they think that
they're the best they're number one and
you would say that okay this person is
cocky I think we often use this word
when talking about sports and
competition and people always like to
say how good they are that they're gonna
beat their opponent and you could say
you know yeah they're being a bit cocky
I think all of us have been cocky at one
point or another whether it's talking
about you know our school performance
our work performance or like I said
sports nobody wanted to see him win
because of his cocky attitude
next is conceited and this should be
easy because it has a similar meaning to
cocky so somebody who is conceited it
just means that they are too proud of
their actions and abilities they think
very highly of themselves and you could
say okay this person is a bit conceited
he sounded so conceited when he told
everyone he was the top salesman in the
company the next adjective is vain and
it also has a bit of a similar meaning
to conceited and cocky so if somebody is
vain it just means that they have a
strong interest in their appearance or
or even their abilities but often I
think it's usually talking about
somebody's appearance the way that they
look the way they style their hair the
clothes that they wear and maybe they're
always looking at themselves in the
mirror and thinking wow I am just so
amazing then you could say you know that
that person they're pretty vain she's so
vain she's always looking at herself in
the mirror
then we have diplomatic which is a
positive adjective if you want to
describe someone who has the ability to
avoid offending others or even hurting
their feelings that this is a person
who's great at solving problems if
people are having some sort of conflict
or disagreement you would want somebody
to help them help them solve the problem
and you need somebody who is diplomatic
she's great at settling people's
arguments because she's so diplomatic
the next word is affable and if somebody
is affable that just means that they are
friendly and easy to talk to so you
might be talking about your friend your
neighbor your teacher your boss and you
could say wow they're they're affable
they're easy to get along with easy to
talk to very friendly I think I I could
say that all of you are affable because
you're very easy to talk to you you
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just moved to the neighborhood and the
people next door seemed affable and
welcoming the next word is chatty now I
think many of you might be familiar with
this adjective because to chat to
someone just means to talk so if you're
describing somebody and you're saying
that they are chatty it means that they
are talking a lot and usually in an
informal way so if somebody's chatty
they'll pretty much talk to you about
anything when he's nervous he becomes a
bit chatty
then we have one more word that I just
wanted to give you but this word is a
noun it's not an adjective but it's also
a word that can be used to describe
someone and that is a klutz and if
someone is a klutz then that just means
that they are very clumsy uh you know
perhaps a little foolish a little
awkward
I often associate it with with somebody
who's clumsy and I think of a person
who's always knocking things over or
dropping things and I think wow that
person there are real klutz so that's a
bonus one for you because it's not an
adjective it's a noun but it's one that
I think we can all relate to because at
one point or another I think we've all
been a klutz and you know we've just
been clumsy so I want to be diplomatic
in my approach and I certainly don't
want to be intimidating when I ask you
to write to me in the comments and let
me know which of these adjectives
describe you how would you describe
yourself let me know in the comments I
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much for watching and I will see you
next time