Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
Are you ready to test your English vocabulary today? Let's do it.
Get ready to learn 15 advanced English words for daily conversation. All of these words are a C1
level. That means that the Council of Europe has decided that they are advanced-level words. But
just a little note, these are words that Americans will use in daily conversation. They're not words
like convivial that we never actually use to talk about our lives, so I hope that these
words will be advanced, but also useful to you. What we're going to do is I'm going to show you a
sentence with a blank. There will be two options. You can choose which word fits best in the blank,
and then I will explain it after three seconds. So you will have three seconds to decide
which word is the best. Are you ready? Put on your test thinking caps and let's get started
with the first sentence. Number one. My cat won't even me unless I'm holding a bag of treats. My cat
won't even acknowledge me, or my cat won't even activate me. Which one is the best answer? Three,
two, one. My cat won't even acknowledge me unless I'm holding a bag of treats. Typical cat, right?
This means that my cat won't take notice of me. They'll just walk away. They don't care about
being pet. They don't care about being part of the family. They just want treats. They
just want food. So that's the only time that they acknowledge me is when I have some treats or some
food to give them. Let's go to sentence number two. I prefer to buy products with packaging. I
prefer to buy products with biological packaging, or I prefer to buy products with biodegradable
packaging. These words seem pretty similar, right? But which one do you think is the best answer?
Three, two, one. I prefer to buy products with biodegradable packaging. The important word here
is degradable. That means that it's capable of being broken down after five years or 10 years
or maybe 50 years. That packaging is not plastic. That packaging is biodegradable. It will become
dirt again and this is good for the environment. There is biodegradable packaging. All right,
let's go to our next sentence. Number three. The lead actor was so, it's no surprise
that he won an award for his role. The lead actor was so captivating,
or the lead actor was so corrective. Which one is the best? Three, two, one. You can say the lead
actor was so captivating, it's no surprise that he won an award for his role. The word
captivating means that he or maybe some other item can be captivating as well is capable of
keeping your attention or keeping your interest. Sometimes when we use this word for people,
we could also say that they are charming. Their personality attracts you. They are captivating.
You can't stop talking to them, or you can't stop listening to them or watching their performance.
If you are a good actor, your performance is captivating. And who knows? Maybe you'll win
an award. All right, let's go to the next sentence. Number four.
The damage caused by the flooding was for the village. The damage caused by the flooding was
failure for the village, or the damage caused by the flooding was catastrophic for the village.
Which one of these C1 level words is correct? Three, two, one.
The damage caused by the flooding was catastrophic for the village. This means that it involved a
lot or great danger or damage. The flood maybe completely destroyed all of the houses, or all of
the crops, or something really important for the village. Floods are really scary. Mother Nature
is no joke. So maybe we could say that the flood was catastrophic for the village. All right, let's
go to the next sentence. Number five. Not eating enough fruits and vegetables can cause vitamin.
Can cause vitamin deficiency, or can cause vitamin damage.
Both of these words kind of seem similar, right? But there's only one correct answer,
and you only have three seconds to choose. Three, two, one. The correct answer is not eating enough
fruits and vegetables can cause vitamin deficiency. Deficiency means that there is a
lacking or not enough vitamins in your body. Just as a little grammar note, we can say
it can cause vitamin deficiency, or it can cause a vitamin deficiency. You can either
have the word a or not and both are completely fine. All right, let's go to our next question.
Number six. The seeds that were during the winter grew into beautiful flowers in the spring.
The seeds that were dormant, or the seeds that were lazy. Hmm. Three, two, one. The seeds that
were dormant in the winter grew into beautiful flowers in the spring. Both of these words have a
similar meaning. Dormant and lazy means that there is some inactivity. There's no activity going on.
But we use the word dormant for plants. We use the word lazy for people.
And if you want to talk about animals, especially during the winter, we use the word hibernate.
Bears hibernate, depending on how cold it is, where they're living. They stay in their
cave all winter, and they don't eat much food. There are other animals as well that hibernate.
They don't do much activity during the winter. So we use those three words in different categories.
All right, let's go to our next sentence. Number seven. Technology has been used to
working from home. Technology has been used to facilitate working from home, or
technology has been used to falsify working from home. Hmm. Which one of these is the best?
Three, two, one. Technology has been used to facilitate working from home. This means
that with technology, there is an action or process that becomes easy or easier to do.
It would be pretty tough for a lot of people to work from home without technology. So
thanks to technology, it facilitates, it makes it easier for us to work from home.
Number eight. I have always had a with medieval history.
I have always had a fantasy with medieval history, or I have always had a fascination
with medieval history. Which one of these is best? Three, two, one. I have always had a fascination
with medieval history. This means that I have a great interest and curiosity
about medieval history. And this is true. This is a not very well-documented part of
history, so the little documents that we do have about it are really precious and so fascinating.
All right, let's go to our next sentence. Number nine. One great way to practice language
is to watch movies and TV shows in the language that you want to learn, like English.
One great way to practice language immersion, or one great way to practice language impression.
Which one of these words is best? Three, two, one. One great way to practice language
immersion is to watch movies and TV shows in the language that you want to learn. This is a
great tip. Not always the easiest thing to do. I have a lot of videos on my channel helping you to
take steps to get closer to watching movies and TV shows in English, but it is a great way to
immerse yourself or to have language immersion. That means that you're completely surrounded
figuratively or literally in the language. When you're listening to that movie,
maybe you're even watching the English subtitles, you are in an English world. You are immersed
in English. If you'd like to check out some of my videos that give tips about how to understand
fast English, how to be able to understand TV shows and movies without subtitles, check out
this video that I made up here. All right, let's go to our next question. Number 10. My boss was
impressed that I took the to lead the project. My boss was impressed that I took the initiative
to lead the project, or my boss was impressed that I took the involvement to lead the project. Hmm.
Three, two, one. My boss was impressed that I took the initiative to lead the project.
This means that you have a willingness or a desire to get things done, to do something. To
take the initiative is a fixed phrase that we often use. And we might encourage young people
to take the initiative. Don't wait for someone to tell you to pick your clothes up off the floor.
You should take the initiative. You should be willing to just do
that yourself without waiting for someone to tell you what to do. Take the initiative. Take
the initiative with your English learning. That's what you're doing right now. You're the one who
searched online to find English lessons. No one is forcing you to do this. You are taking the
initiative to improve your English. Great! All right, let's go to our next sentence. Number 11.
The documentary about outer space was. The documentary about outer space was inspecting, or
the documentary about outer space was intriguing. Hmm. Which one of these I words is best? Three,
two, one. The documentary about outer space was intriguing.
We already talked about the word fascinating, and there's a slight difference here with the
word intriguing. This means that it makes you want to ask more questions. You become curious. Yes,
you are fascinated or interested in the documentary about outer space, but it also
sparks some curiosity in you. We can imagine some dry wood. When that wood gets close to some fire,
there is a flame that goes up. This is kind of like what happens inside
of you when you become curious about something. So when you see something intriguing, you want
to find out more. You want to ask more. There is a spark inside of you that has grown into a little
flame and you want to learn more. It's intriguing. I hope that my English lessons are intriguing.
They make you want to ask more questions and learn more and kind of go down that path of learning.
At least that's the goal. All right, let's go to our next sentence. Number 12.
My plan to shovel snow for money became overnight when we got 12 inches of snow. Yes!
My plan to shovel snow for money became lucrative, or my plan to shovel snow for
money became impossible. Hmm. If we got a lot of snow, 12 inches overnight, what do you think that
means for my plan to make money if people want to pay me to shovel their driveways? Well,
what do you think is the best answer here? Three, two, one. My plan to shovel snow for money became
lucrative overnight when we got 12 inches of snow. If you want to make money and you have a shovel
and you're strong and you have energy, you can knock on your neighbor's door and say, "Hey, pay
me some money and I will shovel your driveway." Maybe you can make a lot of money because there's
suddenly a lot of snow. And that's what the word lucrative means. It means there is a possibility
of making a lot of money. It is a lucrative business to shovel snow for your neighbors
if you live in a cold climate. If you live in a warm climate, it's not lucrative to shovel snow.
Maybe you can get a lawn mower and cut people's grass, or you can walk their dogs. You can do
other things that might be lucrative, but shoveling snow will not be that thing if you live
in the South. All right, let's go to our next sentence. Number 13. The professor's lectures
always made me fall asleep in class. I hope that's not true for my lessons.
The professor's monotonous lectures, or the professor's monetary lectures.
Which one do you think is best here? Which one would make you fall asleep? Three, two, one.
The professor's monotonous lectures always made me fall asleep in class. Monotonous means there's
no variety. This often means that your tone of voice has no ups and downs. You are just speaking
like this. You should learn about this topic. So boring. So monotonous. There's no variety. Either
there's no variety in the topic or also in your voice. That can be monotonous. All right, let's go
to our next sentence. Number 14. With enough time and practice, it's possible to reach in almost any
skill. It's possible to reach professional. It's possible to reach proficiency. These
words seem pretty similar, right? But only one of them is correct. Think about it. Three, two, one.
With enough time and practice, it's possible to reach proficiency in almost any skill.
Can I say that, in almost, almost any skill. Here we have a fixed expression, to reach proficiency.
This means that you are really good at it to be proficient, to know a lot about something.
We often use this expression, to reach fluency. This is the same
idea as reaching proficiency. You are reaching. You are going to a high level, and you are kind
of like a master. You are able to do that with few mistakes. All right, let's go to our last
sentence. See if you can get our final vocabulary word. Number 15. My sister denied borrowing my
jacket, but I saw it hanging in her closet. My sister vigorously denied borrowing my jacket,
or my sister virtually denied borrowing my jacket. Hmm. Which one is the best here? Three,
two, one. My sister vigorously denied borrowing my jacket, but I saw it hanging up in her closet.
Here, the word vigorously means with lots of energy and passion. So we could imagine I say to
my sister, "Hey, did you borrow my jacket? I can't find it," and she says, "No, no, no. I didn't
borrow it. I never borrowed. I don't like that jacket. I'm not going to borrow it? No, no, no."
This is with a lot of passion, and maybe it could make you a little suspicious. Maybe she really
did borrow your jacket. So here we're saying vigorously denied. "No, no, no, I didn't do it."
Vigorously denied borrowing my jacket. Great work practicing all of these 15 C1 advanced
level vocabulary words. I have a question for you. Let me know in the comments what was your score
and will you take the initiative to use one of these words in the comments? Leave an intriguing
comment, a fascinating comment below. I can't wait to read it, and thank you so much for learning
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