This is how you upgrade your English
Ha, Kiek is going to hate me for sharing this with you, but have you seen her interview recently with Mario (click, click, click)? Well, here's the thing. Kiek can manage just fine in English, but when you're lying next to Mario in bed and he gives you a serenade, well, you naturally get a bit warm and some silly babble comes out of your mouth. ‘You can sing, uh, really high.’ Kiek, I love you. But next time, I would go for something like: ‘I’m perplexed, that was sublime’ or something like that.
Are you studying in English? Planning to apply to an English-speaking company or have you hooked an Englishman ? Here are some words to add to your vocabulary so that your English gets an upgrade:
Abominable
If something is really terribly bad, you often hear ‘bad’ or ‘awful’. Switch it up a bit, go for ‘abominable’. Perhaps a tongue twister at first, but repeat after me: ah-bauhm-in-ahbul.
Assiduous
This means that someone is hardworking and diligent. Always handy to use when you want to apply somewhere and you want to describe yourself a bit differently than a ‘hard worker.’
Ebullient
Replace the word ‘enthusiastic’ and use this once, I bet the English will get excited (ha, see what I did there?) when you are ‘ebullient.’.
Enthralling
Instead of finding everything interesting, you now find everything ‘enthralling.’.
Impertinent or impudent
Hopefully, you are not this yourself, but instead of ‘unfriendly’ or ‘rude’, someone is ‘impertinent’ or ‘impudent’. The office mean girl, so to speak. By the way, this is how to deal with her.
Mendacious
Are you dealing with someone who lies until they drop? Replace the word ‘liar’ and go for ‘mendacious.’.
Mundane
‘Boring’ is actually quite a boring word, right? Here’s your newest variant: ‘mundane.’.
Outstanding
You probably already knew this one, but it is used a lot less than ‘excellent.’.
Repudiate
You use this when you want to reject something or refuse to accept it.
Vacuous
Look, we all know the word ‘stupid’, but it always sounds, well, stupid. Go for vacuous, then at least the dumb thing you’re talking about sounds a bit chic. Or ‘dimwitted’, that works too.
Winsome
That charming man you met last night is ‘winsome’. Although Prince Winsome doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as nicely as Prince Charming, but still...
Okay, that was the English lesson again on Monday afternoon. Toodles.
