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This is the toughest vocabulary quiz I've ever created.
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Twenty questions all fill in the blank.
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But watch out, because the words are going to get tougher and tougher as we go.
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Ready to get started?
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Here comes round one.
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Good luck.
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Question one.
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Gina's apology was totally blank.
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I don't think she even regrets what she did.
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Is it frank, austere, glib, or sullen?
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If something is glib, it seems insincere or superficial.
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Gina's apology was totally glib.
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I don't think she even regrets what she did.
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Question 2.
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City officials voted to blank a new tax on short -term rentals to pay for more affordable housing.
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Is it forfeit, squander, absolve, or levy?
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To levy means to officially impose a tax or a fee for something.
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City officials voted to levy a new tax on short -term rentals to pay for more affordable housing.
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Question three.
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The chairman surrounded himself with blanks who agreed with every foolish decision he made.
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Is it toadies, curmudgeons, envoys, or skeptics?
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A toady is someone who constantly flatters or praises a superior.
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The chairman surrounded himself with toadies who agreed with every foolish decision he made.
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Question 4.
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After three days of heavy rain, the soil was thoroughly blanked.
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Is it dilated, curtailed, saturated, or occluded?
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To saturate means to fill something up completely, usually with liquid.
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After three days of heavy rain, the soil was thoroughly saturated.
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Question 5.
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Our legal system is founded on the blank that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
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Is it anomaly, axiom, vestige, or caveat?
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An axiom is a principle or a rule that's accepted as true without needing proof.
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Our legal system is founded on the axiom that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
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Question six.
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Jack calls himself an art critic, but he's really just a blank who visits galleries a few times a year.
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Is it misanthrope, dissident, voyeur, or dilettante?
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A dilettante is someone who has a superficial or shallow interest in something.
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Jack calls himself an art critic, but he's really just a dilettante who visits galleries a few times a year.
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Question seven.
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The lawyer presented a blank argument that persuaded even the most skeptical members of the jury.
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Is it credulous, erratic, cogent, or listless?
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If an argument is cogent, it's clear and convincing.
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The lawyer presented a cogent argument that persuaded even the most skeptical members of the jury.
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Well done, you've now finished round one.
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Alright, it's time for round two, and the questions are going to be a little tougher this time around.
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Good luck.
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Question eight.
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The company is investing heavily in blank technologies that might one day transform the entire industry.
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Is it moribund, nascent, profligate, or effete?
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Something nascent is emerging or just coming into existence.
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The company is investing heavily in nascent technologies that might one day transform the entire industry.
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Question 9.
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In exchange for land and protection, medieval nobles were expected to swear an oath of blank to the king.
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Is it calumny, temerity, fealty, or probity?
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Fealty is unwavering loyalty or allegiance.
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In exchange for land and protection, medieval nobles were expected to swear an oath of fealty to the king.
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Question ten.
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Many countries blank the sale of ivory to protect global elephant populations.
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Is it prescribe, lionize, inveigle, or expedite?
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To prescribe, spelled with an O, is to forbid something, or to make it illegal.
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Many countries prescribe the sale of ivory to protect global elephant populations.
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Question 11.
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I'm a complete blank when it comes to gardening.
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I just started last week.
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Is it polymath, savant, iconoclast, or neophyte?
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A neophyte is a beginner.
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I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to gardening.
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I just started last week.
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Question 12.
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The clinic provides free medical services to blank families who can't afford private care.
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Is it indigent, stolid, mendacious, or tawdry?
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The adjective indigent means impoverished or very poor.
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The clinic provides free medical services to indigent families who can't afford private care.
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Question 13.
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The sharp decline in consumer spending may blank a difficult year ahead for retailers.
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Is it circumscribe, mollify, gainsay, or auger?
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To auger means to predict, or to serve as a good or bad sign for the future.
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The sharp decline in consumer spending may auger a difficult year ahead for retailers.
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Question 14.
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The soldier spoke in a rough military blank filled with acronyms and dark humor.
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Is it dogma, codex, umbrage, or argot?
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The noun argot refers to the specific words or expressions used by a certain group of people.
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The soldier spoke in a rough military argot filled with acronyms and dark humor.
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That's two rounds down.
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Excellent work.
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Now it's time for some truly expert -level vocabulary.
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Here comes round three.
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Good luck.
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Question 15.
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During the debate, the candidates tended to avoid meaningful engagement.
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For the most part, they just repeated old party blanks.
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Is it pariahs, shibboleths, vicissitudes, or soliloquies?
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A shibboleth is a phrase or a belief that identifies someone as a member of a particular group.
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During the debate, the candidates tended to avoid meaningful engagement.
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For the most part, they just repeated old party shibboleths.
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Question 16.
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A respectful biography should avoid blank speculation about a person's private life.
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Is it aseptic, phlegmatic, tenuous, or prurient?
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The adjective prurient suggests that something takes an inappropriate interest in a person's sexual behavior.
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A respectful biography should avoid prurient speculation about a person's private life.
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Question 17.
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The actress made it clear that she would not answer personal questions, but the interviewer continued to blank her all the same.
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Is it importune, traduce, abscond, or inveigh?
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To importune someone is to pester them with questions or requests.
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The actress made it clear that she would not answer personal questions, but the interviewer continued to importune her all the same.
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Question 18.
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Mark Twain rejected ornate literary language and instead wrote in a blank style that captured the sound of everyday speech.
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Is it bellicose, recondite, demotic, or dolorous?
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The adjective demotic refers to the language or culture of the common people.
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Mark Twain rejected ornate literary language and instead wrote in a demotic style that captured the sound of everyday speech.
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Question 19.
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The bird's feathers shimmered with a blank sheen and shifted from silver to pale green in the light.
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Is it nacreous, hirsute, munificent, or friable?
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Something nacreous has an iridescent or pearl -like quality.
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The bird's feathers shimmered with a nacreous sheen and shifted from silver to pale green in the light.
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Question 20.
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The film was visually impressive, but the plot was a chaotic blank of cliches and random twists.
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Is it palimpsest, cynosure, synecdoche, or farrago?
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A Farrago is a confused or jumbled mix of things.
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The film was visually impressive, but the plot was a chaotic Farrago of cliches and random twists.
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Congratulations, you've now finished the quiz.
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I hope you'll leave a comment below and let me know your score.
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As always, thanks for watching, and until next time, keep learning and be well.
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Contesto e sfondo del video
Il video propone un quiz di vocabolario inglese avanzato, con domande a riempimento del brano che mettono alla prova la comprensione di parole non comuni. Attraverso esempi concreti, come frasi su scuse insincere o decisioni politiche, il contenuto aiuta a capire il contesto d'uso di termini come "glib", "levy" o "toady". Oltre a migliorare il lessico, questo tipo di esercizio è utile per chi vuole rafforzare la capacità di interpretare frasi complesse, un passaggio fondamentale per la comunicazione avanzata.
5 parole chiave per una comunicazione efficace
Estraendo i concetti più utili dal video, ecco 5 termini che possono trasformare la tua lingua inglese quotidiana:
- Glib: "Scusare in modo glib" significa essere insincero, un termine perfetto per descrivere situazioni di interazione sociale dove la sincerità è in dubbio.
- Levy: Usato per parlare di tasse o tassi imposti ufficialmente, è essenziale per discussioni su politica o economia.
- Toady: Indica chi adula costantemente i superiori, un vocabolo pratico per descrivere dinamiche di gruppo.
- Saturated: Per dire che qualcosa è completamente riempito (es. il suolo dopo la pioggia), utile in contesti descrittivi.
- Cogent: Un argomento "cogent" è convincente e chiaro, fondamentale per esprimere idee in modo efficace.
Guida passo passo per lo shadowing del video
Lo shadow speak (o shadowing) è una tecnica efficace per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e l'intonazione. Ecco come applicarla a questo video:
- Ascolta e ripeti: Riproduci ogni domanda e risposta lentamente, imitando la pronuncia e il tono del speaker. Concentrati su come le parole sono accorate (es. "glib" con la "g" dura).
- Analizza il contesto: Prima di ripetere, capisci il significato della frase. Questo aiuta a pronunciare con la giusta enfasi (es. "cogent" ha un accento sulla prima sillaba).
- Usa un shadowing site: Più piattaforme offrono tools per registrare la tua voce e confrontarla con l'originale, utile per correggere errori.
- Ripeti a velocità normale: Una volta confidente, prova a seguire il video alla velocità naturale. Questo rafforza la capacità di rispondere in tempo reale.
Con la pratica costante, lo shadow speech diventerà un'abitudine, migliorando non solo la pronuncia ma anche la comprensione auditiva. Ricorda: ogni parola nuova è un passo verso una lingua inglese più fluida e precisa.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've ever created · you've now finished · you've ever dreamed |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is founded · were expected |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | someone who constantly · someone who has |
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.