15 Stunningly Beautiful English Words YOU Should Use More Often
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Today I am going to teach you
15 beautiful English words
that I think you should use more often.
I think we should all use them more often.
I’ve selected these words
because I find that they
roll off the tongue,
well, at least some of them do,
and others just have
really beautiful meanings.
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The first beautiful English word
that I think you should
use more frequently
is number one, appealing.
Appealing.
I love the long E sound.
This means attractive or interesting.
An example, his rich vocabulary
made him sound so appealing.
This is a word that my
mother uses quite a lot.
If she sees something delicious
or smells some nice food,
she’ll always say, oh,
that looks so appealing.
It appeals to me.
It’s appealing.
Number two is ineffable.
Ineffable.
This means too great or
beautiful to describe in words.
Something so wonderful
that you can’t express
how wonderful it is.
It’s ineffable.
An example.
When I heard of their pregnancy,
I was filled with ineffable joy.
Number three is nefarious.
Nefarious.
I know a lot of learners
of English struggle
with the /eə/ sound.
Now we are always taught
to pronounce it as /e/ /a/,
together, /eə/.
However, lots of my
students find it easier
to think of it as an
extension of an /e/ sound.
/a/ /a/.
Nefarious.
It might not be what you
find in a pronunciation book
but if it helps you,
then that’s fine by me.
Now this might be a beautiful
word in my opinion, nefarious,
but it doesn’t have a
very beautiful meaning.
It means criminal or extremely bad.
I like this word because
I find it very expressive.
An example.
They hacked into my bank account
and used the funds for nefarious purposes.
Criminal, extremely bad, extremely bad.
Number four is ethereal.
Ethereal.
This means extremely light and beautiful;
seeming to belong to another
more spiritual world.
I think the word sounds beautiful
but I think the meaning is amazing.
An example.
At sunrise, the London
skyline almost looks ethereal.
Number five, if you know me well,
then you might understand
why I love this word so much.
It is epiphany.
Epiphany.
Can you guess why I like it?
It means a sudden and surprising
moment of realisation.
I chose to name my pronunciation
course after this word,
Epiphany Language Studios.
This is because I want my
students to have an epiphany,
a moment of realisation and understanding
when it comes to their language skills
and their pronunciation.
An example.
When she took the course,
she had an epiphany and
everything became clear.
Number six, short, but sweet, angst.
Angst.
It’s a feeling of great worry or concern
about your situation or your life.
You often hear teenage angst.
I wrote emotional poetry when
I was full of teenage angst.
Number seven is euphoria.
Euphoria.
This means an extremely
strong feeling of excitement
or happiness that usually
only lasts a short while.
An example.
After receiving the letter of acceptance,
I was in a state of euphoria.
Number eight is cherish.
Cherish.
This is a verb meaning to
love someone or something
very much and wanting
to protect them or it.
An example.
I will always cherish
the letter he wrote to me
before he moved away.
Number nine is eternity.
Eternity.
This simply means time without end.
For example, a mother’s
love lasts for eternity.
Number 10 is quintessence.
Quintessence.
You may have heard it’s
adjective form before,
quintessential, which
is also very beautiful,
but I think this one
is used less frequently
and I simply believe it should
be used more frequently.
It’s a very good word, quintessence.
It means the perfect example of something.
An example.
It was the quintessence of
an English country cottage.
If you see a perfect country cottage
with beautiful light
stone and roses up it,
you can say that is the quintessence
of an English country cottage.
English country cottage.
That’s a hard thing to say.
Try repeating that three times.
Number 11 is plethora.
Plethora.
This one does roll off
the tongue, plethora.
It means an amount that
is greater than is needed
or can be used.
For example.
The article contained a
plethora of information.
We’re implying that there’s
slightly too much information,
maybe in a good way,
just so much information
more than I could ever take
in, a plethora of information.
That might be one of my all
time favourites, actually,
or this next one.
Number 12, pristine.
Pristine, oh, I love this word.
It’s so expressive.
It means fresh and clean, as if new.
Her house was pristine.
It’s another that my mother uses a lot.
Her house is always pristine,
and that is true of my mother.
You could eat off her floors.
Number 13 is surreptitiously.
Surreptitiously.
It means in a quick or secret way
so that people don’t notice.
An example.
She surreptitiously slid
the check under his napkin.
Napkin is another word for serviette.
Number 14 is dulcet.
Dulcet.
This means sounding sweet or pleasant
and it’s often paired with tones.
If you’re talking about
somebody’s dulcet tones,
it means their sweet voice.
An example, I can always
recognise her dulcet tones.
I can always recognise her lovely voice.
And number 15, the last one is docile.
Docile.
This means quiet and easy to control.
We often use it to talk about animals
that are very sweet natured.
An example.
The puppy is calm and incredibly docile,
said no puppy owner ever.
(laughs)
My puppy was docile for the first week
and then it was chaos for nearly a year
and now he’s completely
docile again, not completely.
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