TEST Your English Vocabulary: Do you know these 15 advanced words?

  1. Watch the video below. What 15 advanced words are explained in the video?

2. Get ready to explain the difference between the words below:

  • what part of the speech they are (a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb)
  • what they mean
acknowledge / activate
biological / biodegradable
captivating / corrective
failure / catastrophic
deficiency / damage
dormant / lazy
facilitate / falsify
fantasy / fascination
immersion / impression
initiative / involvement
enspecting / intriguing
lucrative / impossible
monotonous / monetary
professional / proficiency
vigorously / virtually

3. Guess what word from the list above is described.

  • having an intense curiosity about something
  • to make an action or process easy
  • a state of rest or inactivity
  • an amount that is lacking or inadequate
  • involving great suffering
  • capable of attracting and holding interest
  • capable of being broken down
  • with lots of energy and passion
  • almost or practically
  • a high degree of skill and expertise
  • lacking variation
  • intended to make something right or better again
  • producing a large profit
  • something that sparks curiosity
  • a willingness to take charge and get things done
  • being completely surrounded  by something
  • to take notice of somebody / something
  • physical harm that is done to something or to a part of someone’s body, so that it is broken or injured
  • to change figures, records etc so that they contain false information