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English Vocab by Victorprep

92: Plucky Brit lands plane on beach...

English Vocab by Victorprep

Sam Fold

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51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The words for today are: Secrete, Plucky, Autonomous, Sanction

Today's quote is from James Hollis: What Matters Most

VictorPrep's vocab podcast is for improving for English vocabulary skills while helping you prepare for your standardized tests!

This podcast isn't only intended for those studying for the GRE or SAT, but also for people who enjoy learning, and especially those who want to improve their English skills.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello gang, this is Sam and this is episode 92 of the Victor Prep Vocal Podcast.

0:08.0

Let's quickly review the words from episode 91 we had convoluted, a

0:16.5

probrium in Kanadine and impious. Convoluted, that means, well, first of all, it's especially regarding an argument

0:28.4

or a story or piece of writing, and it means extremely complex and difficult to follow.

0:36.0

Abrobrium, that means harsh criticism or censure, means abuse. That means

0:44.3

abuse or condemnation.

0:47.8

Incarnadine.

0:49.8

Incarnadine. Incarnadine.

0:51.3

That means a bright crimson or pinkish red colour, and impious, impious, that means

1:00.6

not showing respect or reverence, especially for a God or a religion, can also

1:07.7

mean in general wicked or sinful. Now I'm going to start with today's quote and this is coming from a book I read

1:17.6

recently called What Matters Most by a guy called Dr James Hollis and I read a lot of psychology, philosophy books. This book is

1:28.0

so good and I don't say that lightly. I've already read it twice since I first read it. He's just such a good writer and he's got an amazing vocabulary too so it's a really good book to keep you on your toes with your words.

1:43.8

So I've got a quote from this book.

1:45.8

I could probably take a hundred quotes from this book.

1:48.4

But I've got this one.

1:50.0

I think it's quite good.

1:51.7

Here we go. The deep sorrow, the nostalgia we all carry for a lost home.

1:58.4

That lost home is ourselves. How do we ever make it back there?

2:03.0

Paradoxically, we can only make it back to ourselves by going forward into the unknown,

2:09.0

scary possibilities of a risky more fully lived journey.

2:15.0

Each of us is aware of many places where our story beckons,

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