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English Vocab by Victorprep

Episode 65: Today's goal - aggrandize yourself up a bit!

English Vocab by Victorprep

Sam Fold

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51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The words for today are: Appropriate, Sybarite, Aggrandize, Stratagem.

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.

I run the podcast for fun and because I want to help people out there studying for tests or simply learning English.

The podcast covers a variety of words and sometimes additionally covers word roots. Using a podcast to prep for the verbal test lets you study while on the go, or even while working out!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey gang this is Sam and tonight is a Monday night and I went for a run earlier I ran a very

0:09.3

slow 5k and it was very slow because I I worked out yesterday and completely destroyed my legs.

0:17.0

So today I thought, okay, I'll try and loosen up and I'll do a 5K.

0:22.0

You know, I used to run a lot when I was younger and I thought,

0:25.0

again, I'm going to, and recently I've just started running again, 5k's 10k's and stuff.

0:30.3

But today was a horrible 5k, horrible, so sore. But because I basically can't walk now, I felt what better than record a podcast since I can't really move around because my legs are so sore and yeah so

0:46.8

this is going to be episode 65 the Victor Prep vocab podcast.

0:53.2

Let's quickly review the words from last time.

0:56.5

Those were insularity, insularity,

1:00.4

or to be insular, and that means ignorance or lack of interest in cultures or ideas or history,

1:10.3

especially things outside your own experience or outside your own area or region or country.

1:17.0

Ownerus, that means when describing a large amount of effort and difficulty. It's burdensome, it's arduous, it's very difficult.

1:31.0

It's very difficult.

1:35.0

Reproach, reproach, that's a verb and to reproach

1:41.0

someone means to address them in a way to show that you are angry with them,

1:45.6

you are disappointed with them. And our last word was Prattle. To Prattle about something is to talk foolishly and at length. So talking for a while in a foolish

1:58.4

or about stuff that doesn't matter at all, it's silly, it's inconsequential. So before we get started on the new words, as always I have

2:08.1

a quote, and this one is from the German philosopher Nietzsche. Some Americans call him Nietzsche, but I'm

2:18.0

99% sure it's pronounced Nietzsche, although if I'm wrong, please let me know.

2:24.0

So this quote, let's do it.

2:28.0

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

2:35.0

If you try it, you will be lonely often and sometimes frightened.

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