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English Vocab by Victorprep

Word Test 8 (Episodes 71-80)

English Vocab by Victorprep

Sam Fold

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51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This episode tests the listener on the words learned in the eighth set of ten episodes of the podcast (71-80).

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.

If you have comments or questions and suggestions, please contact me at @SamFold or send me an email at [email protected]

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello there, happy Monday. As you may have realized, we've done 80 episodes now, and as always, after every 10 episodes we do a test.

0:10.0

So today is the test episode for episode 71 through 80.

0:17.1

So I'm just gonna go through the last 40 words

0:20.2

and take your time, listen to the actual word itself, and if you can, pause, think about what the meaning is.

0:30.0

Don't worry if you get any wrong, That's normal. That's learning right?

0:34.9

When you're learning anything you're going to get it wrong enough times before you get it right so not a big deal

0:40.3

All right, so without further ado, let's get started with this word test.

0:47.0

Redress. Redress. To redress means to remedy or set right a situation, especially to set right an undesirable or some unfair situation.

1:05.0

itinerant. itinerant.

1:06.0

To be itinerant means traveling from place to place,

1:11.0

or to be an itinerant, so a noun, to be an itinerant means to be a person who travels

1:17.8

from place to place, a traveler or a wanderer to a sail means to make a concerted or violent attack to assault to charge or storm. Encombeum, Encombeum is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

1:50.0

Or, or, B-O-O-O-R, not the animal.

1:57.0

A-O-M-O-R is an unrefined or ill-mannered person.

2:02.0

Could also be a country bumpkin or a yokel. Paragon, a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of some particular quality.

2:16.0

So that person could be a paragon of hard work.

2:20.5

Lion eyes.

2:22.3

Lion eyes means to give a lot of public attention or approval to someone to treat them as a

2:29.4

celebrity to lionize them. Obsequious, that means obedient or attentive to an excessive or

2:40.2

exaggerated degree, to sycophantic.

2:47.7

Tyro.

2:49.7

Tyro.

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