The Quack Frog by Aesop for ESL students with a podcast and vocabulary practice in real context The Quack Frog is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project. Podcast of the Quack Frog Watch this video on YouTube. The Quack Frog Once upon a time, a frog came forth from his home in…
The Cat and the Mice from Aesop with a podcast and list of new vocabulary ideal for advanced ESL students to learn vocabulary in real context The Cat and the Mice is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project Video of The Cat and the Mice Watch this video on YouTube. The Cat…
The Ass and the Wolf by Aesop with video or podcast and a list of new vocabulary for ESL students. Learn new vocabulary in real context and enjoy English literature. Source of story: Gutenberg Project Video of the Ass and the Wolf Watch this video on YouTube. The Ass and the Wolf An ass was…
Grandiloquent definition in context with images and synonyms used in authentic context to improve your reading comprehension and enrich your vocabulary at the same time. /grænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ (adj) Grandiloquent definition a particular style or use of language which is pompous or lofty to seek admiration or indicate the speaker or writer’s importance, haughty, florid, bombastic, orotund,…
Coy definition in context with images in visual dictionary and thesaurus for advanced ESL students. /kɔɪ/ (adj) Coy definition (usually of women) pretending to be shy or modest, timid, bashful, diffident, coquettish, pretentiously shy, reserved, self-effacing, reticent, unassured, demure Video of coy Watch this video on YouTube. Coy in context A friend (who likes me)…
Sententious meaning and synonyms from the book, 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam used in real context. Improve your reading and listening comprehension and ability with the word, sententious. /senˈten.tʃəs/ (adj) Sententious meaning pretending to appear wise and important in a pompous way, expressive, eloquent, full of aphorism, moralizing or moralistic,…
Pretentious 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam with text-to-speech functionality to practice listening comprehension and in authentic passages to improve your reading in our visual dictionary and thesaurus /prɪˈtent.ʃəs/ (adj) Definition trying to prove or show that you’re more important than you really are, bombastic, bumptious, pontifical, ostentatious, grandiose, exaggerated, overambitious,…
Pontifical 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam used in authentic and short passages with illustrations in our visual dictionary and thesaurus to improve your listening and reading comprehension /pɒnˈtɪfɪk(ə)l/ (adj) Definition pompous and bombastic, arrogant, dogmatic, domineering, self-important, pontificating, authoritarian, opinionated, grandiose, bumptious, superior, pretentious, portentous, stubborn, swaggering, pertinacious relating to…
Bombastic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/ (adj) Definition using difficult words to show you’re more important than you really are, pompous, long-winded, magniloquent, declamatory, verbose, euphuistic, pretentious, turgid, grandiloquent, affected, sonorous, ostentatious, grandiose, high-flown, orotund, rhetorical Example The word verbosity comes from Latin verbosus, “wordy”. There are many other English words that also refer to the…
Turgid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈtɜː.dʒɪd/ (adj) Definition swollen or distended with fluid, stuffy, inflated, florid, bloated – pompous and overcomplicated, pretentious, stilted, self-important, magniloquent, affected, grandiose Example A plasmolyzed plant cell has gaps between the cell wall and the cell membrane. This occurs when a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution. Water molecules…