ADVANCED VOCABULARY

75
POWERFUL
WORDS
IN ENGLISH

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THE WORD BETTER YOUR PRACTICE

WITH VERY ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE

Very angry furious, irate, enraged

apprehensive, restless,
Very anxious
fretful
awful, deplorable,
Very bad 
appalling
gorgeous, stunning,
Very beautiful exquisite
tedious, dreary,
Very boring
mind-numbing
brilliant, dazzling, radiant,
Very bright
blinding
competent, proficient,
Very capable
skillful
meticulous, fastidious,
Very careful
precise
spotless, immaculate,
Very clean
stainless

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transparent, sheer,
Very clear
translucent
astute, brilliant, sharp,
Very clever
ingenious

Very cold frigid, bitter, icy

Very confident poised, self-assured

baffled, mystified,
Very confused
clueless

Very curious inquisitive, quizzical

adorable, delightful,
Very cute
charming
unsafe, treacherous,
Very dangerous
dicey
unusual, distinctive,
Very different
atypical

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complicated, complex,
Very difficult
demanding

Very dirty filthy, foul, grimy

Very dry arid

effortless, uncomplicated,
Very easy
simple
mortified, humiliated,
Very embarrassed
ashamed

Very enthusiastic zealous, eager, fervent

exhilarating, electrifying,
Very exciting
thrilling
costly, exorbitant,
Very expensive 
extravagant

Very fair equitable, balanced

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common, established,
Very familiar
typical
renowned, legendary,
Very famous
celebrated

Very far distant, remote, isolated

effortless, uncomplicated,
Very easy
simple

Very fast rapid, swift

Very fat obese, corpulent

gregarious, outgoing,
Very friendly
engaging
exasperating, infuriating,
Very frustrating 
vexing
superb, excellent,
Very good
outstanding

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ecstatic, overjoyed,
Very happy
elated
challenging, demanding,
Very hard
tough
nourishing (for food), fit
Very healthy
(for a person)

Very heavy weighty, dense, hefty

supportive,
Very helpful
accommodating
candid, sincere, frank
Very honest
(slightly negative)
burning, scalding,
Very hot
scorching
starving, famished,
Very hungry 
ravenous

Very ill infirm, bedridden

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Very important crucial, critical, vital

extraordinary, remarkable,
Very impressive
awe-inspiring

Very informal casual, easygoing, simple

Very intelligent bright, gifted, intellectual

fascinating, remarkable,
Very interesting
compelling

Very jealous envious, resentful

huge, mammoth,
Very large
gargantuan

Very light  buoyant, weightless, airy

Very logical rational, sound

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Very lonely isolated, deserted, forlorn

Very long extended, extensive

deafening, thunderous,
Very loud
blaring
charmed, blessed,
Very lucky
fortunate
pessimistic, cynical,
Very negative
critical
enjoyable, pleasant,
Very nice
satisfying

Very obvious evident, plain, visible

Very old  grizzled, aged, ancient

excruciating, agonizing,
Very painful
unbearable

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trendy, fashionable,
Very popular
well-known
optimistic, upbeat,
Very positive 
affirmative

Very quiet silent, still, hushed

charmed, blessed,
Very lucky
fortunate

Very realistic genuine, credible, life-like

desolate, inconsolable,
Very sad
dejected
terrified, petrified,
Very scared
terror-stricken
brilliant, intelligent,
Very smart  
genius

Very strange bizarre, peculiar, odd

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Very tired exhausted, spent, weary

expedient, effective,
Very useful 
valuable
precious, priceless,
Very valuable
treasured
saturated, soaked,
Very wet
waterlogged

Very windy blustery, gusty

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