Advanced English Vocabulary

• if you really want the promotion, you’ll have to be assertive.
• He is too assertive as a salesman.

Bursting

Meaning: The act of forcefully and suddenly breaking, or bursting open due to pressure

• I was bursting after drinking very much.
• Get out of the toilet, I’m bursting.

Corpulent

Meaning:  If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat

• This is a story about a corpulent gentleman.
• A corpulent farmer is very hard-working.

Crafty

Meaning: A clever or cunning person but dishonest as well.

• Beware of her, She is a crafty old woman.
• Mr. Ammar is a crafty lawyer, isn’t he?

Meaning: A product is purchased with the intention of throwing it away after use.

• I purchased some disposable cups for the picnic.
• Don’t you have disposable plates to serve?

Meaning: Unique/different from others

• She’s got a very distinctive voice.
• Rehman biryani has a distinctive taste.

Meaning:  To intensionally speak in a way that is unclear and confusing, especially to hide the truth

• Stop equivocating! express yourself clearly.
• He asked her once again about that matter and again she equivocated.

Meaning: Brave and heroic

• A gallant child sacrificed his life for his country.
• I made a gallant effort to win the first medal.

Meaning:  A person with spots on their skin.

• Amy has spotty skin.
• It’s okay, to have spotty skin.

Meaning:  Related/ belonging to

• Write a topic pertaining to the importance of hard work.
• There were problems pertaining to the education sector.

Meaning: Remove the boogers with a finger.

• I will not talk to you, if you pick your nose again, bad boy!
• Why does he always pick his nose? he should kick his bad habit.

Meaning: To make something or something pretty.

• The bride’s room has been prettified.
• Prettify your body with this shalwar-kameez.

Meaning: To hurt or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you.

• He retaliated because you had insulted him before.
• Pakistan’s military responded by saying, it would retaliate against any attacks.

Meaning: Bad-tempered and aggressive

• She was salty because she had lost the game.
• Why are you being salty?

Meaning: Bad-tempered and unfriendly

• We were served by a very surly waiter.
• Aamir gave me a surly look.

Meaning: A taciturn person does not speak very much and remains quiet.

• He does not talk to anybody, He is a taciturn person.
• Your all siblings are talkative but why is Faizan a taciturn one?

Meaning: A filmed play, a book that makes you cry.

• Bring a pile of tissues with you when you watch that tear-jerker film.
• I’ve never read such tear-jerker books.

Meaning: To press someone’s throat so that the person can’t breathe.

• The attacker tried to throttle her with wire.
• The dying person must have been throttled.