If You Know These 15 Words, Your English is OUTSTANDING!

[@bunnyjames3828]

Got them all. Thank you to my high school teachers and my reading 2 books a week. I am 82yrs young.

[@PamelaMacmillan-pc4rx]

Education today is very lacking.

[@phylis3917]

Me to. Found too easy but fun. Some of his videos are hard.

[@gordanagarment-y8i]

BRAVO

[@tulipgager9978]

God bless you.

[@Hipo-h5t]

I'm 60,from Romania,and till 25,it was a challenge,it was our proud to talk about books.from antik greeck philosophie,till the russian writers.And l now,that's a hard job,but satisfaction like this it's immens.There for,mister 82,keep on reading minimum 20years from now on.

[@abubakarsheikh6748]

I did 13 of them . I'm from Somalia my hobby is reading .I really appreciate your class of English vocabulary.

[@AFmedic]

74 yrs old and got 15/15 Maybe for today's generation these words may seem difficult but back-when, these were common words that even Grammar School & Middle School kids knew what they meant.

[@Lasertrac]

Brian, I really respect you trying to educate several generations of individuals who no longer have a love for words. Sadly, much of this should to taught in schools, rather than words from the urban dictionary

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Thank you very much

[@bunnybird9342]

Urban Dictionary is literal garbage lmfao

[@gurpartapsinghkaur9940]

I would like to point out that the options for elope are somewhat confusing. Elope means to run away to get married. It has also been used in the context of slipping away (to escape), so I think semantically the word is more concerned with the act of running away. This is further substantiated by the etymology of the word.

[@roma5770]

Agreed....the meaning of words show....doesn't actually know.

[@easy_s3351]

I totally agree, was going to comment something similar. Elope comes from aloper, esloper which means to abduct, run away. From "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow": "To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield."

[@juliemartin2834]

@@gurpartapsinghkaur9940 no ambiguity here. They ran away 'to' Las Vegas, 'to' get married. Not,They ran away, 'in' Las Vegas. If the sentence had read, ' They ran away 'from their home 'in' Las Vegas' to get married in Las Vegas' , ok. Most people run away from somewhere else 'to' get married in Las Vegas. I am enjoying this, thank you 😄

[@gurpartapsinghkaur9940]

@@juliemartin2834 Sorry, I wasn't able to understand the point you are trying to make in relation to the comment I posted. To clarify, I had no issue with the propositions, but the meaning of the word "elope" and its semantic signification.

[@juliemartin2834]

@gurpartapsinghkaur9940 never mind, I only had issues with the use of the prepositions. Thank you, 😀

[@michaelrobinson1905]

I knew all of them except the last one. I still got it right because I "inferred" that "Quixotic" referred to Don Quixote, thus making the answer obvious.

[@GS-lq2is]

Well done.

[@CheerfulDragon703]

100%. I am in my eighties and found this very easy.

[@JinxBolli]

Me too

[@phylis3917]

Me too. To easy.

[@carolwilliams8281]

I did as well. I'm 73.

[@marie34K]

77 year-old French here , got them all , but I am a retired English teacher 😅

[@caroldickson4034]

I'm 68, Air Force Officers' daughter, with a Catholic School Education. My siblings and I were not allowed to slack. Did I mention our mother was a Charge Neonatal R.N., and a self-appointed Grammer Police. 😅😂

[@jeancoombs4241]

I’m 88 got them all they used to educate us in the fifty’s . Not muck about on phones !

[@bigHdawg75]

11 of 15 is not bad for someone who learned English as a second language. I’m proud of myself

[@miriamgoldwater8654]

15 correct. French mother tongue. I enjoyed it. Thanks

[@carmbe56]

Same here…

[@elisabethlafontaine8979]

I’m 83 and got your various tests correct! Thanks for stretching my mind!

[@WalterStanley-zf6lo]

For a native English speaker, these are all easy.

[@twylabrooks8263]

Yes ,very easy! kinda scary if these are considered hard words

[@yvonnegreenberg6449]

Agreed.

[@suzannemyers7530]

Got them all, dad was in the printing business and I was a proofreader!

[@debraethan8920]

There were 2 I didn't know. I appreciate these little lessons bc I want to speak as well as I can. Thank you.

[@ewaleokadia76]

I, personally, got quixotic wrong. I've heard the term before but never looked up the word ☹️.

[@trainliker100]

15/15. I knew 14 cold but did not know "evince" but guessed right. Native English speaker and been around a long time.

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Excellent work!

[@mercedesscrivens742]

2Española 100 % pero llevo 54 años viviendo en Inglaterra y trabajaba en la Biblioteca de una Universidad

[@carolinestaplestrom5090]

Yup-knew all 15. Fun!

[@Heideroosje]

I’m from the Netherlands and my school days are long gone. But 13 out of 15 is not bad don’t you think? Learning English from such an attractive teacher is a treat anyway! 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Haha that’s a great score, and thank you!

[@winstonelston5743]

Pretty good. I once heard the rhyme: _Good butter and good cheese Is good English and good Frise._

[@suzannemarienau2760]

Goedzo! 😊

[@anjanmitra6252]

I'm from India. Mother tongue Bengali. Got all the meanings right. If I'm not wrong the correct pronunciation of the word QUIXOTIC is something like KUIHOTIK.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

No.

[@rikfomiharbi6077]

the words i didn't know : 2:17 : 6 - Elope : to get married in secret. 3:00 : 8 - Subtle : understated. 3:44 : 10 - Infer : to draw a conclusion. 4:52 : 12 - Wane : to decrease gradually. 5:40 : 14 - Evince : to reveal. 6:04 : 15 - Quixotic : idealistic and impractical. Great Content like always ❤❤

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

big dummy !!!

[@ThomasNguyen-qw6ro]

you are not alone 😀

[@mps-chords]

I only missed Elope, evince and quixotic haha

[@rikfomiharbi6077]

@@mps-chords Good job!

[@erastvandoren]

​@@mps-chordssame 3 for me

[@Loissandberg]

Nailed it…my 92 years of being a voracious reader !!!

[@binhassen1892]

Brian, Your demeanour and clarity as well well as style, is unique and thoroughly enjoyable.

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!

[@tulipgager9978]

First time I've heard of questions 13 and 15. Understand it now

[@jimschauer37]

I must admit that Evince was the one word that tripped me up!

[@pauliusiv6169]

to crave something is not just to want something, it's a strong, almost irresistible, desire for something

[@hero303-gameplayindonesia8]

he's making multiple choice questions so of course he's gonna have to dumb it down. lest it becomes a wordwall.

[@wendycohen9038]

Like chocolate. Mmmmmmm

[@NooranHany]

I have known just 10 words but it is not bad I will practice more and more to improve my English and to be fluent in the language❤

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

That’s excellent!

[@lorlynloch5971]

I got 13 right - 2 of the words I had heard before, but did not know the meanings of them. Always loved English in school...I love words!!

[@shemiahwalker]

B1 and b2. I passed, and c1 I had confused with words I knew. C2 last words was completely new to me. But I didn't know that it had different definitions,thank you. From st.paul Minnesota.

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Great job, Shemiah!

[@shemiahwalker]

@@BrianWilesLanguages thank you

[@winstonelston5743]

Well done. _Quixotic_ is a reference to _Don Quixote_ by Cervantes, a wonderful and whimsical novel from (I believe, and I'm sure everyone will correct me if I'm wrong) the sixteenth century. It was the basis for the stage musical _Man of La Mancha._

[@ChohoSabino]

I did 13 of them... I'm from Mozambique 🇲🇿

[@stevetrujillo-j7p]

I got the first 14. I am pleased.

[@yruhatin100]

Quixotic is derived from Don Quijote who was a famous book read in most American high school English class. He was a crazy old man who once fought a windmill thinking it was a dragon. Very funny book. There are several plays and movies about it too

[@marjorielugg9423]

I got all of them @ 88...but I love words & always have.

[@sylvieabel9589]

I’m french and i found 13 words / 15 i didnt know at all Elope and Wane 😊 it was a great quizz thank you so much🙏

[@tobagowyck8631]

Thanks. I got them all.

[@martaortiz6078]

Failed in 5 of them! Learned a Lot!!! Thanks so much!!!

[@Nurgle-o5c]

I knew only first several words. Almost all the words in this list are new to me. Though I learn English since my childhood. Sometimes I guessed the meaning of some words, but it was mostly occasionally. Thank you for helping us to study English!

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

I’m glad it was helpful and thanks for watching!

[@Pance-2009]

Thank you Brain for your wonderful teaching, and I got 8 words correct.

[@georgewhitehead8185]

Correct 15 out of 15. ( I should always get all of the words, as I am a doctor, and was in school for 24 uninterrupted years before I received my surgery degree) Doctor George Whitehead

[@sarunakarmi4814]

I got 13 correct... yaaeee... Thank you. I am considering to join your class. 😊

[@Hipo-h5t]

No,not all,but a lot of them are whith latin or oldgreeck roots.So,as a romanian,it was not so dificult.Even so,l had fun,and i'll follow your channel to learn more.thank you,multumesc!

[@streips]

Got them all. Easy peasy.

[@chadik4]

13/15. Learned something new with evince. Also learned that I was saying it wrong with the words wary and quixotic 😅. Great content.

[@magdalenetan5304]

Got 13 correct. Am Chinese . English is my second language.

[@mmarshall137]

OMG I sincerely hope that if English is your native language you got every one of these. I hope this was directed to people who are learning English as a second language.

[@thebest41or2]

I knew them all Brian! Here's a test for you, if you know this word, then you are genius in English. "Contrafebularoty"! I hope you won't get anspeptic, frasmotic or even compuntiuous to this such pericombobulitarity.

[@IamAlonaLee]

15:15 … in the old days of education (50s & 60s) this was 5th 6th & 7th grade Vocabulary class

[@19562008ful]

Quixotic!!! Woaw! I didn't know this one. Get this, in French it's idéaliste or donquichottesque. 😲

[@anielyantra1]

I like your quizzes because they stimulate latent neural pathways.

[@alanrobertson9790]

I don't think that this is a severe test if you are a native English speaker but it would be outstanding for anyone learning English.

[@mazenElsheikh-lv5eh]

هاتيجي مصر امته اشتقنالك❤

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

ان شاء الله قريب

[@MaryaMars681]

I got 13 right! Thank you for making this, it helped me learn a couple new words ^-^

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Great work- and thanks, Marya!

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To soothe is to comfort

[@heatherkline6766]

Didn't know evince, but got it right anyway. Fun fact "quixotic" comes from the classic tale of Don Quixote De La Mancha. The title character has a grand and yet warped idea that he will be a knight.

[@fritzrauer9360]

Yes. Cervantes classic tale,best known for "tilting at windmills"

[@kavitharaghavan3648]

Im from India and i got 15/15. I must thank my mum for introducing me to Enid Blyton at age 8. I love books.

[@sallyhanley9094]

Another good group of words. 15/15

[@JessicaWong-vw8ts]

Thanks for the test, Brian.😊

[@MarkSteele-bh3hb]

13 of 15! Surprised myself

[@yuuumisimmer]

Im not a native speaker. English is my third language but i got 13/15 so im very proud of me

[@thewizard5060]

Malaysian here. Got 15/15 ❤

[@jumokeakindele7217]

15/15! Thank you, Brian.

[@f7362]

Thanks for your explaining its very good mr . Brian ✨

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

You’re very welcome and thanks for watching!

[@gardenjoy5223]

To elope had me in some difficulty, for it also means to just run away to escape something. Not all people who elope do that to get married! To state that to elope means to get married, is an oversimplification of the full scope of the word.

[@estherckloepfer2603]

At 88 I knew all of them. My children had to get the dictionary out when we played scrabble.

[@ewaleokadia76]

I learned some of the meaning of the words from reading books ☺️. When I didn't know the meaning, I would look the word up in the dictionary.

[@LornaThomas-wx5tn]

Got them all!!!

[@Tiina-10]

Well, 14, but I am not native english speaker but Finnish and lived all my life Finland (never travelled USA nor UK) number 10 was the one but.. ok. Cool test. 😊

[@Tiina-10]

You know many has said that some people can't read althought they went school and there are people who only use those shortenings of words etc but they can't write words properly. 🙁

[@barbaracollins385]

Got them all! Am I a genius?

[@ailona3578]

14! and I am 94 years old, and this is third language!

[@nimamoradi2660]

They have a word for travelling somewhere and getting married but they didnt think about the day before yesterday😂😂😂 love your content btw❤

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Hahah thanks, Nina!

[@R_.709]

They had one but they stopped using it

[@howard5992]

@@R_.709 Correct, it is *ereyesterday* Just as easy to say *the day before yesterday*

[@lisashapiro9165]

Native speaker 15/15

[@robinwagner3293]

Okay Brian, I got 14 right! Not terribly bad. Good job on the videos.

[@lindabenson1237]

Last 3 got me. I learned something new 😊

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching, Linda 👍

[@Jiie-b9h]

I’m a native English speaker and still didn’t get 15/15 😭have never heard elope or quixotic ever but at least I learned something

[@karambadawy398]

Interesting

[@AnnM223]

I don’t think I would ever use those words. They sound awful

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

elope is a common word quixotic not much ever used !!

[@HeWhoIsHimSimpleCoco]

You didn’t get Elope?

[@yruhatin100]

Quixotic is derived from Don Quijote who was a famous book read in most American high school English class. He was a crazy old man who once fought a windmill thinking it was a dragon. Very funny book. There are several plays and movies about it too

[@brianmac1]

Got 'em all, native english speaker and crossword enthusiast so not hard for me.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

I easily got all 15 correct, as a high-school educated American adult.

[@personalgrowth.-098]

9/15 😊❤ I appreciate your hard work

[@masalamasand2259]

2 words that i never heard of , abd my english teacher in school was very clever, my ebglish though is great

[@giselecantin5821]

The words you have chosen are very easy for francophones: most of them are the same in French

[@fredeisen7401]

It is sad that we need videos like this. Our educational system has really gone downhill. I got 14 correct. Missed Evince. I attended public school in the 50's and 60's which taught most of these words.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Quixotic Idealistic and impractical

[@erichowry9356]

I got all of them right but the last one!

[@carolinedeleon6547]

15/15 loved the last word

[@NooranHany]

Love your explaning

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Thank you very much, Nooran!

[@julieaskingforafriend]

Quixotic is from Don Quixote, of course! Americans pronounce it as Brian did which makes me itch, because the proper pronunciation is key-HO-tick. Learn it, use it in a sentence. It's just a really cool word.

[@ramjain9315]

I agree with you. The teacher himself need a bit of learning.

[@AnnM223]

That is a different story! American are notorious for butchering foreign words

[@Freddy_Guy]

Sounds similar to "chaotic" which fits its definition too

[@chadik4]

Thanks. I really thought I was saying it wrong. 😅

[@snp6492]

It is pronounced key ho tey

[@marcobering3945]

To me, elope has always emphasized the secrecy. Also, that you could elope to do other things too, though this might be linguistic drift. Zealous can also mean exacting, because it is the watchword of fundamentalism. And I did know them all, though I mixed up evince. It was harder than quixotic due to the obvious Don Quixote roots.

[@Jane-q4k]

I agree about elope. I'm a school nurse and we use elope for kids who run away. They're not running away to get married.

[@denisegrant600]

14 out of 15. Thx to my mom, English, and reading a lot and I am 69.

[@lur9017]

All 15.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Ambition is a desire to achieve

[@chentim1751]

I got 12 right, hanging there. nice job, Brian

[@govind.m86]

14/15 never heard of evince before in my life.

[@deedickinson8842]

14 strangely enough I got all the tough ones. Missed a median word. 😊

[@colorbyanusree]

12/15, improving English with you sir, thank you❤❤ Is utopia synonym of quixotic ? Can "run away" be synonym of "elope"?

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Great questions! 'Utopian' (the adjective form of 'Utopia') is not a synonym of 'Quixotic". 'Utopia/Utopian' refers to a perfect or ideal world, 'Quixotic' describes someone/something that is pursuing an impossible goal.

[@Seamus0514]

@@BrianWilesLanguages It comes from the story of the idealist Don Quixote. (Man of la Mancha)

[@e3-po405]

13 out of 15! I'm almost there...

[@sarahhajarbalqis]

Caught me on evince! This is rare for an ESL user. Ps. Originally here for the pronunciation :)

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Evince is a tricky one! Thanks for watching, Sarah 👋

[@elderjames]

This was put on my suggested list by the algorithm and I watched it because I thought 'This guy looks familiar.' I have to ask... Did you play a character in the TV show Person of Interest?

[@lsurebel96]

Got all 15 - never made less than an A in English in any class

[@Dawitalemayehu-Resilient]

Wane = decrease gradually.

[@atreides_soldier]

Did you play that police officer in Person of Interest? I absolutely loved your character I can’t believe I stumbled on your KZbin channel!

[@BrianWilesLanguages]

Haha thank you, yes that was me! And welcome!

[@rachanajangir3394]

Thanks man 😊.

[@Ccdurko]

Super easy but I missed one. Very unusual for me, as I read a lot and English was my minor.