Written by David S. Wills · March 20, 2016
Introduction
The featured video is “How to Succeed? Get More Sleep,” and is given by Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post. The vocabulary in this video is very simple, although Arianna speaks quite quickly and with a pronounced accent.
Here are some of the more difficult words:
Vocabulary
Deprived adj – Lacking in something, for example being sleep-deprived or deprived of nutrients
Exhaustion n. – Physically or mentally extremely tired
Feminist adj./n. – Concerned with gender issues and aiming for gender equality
Brag v. – To boast about something crudely, such as “My dad just bought me a new car!”
One-upmanship n. – When a person wants to outdo someone else, and constantly “goes one better”
Hyper-connected adj. – “Hyper” means very; an example is that the internet now makes the world hyper-connected
Crisis/crises n. – A disaster or disasters
Faint