English Academic Vocabulary Booster

4464. 184 Academic Words Reference from "Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time | TED Talk"

Sep 4, 2023

Billy Collins, a poet and speaker, discusses various academic words and their meanings, such as signing advice, dietary, and allowance. The podcast explores the connection between animation and poetry, delves into definitions of 'unnatural' and 'unnecessary', and highlights the role of statistics in cancer research. It also covers vocabulary words like laureate, hire, animate, and initially. Furthermore, the podcast provides definitions and examples of words such as resistant, disastrous, verbal, and influential. It covers a wide range of academic vocabulary, including words related to power, impact, food, advertising, geographical features, and music composition.

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Signing Advice, Dietary, Allowance, and Poetry: Meanings and Examples

Exploring Animation and Poetry

Definitions and Examples of 'Unnatural' and 'Unnecessary'

Understanding Statistics and the Definition of a Poet

Exploring the meanings of laureate, hire, animate, and initially

Definitions and Examples of Resistant, Disastrous, and Verbal

13:40 • 11min

Definitions and Examples of Various Words

24:19 • 14min

Rate of Engine Rotation and the Meaning of 'Pretension'

Creative Process and Academic Words

40:23 • 16min

Definitions and Examples of Academic Words

55:57 • 19min

Academic Vocabulary and Definitions

01:14:36 • 19min

Four Academic Words: Recall, Oblivion, Drift, and Remains

01:33:50 • 5min

Exploring Academic Vocabulary: Hunt, Trout, Largely, Lore, Domestic, Etiquette

01:38:21 • 23min

Analyzing Rituals and Druids

02:01:16 • 20min

Words and Their Meanings

02:21:32 • 11min

Defining Symphony, Opera, and Mass

02:33:02 • 8min