Can You Pronounce These 52 English Words? | Meaning & Pronunciation

Learn 52 useful English words in one video: hear each one at normal speed and slowly (American accent), see its syllables and stress, learn a simple meaning, and watch it used in short example sentences with a little animated story. This week on QuickLingo Clips (Oct 17–21, 2026): persistent, exhausted, debris, generous, thorough, hesitate, anonymous, clumsy, recipe, overwhelmed, reluctant, comfortable, procrastinate, genuine, jealous, subtle, ambitious, hilarious, receipt, stubborn, deteriorate, curious, knowledge, cautious, awkward, Wednesday, island, resilient, salmon, quinoa, grateful, colonel, genre, nostalgic, epitome, squirrel, frustrated, February, castle, embarrassed, almond, mischievous, patient, choir, debt, anxious, niche, hyperbole, confident, pronunciation, sword, exaggerate. Stay to the end for the review round: listen to each word, then say it out loud yourself. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:10 persistent /pərˈsɪstənt/ 0:25 exhausted /ɪɡˈzɑːstɪd/ 0:39 debris /dəˈbriː/ 0:54 generous /ˈdʒenərəs/ 1:10 thorough /ˈθɝːoʊ/ 1:24 hesitate /ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/ 1:38 anonymous /əˈnɑːnəməs/ 1:53 clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/ 2:08 recipe /ˈrɛsəpi/ 2:23 overwhelmed /ˌoʊvərˈwelmd/ 2:38 reluctant /rɪˈlʌktənt/ 2:53 comfortable /ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/ 3:08 procrastinate /proʊˈkræstəneɪt/ 3:25 genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/ 3:39 jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ 3:54 subtle /ˈsʌtəl/ 4:07 ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/ 4:23 hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/ 4:38 receipt /rɪˈsiːt/ 4:51 stubborn /ˈstʌbərn/ 5:06 deteriorate /dɪˈtɪriəreɪt/ 5:23 curious /ˈkjʊriəs/ 5:38 knowledge /ˈnɑːlɪdʒ/ 5:53 cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/ 6:08 awkward /ˈɔːkwərd/ 6:22 Wednesday /ˈwenzdeɪ/ 6:36 island /ˈaɪlənd/ 6:49 resilient /rɪˈzɪljənt/ 7:04 salmon /ˈsæmən/ 7:18 quinoa /ˈkiːnwɑː/ 7:31 grateful /ˈɡreɪtfəl/ 7:45 colonel /ˈkɝːnəl/ 7:58 genre /ˈʒɑːnrə/ 8:12 nostalgic /nəˈstældʒɪk/ 8:28 epitome /ɪˈpɪt̬əmi/ 8:42 squirrel /ˈskwɝːəl/ 8:56 frustrated /ˈfrʌstreɪt̬ɪd/ 9:12 February /ˈfebruːeri/ 9:26 castle /ˈkæsəl/ 9:41 embarrassed /ɪmˈberəst/ 9:56 almond /ˈɑːmənd/ 10:12 mischievous /ˈmɪstʃɪvəs/ 10:27 patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ 10:41 choir /ˈkwaɪɚ/ 10:55 debt /det/ 11:07 anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ 11:22 niche /nɪtʃ/ 11:36 hyperbole /haɪˈpɝːbəli/ 11:52 confident /ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/ 12:06 pronunciation /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ 12:22 sword /sɔːrd/ 12:36 exaggerate /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/ 12:53 Review round: say the words 15:17 See you next week Every day we post a new word as a Short, and every Thursday a review of the whole week. Subscribe so you don't miss a word, and tell us in the comments which word was new for you! #learnenglish #englishvocabulary #englishpronunciation #americanenglish #vocabulary