Words for daily usage

 10 Daily Use Smart words – English Vocabulary

We are all looking for some quick ways to sound more fluent in English. I understand that it is annoying when there are only a few words stuck in our head like awesome, cool, chill and epic and we keep using them for everything. So how about some smart words which you can use in your daily life to instantly elevate your vocabulary in a few minutes.

Today we will learn 10 daily use smart words , their meanings, root words with example sentences. So let’s get going..

1. Swamped –

Meaning –

though the word means drowning, flooded, Swamped is used in the context of work – the phrase swamped with work is an informal way to say ‘I am extremely busy’

Root –

A swamp or swampland is a wet spongy land. A person walking in a swamp could easily drown if they stepped in the wrong spot. Therefore, as a verb “swamp” means to sink

Use –

So if you have too many projects to submit and a test coming up and your friends want you to hang out with them, you can say, I’m so sorry, I am “swamped with work,” or “I am swamped”.

Example –

‘I am so swamped with work this entire week, I’ve had no time to breathe’

Other words

you can use instead of swamped are – I am drowning in work, I am deluged in assignments, I am tied up and overwhelmed with things to do OR there is too much on my plate.

2. Catch 22

Meaning –

An impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing:

Example

I am in a Catch 22 situation, I cannot get a job without work experience and to get work experience I first need a job.

Root –

This phrase was coined by Joseph Heller in his famous book by the name Catch-22, to explain some contradictory rules faced by soldiers during World War II