What are some hard vocabulary words?

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What are some hard vocabulary words?

As a follow up to our article on confusing words, here are ten of the most difficult words in English.

  • Literally. If you know a language purist, watch out.
  • Ironic.
  • Irregardless (instead of regardless)
  • Whom.
  • Colonel.
  • Nonplussed.
  • Disinterested.
  • Enormity.

How do you learn a difficult vocabulary?

If you’re having trouble learning a long or complex word in one go, try breaking it down into smaller parts that are more easily digested and memorized. This will make a huge difference for you. Not only are smaller parts easier to remember, but you might even find out more information about a word this way.

What are the difficult words with meaning?

10 Words With Difficult-to-Remember Meanings

  • Nonplussed. The Definition: “Filled with bewilderment”
  • Inchoate. The Definition: “Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed”
  • and 4. Cachet and Panache.
  • Indefatigable.
  • Uncanny.
  • Unabashed.
  • Dilatory.
  • Martinet.

What word stays the same when you remove four letters?

queue

What is a word with a silent letter?

Silent letters are letters that you can’t hear when you say the word, but that are there when you write the word. Silent letters can distinguish between homophones, e.g. in/inn; be/bee; lent/leant. This is an aid to readers already familiar with both words.

What word sounds the same even when you take away?

Queue

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed? Any 5-letter word with the word ‘one’ somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, phone or ornery . Note it doesn’t say there is only one letter left, but only ‘one’ left.

What word has 6 letters but when you subtract one twelve remains?

16 Comments on “Subtract One and Twelve Remains” dozens=six letter word…. dozen=correct answer(dozen=twelve?)

What 4 letter word can be written forward?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? Answer: NOON.