What Are Some Unfamiliar Words?

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  • casuistry.
  • ululation.
  • pax.
  • frond.
  • antiphonal.
  • propitiate.
  • bourdon.
  • coign.

What are the 20 difficult words?

  • Colonel.
  • Worcestershire.
  • Mischievous.
  • Draught.
  • Quinoa.
  • Onomatopoeia.
  • Scissors.
  • Anemone.

What is the 10 vocabulary words?

  • Atrocity.
  • Fanatical.
  • Pensive.
  • Respite.
  • Discordant.
  • Eloquent.
  • Encompass.
  • Imperceptible.

What are the 10 difficult words?

  • 1) cemetery. Many language learners think, there is an “a”, but there isn't! …
  • 2) rhythm. This is a difficult word in English (and in many other ). …
  • 3) liaison. …
  • 4) harass. …
  • 5) pronunciation. …
  • 6) weird. …
  • 7) millennium. …
  • 8) recommend.

What are unfamiliar words?

Vocabulary means the words that make-up a language. When reading, you are likely to come across words that are unfamiliar – words that

you don't know

. Strategies can be used to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words, such as using the surrounding words to provide clues or breaking a word down.

What are 5 unfamiliar words?

  • Conduct: Personal behavior. …
  • Scarce: Insufficient to satisfy the need. …
  • Appoint: Assign to a position. …
  • Level: Having no part higher than another. …
  • Convince: To move by argument. …
  • Inspire: To fill with an animating. …
  • Know: To see or comprehend as reality or truth.

What is the strangest word?

  • Vex.
  • Bequeath.
  • Mixology.
  • Flub.
  • Kerfuffle.
  • Bibble.
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia.
  • Berserk. Learn English (or any other language) with usLearn More.

What word takes 3 hours to say?

You will be surprised to know that the longest word in English has 1, 89,819 letters and it will take you three and a half hours to pronounce it correctly. This is a chemical name of

titin

, the largest known protein.

What is the hardest word to say?

  • Rural.
  • Otorhinolaryngologist.
  • Colonel.
  • Penguin.
  • Sixth.
  • Isthmus.
  • Anemone.
  • Squirrel.

What are the 5 longest words?

  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) …
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) …
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) …
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) …
  • Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) …
  • Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)

What are the new words in 2020?

  • 2020 (verb): When you bugger things up beyond belief. …
  • Coronacoaster (noun): The ups and downs of your mood during the pandemic. …
  • Coronials (n): Babies produced after a year of lockdown. …
  • Covidiot (n): A person with their brains in their bum when it comes to COVID-19 safety.

What are the 10 new words?

  • Stan. Meaning: An extremely excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan (stalker-fan).
  • Nomophobia. Meaning: Fear or worry at the idea of being without your phone or unable to use it.
  • Peoplekind. …
  • Bottle episode. …
  • Carbon sink. …
  • Buzzy. …
  • Sober-curious. …
  • Permaculture.

What is the 20 vocabulary words?

  • erbium. a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. …
  • nanometer. a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter. …
  • transdermal. through the unbroken skin. …
  • yttrium. …
  • hypodermic needle. …
  • wavelength. …
  • epidermal. …
  • tensile strength.

What are some tricky words?

  • Necessary.
  • Stationary vs. Stationery. …
  • Separate. When we pronounce this word, it sounds like “seperate”. …
  • Affect vs. Effect. …
  • Embarrassed. …
  • Compliment vs. …
  • Accommodation.
  • Rhythm.

What's the most beautiful word in the world?


“Cellar Door”

One of the most famous theories comes from Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, who proposed in a 1955 speech that “cellar door” is the most beautiful word (or phrase) in the English language.

What is the hardest word in English?

  • Rural. …
  • Sixth. …
  • Sesquipedalian. …
  • Phenomenon. …
  • Onomatopoeia. …
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. …
  • Worcestershire.
Amira Khan
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Amira Khan
Amira Khan is a philosopher and scholar of religion with a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology. Amira's expertise includes the history of philosophy and religion, ethics, and the philosophy of science. She is passionate about helping readers navigate complex philosophical and religious concepts in a clear and accessible way.