What are the 10 difficult words?
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1) cemetery. Many language learners think, there is an “a”, but there isn’t! ...
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2) rhythm. This is a difficult word in English (and in many other languages). ...
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3) liaison. ...
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4) harass. ...
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5) pronunciation. ...
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6) weird. ...
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7) millennium. ...
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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?
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Conduct: Personal behavior. ...
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Scarce: Insufficient to satisfy the need. ...
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Appoint: Assign to a position. ...
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Level: Having no part higher than another. ...
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Convince: To move by argument. ...
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Inspire: To fill with an animating. ...
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Know: To see or comprehend as reality or truth.
What is the strangest word?
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Vex.
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Bequeath.
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Mixology.
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Flub.
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Kerfuffle.
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Bibble.
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Kakorrhaphiophobia.
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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?
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Rural.
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Otorhinolaryngologist.
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Colonel.
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Penguin.
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Sixth.
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Isthmus.
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Anemone.
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Squirrel.
What are the 5 longest words?
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) ...
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Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
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Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) ...
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Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) ...
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)
What are the new words in 2020?
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2020 (verb): When you bugger things up beyond belief. ...
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Coronacoaster (noun): The ups and downs of your mood during the pandemic. ...
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Coronials (n): Babies produced after a year of lockdown. ...
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Covidiot (n): A person with their brains in their bum when it comes to COVID-19 safety.
What are the 10 new words?
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Stan. Meaning: An extremely excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan (stalker-fan).
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Nomophobia. Meaning: Fear or worry at the idea of being without your phone or unable to use it.
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Peoplekind. ...
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Bottle episode. ...
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Carbon sink. ...
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Buzzy. ...
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Sober-curious. ...
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Permaculture.
What is the 20 vocabulary words?
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erbium. a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. ...
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nanometer. a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter. ...
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transdermal. through the unbroken skin. ...
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yttrium. ...
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hypodermic needle. ...
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wavelength. ...
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epidermal. ...
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tensile strength.
What are some tricky words?
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Necessary.
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Stationary vs. Stationery. ...
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Separate. When we pronounce this word, it sounds like “seperate”. ...
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Affect vs. Effect. ...
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Embarrassed. ...
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Compliment vs. ...
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Accommodation.
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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?
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Rural. ...
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Sixth. ...
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Sesquipedalian. ...
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Phenomenon. ...
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Onomatopoeia. ...
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. ...
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Worcestershire.
