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What is the hardest vocabulary word?

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What is the hardest vocabulary word?

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.

What are some fancy big words?

13 fancy words to use to boggle people’s minds

  • Word: Sesquipedalian.
  • Word: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic.
  • Word: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
  • Word: Floccinaucinihilipilification.
  • Word: Antidisestablishmentarianism.
  • Word: Boondoggle.
  • Word: Circumlocution.
  • Word: Gasconade.

What are the 5 hard words?

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 is the hardest word ever?

Top 10 Hardest Words to Spell

  • Weird.
  • Intelligence.
  • Pronunciation.
  • Handkerchief.
  • logorrhea.
  • Chiaroscurist.
  • Pochemuchka. A Russian term used when a person asks too many questions.
  • Gobbledegook. Gobbledegook is incoherent babbling in a fashion that makes no sense amounting to random words and noises to your listeners.
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What are impressive words?

awe-inspiring

  • amazing.
  • astonishing.
  • awesome.
  • breathtaking.
  • grand.
  • impressive.
  • majestic.
  • mind-blowing.

What is the most complex word in the English language?

set
One of many interesting facts about words we learned in “The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary” by Simon Winchester (2003) is that the most complex word in the language is “set.”

What are intelligent words?

Words used to describe intelligent or wise people – thesaurus

  • genius. adjective. informal very clever or original.
  • intelligent. adjective.
  • wise. adjective.
  • brilliant. adjective.
  • clever. adjective.
  • bright. adjective.
  • brainy. adjective.
  • discerning. adjective.

What is the hardest English word to spell?

Top 10 Hardest Words to Spell

  • Misspell.
  • Pharaoh.
  • Weird.
  • Intelligence.
  • Pronunciation.
  • Handkerchief.
  • logorrhea.
  • Chiaroscurist.