Difficult Words and their usages

Difficult Words and Their Usages Previous Page This is a new section which will attempt to throw some light on the more Difficult Words in the English language. If you have a suggestion for a word we should feature in this Difficult Words section then please send it using The Contact Us form. It doesn't matter whether learners or native speakers of English might find it difficult! A Abash\| Abate\| Abdicate\| Aberration\| Abhor\| Abject\| Abnegate Abortive\| Abridge\| Absolute\| Absolve\| Abstinent\| Abstract\| Acrid Acrimonious\| Acumen\| Acute\| Adage\| Adamant\| Address\| Adherent Admonish\| Adroit\| Adulation\| Adulterate\| Adverse\| Aesthetic\| Affable Affectation\| Affinity\| Affluent\| Agenda\| Agrarian\| Aggregate\| Agnostic Alacrity\| Allege\| Alleviate\| Allocate\| Alloy\| Allusion\| Aloof Altruism\| Ambience\| Ambiguous\| Ambivalent\| Ameliorate\| Amenable Amenity\| Abstruse\| Abysmal\| Accolade\| Accost\| Acerbic Acquiesce\| Amiable \| Amnesty \| Amoral \| Amorous \| Amorphous Anachronism \| Analogy \| Anarchy \| Anecdote \| Anguish \| Animosity Anomaly \| Antecedent \| Antipathy \| Antithesis \| Apartheid \| Apathy Aphorism \| Apocalypse \| Apocryphal \| Apotheosis \| Appease Appreciate \| Apprehensive \| Approbation Appropriate \| Aptitude \| Arbiter \| Arbitrary Arcane \| Archaic \| Archetype \| Ardent \| Arduous Aristocratic \| Artful \| Artifice \| Ascetic \| Ascendancy \| Assiduous Assimilate \| Assuage \| Astute \| Audacity \| Attrition \| Augment Auspicious \| Austere \| Autocratic \| Avarice \| Autonomous \| Avow Avuncular \| Awry \| Axiom B Bane \| Banal \| Bastion \| Beget \| Belabor \| Beleaguer Belittle \| Belie \| Belligerent \| Bemused \| Benefactor \| Benevolent \| Benign Bequest\| Bereaved\| Beset\| Blasphemy\| Blatant\| Blight\| Blithe Bourgeois\| Bovine\| Brevity\| Broach Bucolic\| Bureaucracy\| Burgeon\| Burlesque C Cacophony\| Cadence\| Cajole\| Callow\| Candor\| Capitalism Caricature\| Capitulate\| Capricious\| Castigate\| Catalyst\| Categorical Catharsis\| Catholic\| Caustic\| Celibacy\| Censure\| Cerebral Charisma\| Chagrin\| Charlatan\| Chasm\| Chastise\| Chicanery Choleric\| Chimera\| Chronic\| Chronicle\| Circuitous\| Circumlocution Circumspect\| Circumscribe\| Circumvent\| Civil\| Clandestine\| Clemency Clique\| Cliche\| Coalesce\| Coerce\| Cogent\| Cognitive Coherent\| Cognizant\| Colloquial\| Collusion\| Commensurate\| Compelling Complacent\| Compendium\| Complement\| Complicity Comprehensive\| Conciliatory\| Comprise\| Concise Concord\| Concurrent\| Condescend\| Conducive Condone\| Confluence\| Congenial\| Congenital\| Conjecture\| Connoisseur Conjure\| Consecrate\| Consensus\| Consonant\| Construe\| Contentious Consummate\| Contiguous\| Contingent\| Contrite Contrived\| Conventional\| Copious Convivial\| Corollary\| Corroborate\| Cosmopolitan\| Countenance\| Covenant Coup\| Covert\| Covet\| Credulous\| Criterion\| Culinary Cryptic\| Culminate\| Culpable\| Cursory\| Curtail\| Cynic D Daunt\| Dearth\| Debacle\| Debauchery\| Debilitate\| Decimate Decadent\| Decorous\| Deduce\| Defame\| Deference Degenerate\| Definitive\| Deleterious\| Delineate\| Delude Deluge\| Denizen\| Demagogue\| Depravity\| Deprecate Deride\| Derogatory\| Despondent\| Desiccate\| Despot Destitute\| Desultory\| Dialectical\| Didactic\| Dictum Diffident\| Digress\| Dilettante\| Discern\| Discrete Discreet\| Discriminate\| Disdain\| Disinterested\| Disparage Disseminate\| Disparate\| Dissipate\| Dissolution\| Distend Distinguish\| Docile\| Dogmatic\| Doctrinaire\| Domestic\| Dormant Dubious\| Duplicity E Eccentric\| Ebullient\| Eclectic\| Edify\| Efface\| Effusion\| Egocentric Egalitarian\| Egregious\| Elicit\| Elliptical\| Elusive\| Eminent\| Emigrate Empirical\| Emulate\| Encroach\| Endemic\| Enfranchise\| Enervate\| Engender Enigma\| Enormity\| Ephemeral\| Epitome\| Epigram\| Equanimity\| Equitable Equivocal\| Erudite\| Esoteric\| Espouse\| Euphemism\| Ethereal\| Evanescent Exacerbate\| Exacting\| Exalt\| Exemplify\| Exasperate\| Exhaustive\| Exhort Exigency\| Existential\| Expatriate\| Exonerate\| Expedient\| Expedite\| Explicit Extol\| Extrapolate\| Extraneous\| Extricate\| Extrovert\| Exult F Facetious\| Fabrication\| Facile\| Farcical\| Fastidious\| Fatalist Fauna\| Fatuous\| Fecund\| Felicity\| Fervor\| Fetter Figurative\| Fidelity\| Finesse\| Flagrant\| Flout\| Flaunt Foment\| Foible\| Forbear\| Forgo\| Forsake\| Fortuitous Fraternal\| Founder\| Frenetic\| Frugal\| Furtive\| Futile G Genre\| Garrulous\| Genteel\| Gesticulate\| Glut\| Grandiloquent Gratuitous\| Grandiose\| Gravity\| Gregarious\| Guile H Hapless\| Hackneyed\| Harbinger\| Hedonism\| Hegemony\| Heresy Heyday\| Hermetic\| Hiatus\| Hierarchy\| Histrionic\| Homily Husbandry\| Homogeneous\| Hyperbole\| Hypothetical I Ideology\| Iconoclast\| Idiosyncrasy\| Idyllic\| Ignominy\| Illicit Immutable\| Imminent\| Impartial\| Impeccable\| Imperial\| Impervious Implement\| Impetuous\| Impotent\| Impugn\| Inane\| Incandescent Inaugurate\| Incense\| Incantation\| Incessant\| Incipient\| Incisive Incongruous\| Increment\| Incorrigible\| Indifferent Indigenous\| Indigent\| Indolent Indulgent\| Indignant\| Ineffable\| Inept\| Inexorable\| Inert Infatuated\| Infamous\| Infer\| Infinitesimal\| Ingenuous\| Inherent Innate\| Injunction\| Innocuous\| Inordinate\| Insatiable\| Insidious Insipid\| Insinuate\| Insolent\| Instigate\| Insular\| Insurgent Intractable\| Integral\| Intransigent\| Intrinsic\| Introspective\| Inundate Inveterate\| Invective\| Irascible\| Ironic\| Irrevocable\| Itinerant J Judicious\| Juxtapose K Kinetic L Laconic\| Labyrinth\| Lament\| Lampoon\| Languish Latent\| Largess\| Laud\| Legacy\| Lethargy\| Levity\| Libel Loquacious\| Litigate\| Lucid\| Lugubrious\| Luminous M Magnanimous\| Machination\| Magnate\| Malaise\| Malfeasance\| Malinger Mandate\| Malleable\| Manifest\| Manifesto\| Marshal\| Martial Martyr\| Matriculate\| Maudlin\| Maverick\| Maxim\| Mediate Mendacious\| Mellifluous\| Mendicant\| Mentor Mercenary\| Mercurial\| Metamorphosis\| Microcosm Milieu\| Minuscule\| Misanthropic\| Mitigate Mollify\| Monolithic\| Moribund\| Morose Mortify\| Mundane\| Myopia\| Myriad\| Munificent N Narcissism\| Nebulous\| Nefarious\| Neologism Nepotism\| Nominal\| Nihilism\| Nostalgia Notorious\| Novel\| Noxious\| Nuance O Obdurate\| Obfuscate\| Oblivion\| Oblique\| Obsequious\| Obscure\| Obtuse Officious\| Onerous\| Opaque\| Opulent\| Orthodox\| Ostensible\| Ostentatious P Pacify\| Painstaking\| Palliate\| Palpable Paltry\| Panacea\| Paradigm\| Paradox\| Parochial\| Parody\| Parsimonious Partisan\| Patent\| Paternal\| Pathology\| Patriarch\| Patrician Patronize\| Paucity\| Peccadillo\| Pedantic\| Pedestrian\| Pejorative\| Penchant Penitent\| Pensive\| Peremptory\| Perennial\| Perfidy\| Perfunctory Peripatetic\| Periphery\| Pernicious\| Perquisite\| Perjury\| Permeate Pertinent \| Perturb\| Peruse\| Pervade\| Petulant\| Philanthropy Philistine\| Pious\| Pivotal\| Placate\| Plaintive\| Platitude\| Plebian Plethora\| Poignant\| Polarize\| Polemic\| Ponderous\| Portent Postulate\| Pragmatic\| Precedent\| Precept\| Precipitate\| Precipitous Preclude\| Precursor\| Predilection\| Preeminent Preempt \| Premise\| Prepossess\| Prerogative\| Prevail\| Pristine Prodigal\| Prodigious\| Prodigy\| Profane\| Profess\| Proficient Profligate\| Profound\| Profuse\| Proletariat\| Proliferate\| Prolific Promulgate\| Propensity\| Propitious\| Proponent\| Proprietary\| Propriety Prosaic\| Proscribe\| Proselytize\| Protagonist\| Protract\| Provident Provincial\| Provisional\| Proximity\| Prudent\| Purported\| Putative Q Qualify\| Qualitative\| Querulous\| Quixotic R Ramification\| Rancor\| Rapacious\| Rebuke\| Rebut\| Recalcitrant Recant\| Reciprocal\| Reclusive\| Recondite\| Recrimination\| Redolent Redundant\| Refute\| Reiterate\| Relegate\| Relentless\| Relinquish Remonstrate\| Renaissance\| Renounce\| Reparation Repercussion\| Replenish Replete\| Reprehensible\| Reprisal\| Reproach\| Reprove\| Repudiate Requisite\| Resolute\| Respite\| Reticent\| Revere\| Rhetoric Rigorous\| Robust\| Rogue\| Rudimentary\| Ruminate\| Rustic S Saccharine\| Sacrilege\| Sacrosanct\| Sagacious\| Salient\| Salutary Sanctimonious\| Sanguine\| Sardonic\| Scintillate\| Scrupulous\| Scrutinize Secular\| Sedition\| Sensory\| Sentient\| Sequester\| Serendipity Servile\| Singular\| Slander\| Sloth\| Sobriety\| Solicitous Solvent\| Soporific\| Sordid\| Spawn\| Specious\| Sporadic Spurious\| Squalor\| Squander\| Stagnation\| Static\| Staunch Steadfast\| Stigmatize\| Stipulate\| Stoic\| Stratum\| Stricture Strife\| Stringent\| Stymie\| Subjugate\| Sublime\| Subordinate Substantive\| Subtle\| Subversive\| Succinct\| Succumb\| Supercilious Superficial\| Superfluous\| Surfeit\| Surreptitious Surrogate\| Sycophant\| Synthesis T Tacit\| Taciturn\| Tangential\| Tangible\| Tantamount\| Tautological\| Temerity Temperate\| Tenable\| Tenacious\| Tenet\| Tentative\| Tenuous Terse\| Theology\| Tirade\| Torpor\| Touchstone\| Tout Transcend\| Transgress\| Transient\| Trepidation\| Turpitude U Ubiquitous\| Unconscionable\| Unctuous\| Uniform\| Unremitting\| Unwitting Urbane\| Usurp\| Utilitarian\| Utopia V Vacillate\| Vapid\| Vehement\| Venal\| Venerate\| Veracity Verbose\| Verisimilitude\| Vernacular\| Vestige\| Vex\| Viable Vicarious\| Vicissitude\| Vilify\| Vindicate\| Vindictive\| Virtuoso Virulent\| Visionary\| Vitiate\| Vitriolic Vocation\| Vociferous\| Volatile\| Volition W Wanton\| Willful\| Wistful X Xanthic\| Xanthous Y Yawn Z Zealous Difficult Words Index Your English Teacher\| Etymology\| Vocabulary\| Synonyms & Antonyms From Difficult Words to HOME PAGE

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