#difficult words

All of the words featured in this book are difficult words to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children . You can master them with the simple, easy to understand definitions and pronunciations. That's why they have put together a dictionary that will take you on a journey through some of the most brilliant and surprising difficult words in  English language. Fun, colorful illustrations add whimsy to the pages. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths.

Write clearly and concisely by identifying possible weak points in your prose, such as difficult words, adverbs and multiple hedge words. Is there an expression meaning to talk in difficult words stop using big words to impress us and start speaking in plain English.If you consider yourself a good speller, just take a look at some of the words that have been included in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the past you might change your mind.

10 Complex Words with the Simplest Meanings for your Vocabulary

Can you relate to those moments when you come across some complex words with big spellings or confusing pronunciation and go “Oh my God!” Well, then, you aren’t alone. That’s the nature of these words; to scare us by the looks of it. But here’s a secret- not all these words have a complicated meaning. It’s just our first idea that it’s a difficult one to understand when we see a term brimming…

I'm only trying to get through to you,

I'm not fighting you.

This is a conversation, not a confrontation.

We're not fighting a war

Understand that my words aren't meant to wound,

Clipped words, avoidance, and glares don't have to soar.

And if I hurt you, I apologize but please stay tuned,

Because these words are heavy. When I look at you, I see potential

And I don't mean that like you're an unfinished product sitting lonely on some shelf,

I mean that in you can be more than you are right now and I'm willing to help you make that happen.

This isn't coming from a place of sanctity because I know I'm flawed too,

It's coming from an equal place, I expect you to help me become my best self, too.

So when I speak to you, don't turn away,

Because I'm not fighting you.

Some words are difficult to understand when the word seems to have nothing to do with the meaning. It helps to know the 語源(ごげん) word origin to understand how a word like that could have that meaning. Here are some great words to know the 語源 for.

紅一点(こういってん)

紅(red) 一点(speck, dot, point)

the lone women(e.g. a bright flower) in a group

This word originates from Wang Anshin’s poem “ 詠柘榴”; there is a phrase reading”万緑叢中紅一点(ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん. 万緑 means one surface of green,  叢中 means among the village of green. 紅一点 is one single red flower. The phrase means among one surface of green a blooming single red flower. It’s used as among many a single stand out. Ine the present age it is used mainly to mean the lone girl among many men.

後ろめたい( うしろめたい）

後ろ(back)

feeling guilty, having a guilty conscience 

It comes from 後ろ目痛し(うしろめいたし)  meaning when looking from the back the heart hurts. It means feeling guilty.

私に後ろめたいことは全くありません。

I have nothing to hide.

白羽の矢が立つ(しらはのやがたつ）

白羽(white feather) 矢(arrow) 

To be selected from among many people

According to a Japanese legend, a god wanted a human sacrifice. A white feather arrow struck the targeted girl’s roof.

次期社長として彼に白羽の矢が立てられた。

じきしゃちょうとしてかれにしらはのやがたてられた。

He was singled out as the next president.

稲妻(いなずま）

稲(rice plant) 妻(wife)

lightning 

It came from “稲の夫 (つま), rice plant’s husband

In ancient times, there was a belief when lightning strikes with a lot of thunder they impregnated the rice plants. So, the lightning was the rice plant’s husband.  “つま” used to be a word husband and wife called each other mutually. So with no relation to man or women,つま was said for both “妻”(wife) and “夫"(husband). It is thought in present times, for つま to be used for 妻、it became 稲妻. Meteorologically, when thunder is heavy, there’s many rainfall and sunshine, and the temperature is high, it is convenient for the growth of rice. It seems back then people knew from experience lots of thunder was good for the crops.