100 Hard Words to Spell
These 100 hard words to spell are in elementary or middle school level themselves, but sometimes wrong when spelling. Study and check if you can pass spelling practice.
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These 100 words aren't really difficult, which middle school or even elementary school students know all. However, spelling them is another story. We select these words from common spelling errors, such as 'library' and 'amateur.' More or less, children have trouble spelling them with full confidence. It is why we prepare the small list, 100 hard words to spell, to enhance their vocabulary skills. Check the word list to start correcting some usual misspellings now!
| 100 Hard Words to Spell |
100 Hard Words to Spell
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acceptable
accidentally
accommodate
acquiesce
acquire
acquit
amateur
apparent
argument
believe
bourgeois
broccoli
bureaucracy
calendar
category
changeable
chihuahua
column
conscience
conscious
consensus
curve
definitely
drunkenness
dumbbell
embarrass
entrepreneur
equipment
exceed
exhilarate
existence
fiery
foreign
gauge
grateful
guarantee
harass
height
hierarchy
humorous
ignorance
immediate
independent
ingenious
intelligence
jewelry
judgment
kernel
leisure
library
license
maintenance
maneuver
manoeuvre
medieval
millennium
miniature
mischievous
misspell
necessary
neighbor
noticeable
occasionally
occurrence
particularly
pastime
perseverance
personnel
playwright
possession
precede
precocious
principal
privilege
pronunciation
publicly
questionnaire
receipt
recommend
reference
relevant
rhyme
separate
supersede
surveillance
synecdoche
threshold
tomorrow
twelfth
until
vacuum
vengeance
weather
Wednesday
weird
Word and Definition List
acceptable
a. adequate for the purpose, judged to be in conformity with approved usage
accidentally
ad. without intention; in an unintentional manner, of a minor or subordinate natureaccommodate
v. provide with something desired or needed, have room for; hold without crowdingacquiesce
v. to agree or express agreementacquire
v. win something through one's efforts, take on a certain form, attribute, or aspectacquit
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, behave in a certain manneramateur
n. an athlete who does not play for pay, engaged in as a pastimeapparent
a. appearing as such but not necessarily so, clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgmentargument
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposalbelieve
v. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer, judge or regard; look upon; judgebourgeois
a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle classbroccoli
n. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds, branched green undeveloped flower headsbureaucracy
n. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officialscalendar
n. a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year, a tabular array of the dayscategory
n. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme, a collection of things sharing a common attributechangeable
a. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature, subject to changechihuahua
n. an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilizationcolumn
n. a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure, anything that approximates the shape of a column or towerconscience
n. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct, motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actionsconscious
a. knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts, intentionally conceivedconsensus
n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a wholecurve
n. a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its lengthdefinitely
ad. without question and beyond doubt, without doubt (used for emphasis)drunkenness
n. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excessdumbbell
n. short bar with weight at each end, stupid personembarrass
v. cause to feel awkward or ashamed; hamper or impedeentrepreneur
n. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for itequipment
n. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a serviceexceed
v. be or do something to a greater degree, be superior or better than some standardexhilarate
v. fill with sublime emotion, make (someone) feel very happyexistence
n. everything that exists anywhere, the state or fact of existingfiery
a. characterized by intense emotion, like or suggestive of fireforeign
a. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the worldgauge
v. determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation, measure precisely and against a standardgrateful
a. feeling or showing gratitude, affording comfort or pleasureguarantee
v. give surety or assume responsibility, make certain ofharass
v. annoy continually or chronically, exhaust by attacking repeatedlyheight
n. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foothierarchy
n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative bodyhumorous
a. full of or characterized by humor, causing lighthearted laughter and amusementignorance
n. lack of knowledge, education, or informationimmediate
a. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect, performed with little or no delayindependent
n. a neutral or uncommitted person, especially in politicsingenious
a. showing inventiveness and skill, cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purposeintelligence
n. secret information about an enemy, the ability to comprehendjewelry
n. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gemsjudgment
n. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions, the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decisionkernel
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, a single whole grain of a cerealleisure
n. freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity, time available for ease and relaxationlibrary
n. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study, a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowinglicense
n. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices, a legal document giving official permission to do somethingmaintenance
n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence, court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separatedmaneuver
n. a military training exercise, an action aimed at evading an opponentmanoeuvre
v. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense, act in order to achieve a certain goalmedieval
a. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightenedmillennium
n. period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christminiature
a. being on a very small scale, of a much smaller size than normalmischievous
a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playfulmisspell
v. spell a word wrongly or incorrectlynecessary
n. anything indispensable, unavoidably determined by prior circumstancesneighbor
n. a nearby object of the same kindnoticeable
a. capable or worthy of being perceived, undesirably noticeableoccasionally
ad. now and then or here and thereoccurrence
n. an event that happens, an instance of something occurringparticularly
ad. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common, uniquely or characteristicallypastime
n. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts, usually pleasantlyperseverance
n. persistent determination, continuing or repeating behaviorpersonnel
n. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management, group of people willing to obey ordersplaywright
n. someone who writes playspossession
n. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior, being controlled by passion or the supernaturalprecede
v. be earlier in time; go back further, move ahead (of others) in time or spaceprecocious
a. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity, appearing or developing earlyprincipal
n. the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own accountprivilege
n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group, especially a hereditary or official rightpronunciation
n. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken, the manner in which someone utters a wordpublicly
ad. by the public or the people generally, in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openlyquestionnaire
n. a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical informationreceipt
n. a written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.recommend
v. push for something, make attractive or acceptablereference
n. a remark that calls attention to something or someonerelevant
a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issuerhyme
v. be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllableseparate
a. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion, have the connection undone; having become separatesupersede
v. take the place or move into the position ofsurveillance
n. close observation of a person or group, usually by the policesynecdoche
n. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versathreshold
n. a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or roomtomorrow
n. the near future, the next day, the day after, following the present daytwelfth
a. coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position, one part in twelve equal partsuntil
prep. up to point in time mentioned, as far asvacuum
n. a space entirely devoid of mattervengeance
n. the act of taking revenge, especially in the next lifeweather
n. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.Wednesday
n. the fourth day of the week; the third working dayweird
a. strikingly odd or unusual, suggesting something supernatural