Hard Words to Pronounce: Study Tools

a. not sensible about practical matters, idealistic and unrealistic

a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

a. of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city, living in or characteristic of farming or country life

a. confidently optimistic and cheerful, positive and hoping for good things

n. a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth, and hair, consisting of two sharp blades

v. proceed without interruption in music or talk, change smoothly from one state or situation to another

n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin

n. a tetravalent nonmetallic element, the most abundant element in the earth's crust that occurs in clay

a. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

n. a small furry animal with a long tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds

a. serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned

a. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

n. a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel

n. a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others

n. the state of being more than full, the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

n. a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it

n. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment, he somatic sensation of cold or heat

n. one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based

n. a quality of sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each other