Word familiarity list
Rare words
Words many readers may not recognize.
- Known by
- 25.6%
the indistinct sound of people whispering
- Known by
- 27.9%
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
- Known by
- 28.4%
shining intensely
- Known by
- 31.5%
suffering from excessive eating or drinking
- Known by
- 32.7%
a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
- Known by
- 33.4%
the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience
- Known by
- 33.9%
boring verbosity
- Known by
- 34.5%
dark and misty and gloomy
- Known by
- 35%
impossible to avoid or evade
- Known by
- 35.1%
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- Known by
- 35.3%
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- Known by
- 36.2%
the art of wine making
- Known by
- 36.4%
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- Known by
- 36.8%
an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists
- Known by
- 36.9%
doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
- Known by
- 37.6%
composed of or containing bone
- Known by
- 37.9%
a light meal or repast
- Known by
- 38.1%
a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
- Known by
- 38.7%
common sense
- Known by
- 39.6%
used of persons only; having great physical beauty
- Known by
- 39.7%
nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
- Known by
- 40.1%
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- Known by
- 40.1%
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- Known by
- 40.4%
the property of being close together
- Known by
- 40.8%
an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
- Known by
- 41%
the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
- Known by
- 41%
the time yet to come
- Known by
- 41.8%
of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- Known by
- 42.1%
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
- Known by
- 42.2%
a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- Known by
- 42.2%
providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- Known by
- 42.7%
the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
- Known by
- 43%
of or relating to proprioception
- Known by
- 43.2%
fraught with danger
- Known by
- 43.4%
bearing or producing seed or semen
- Known by
- 43.5%
a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government