Not-Really-Hard Hard Words
Plants that hang on other plants
Vines
Something that's brand new, almost like it's just been born, is what?
Nascent
When two words have the same spelling and pronunciation, what are those words called?
Homonyms
This is a short word but a hard idea!
Think about this phrase:
"All men are wise. John Jacob Jingleheimersmith is not wise. Therefore John Jacob Jingleheimersmith is not a man."
What is this an example of?
Logic
This Greek word literally means "the green stuff in leaves". Which word is it?
Chlorophyll
What is 1000x bigger than a billion?
A trillion
Which word on our wall talks about our ability to ask questions?
Inquiry
Electricity created by dams that pen water up and release it is called what?
Hydropower
What do eye doctors study?
Ophthamology
This really ridiculously long Latin word just means "beautiful". I wonder why it's even in English?
Pulchritudinous
This street has such a slope that its sidewalks are stairwells. What adjective describes this street?
Steep
When you think about stuff real hard, what do you do?
Concentrate
The STUDY of our EARTH
Geology
When you look inside yourself and think about yourself, what is this called?
Introspection
This very long word is apparently a made-up lung disease
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Harry Potter is a wizard, so he is good at this thing. What is it?
Magic
The STUDY of OLD STUFF
Archeology
Using logic and reasoning to think about things, and writing down our results
Philosophy
WRITING DOWN stuff about our EARTH
Geography
WRITING DOWN stuff about the big blue yonder to our east
Oceanography
The little paragraph on the back cover of "Danger Tiger Crossing" is called a what?
Blurb
American Celsius is called degrees--what?
Fahrenheit
When we think about cause and effect, about things that happen because of other things, what are we thinking about?
Reasoning
When the same events happen twice--usually as bookends--in the same book, or piece of music, or work of art
Parallelism
When something in a book or painting or song talks about something else in your life
Symbolism