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hard-to-spell words in English, along with a phonetic pronunciation guide to help you out

1. Acquiesce (ak-wee-ESS)
2. Bureaucracy (byoo-ROK-ruh-see)
3. Conscientious (kon-shee-EN-shuhs)
4. Camaraderie (kah-muh-RAH-duh-ree)
5. Deleterious (del-uh-TEER-ee-uhs)
6. Dichotomy (dy-KOT-uh-mee)
7. Ebullient (ih-BUHL-yuhnt)
8. Flabbergasted (FLAB-er-gas-tid)
9. Gubernatorial (goo-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl)
10. Hierarchical (hy-uh-RAHR-ki-kuhl)
11. Idiosyncrasy (id-ee-oh-SIN-kruh-see)
12. Juxtaposition (juks-tuh-puh-ZISH-uhn)
13. Kaleidoscope (kuh-LY-duh-skop)
14. Liaison (LEE-uh-zon)
15. Mischievous (MIS-chuh-vuhs)
16. Nefarious (nuh-FAIR-ee-uhs)
17. Onomatopoeia (on-uh-MAT-uh-PEE-uh)
18. Pneumonia (nyoo-MOHN-yuh)
19. Quintessential (kwin-tuh-SEN-shuhl)
20. Rendezvous (RAHN-day-voo)
21. Sacrilegious (sak-ruh-LIJ-uhs)
22. Subpoena (suh-PEE-nuh)
23. Surreptitious (sur-up-TISH-uhs)
24. Tchotchke (CHAHCH-kuh)
25. Ubiquitous (yoo-BIK-wi-tuhs)
26. Ventriloquism (ven-TRIL-uh-kwiz-uhm)
27. Worcestershire (WUUS-ter-sheer)
28. Xylophone (ZY-luh-fon)
29. Yacht (yaht)
30. Zephyr (ZEF-er)

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