@donnie.jackson: Pronunciation Challenge 🗣 Can You Pronounce These 10 Words Found in Classic Literature? 🤔 Advanced Vocabulary ✨ #pronunciationchallenge #BookTok #learnontiktok #advancedvocabulary #classicliterature 💎 Obsequious: Excessively eager to please. His obsequious behaviour annoyed everyone. 💎 Inexorable: Impossible to stop or prevent. Time is an inexorable force. 💎 Recondite: Little known or understood. The professor discussed a recondite subject. 💎 Ignominious: Shameful or disgraceful. It was an ignominious defeat. 💎 Perspicacious: Having keen insight. Her perspicacious observations impressed me. 💎 Inimical: Harmful or hostile. Jealousy is inimical to friendship. 💎 Pusillanimous: Lacking courage. His pusillanimous response disappointed us. 💎 Grandiloquent: Using pompous language. His grandiloquent speech lasted an hour. 💎 Perfidious: Deceitful or disloyal. She felt betrayed by her perfidious friend. 💎 Tergiversation: Evasion or changing one's position. His constant tergiversation frustrated the people.

Tuesday’s Child :

I did fairly well… although I completely stumbled over tergiversation. And while I could pronounce most of them (and had heard of many) the meanings of most of these words were new to me. 😅

Sharon Stanley Hillman :

I learned a lot today. I also pronounced all of the words correctly. 😁

Des Penny :

That last one was a doozy!

Agnostic :

I tried to buy Merriam-Webster dictionary, but I remplaced it by your amazing contents.

duartedollhouses :

I sure did learn something new! I got one! 😂

Grace, The Gray Pirate :

Never encountered tergification before. wasn't sure on the g.😁

rincewind :

Thanks, Donnie. Learned some good ones here

Shahara Ruth :

missed 2!

paperfigurequeen :

tanked, 😂😂😂

pet_nurse :

Oh boy, only got a few. 😢

Chance :

Yeah, I learned that the left part of my head hurts

user6181916918388 :

👎 the last one!

Amber :

wow that was tough!

teacheroscar21 :

Love these!

Gretchen :

100%

Rg25owl :

💯

Stan Swanson :

-2

fakebillydee1 :

heidiolson198 :

7/10

Jojo6430 :

Nice...4 new words for me.

mimipeg :

Have not heard of a few of those words but was able to sound them out pretty well. Hope I can remember them.

phoebe :

Pusillanimous had my tongue in a knot😆

Book Deb :

Why can I say some of them in my head but not out loud? [Tears of joy]

Jan Jan 21 :

I mispronounced three words so I definitely learned something!

Simon and Family :

Last word was new but I had it-barely. One of the middle ones was too and almost had me, but I paused to try two different pronunciations and the second attempt sounded better and ended up being right! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I love new words!!!