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Spell Bee Word: enormity


Basic Details

Word: Enormity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The great size or seriousness of something, usually of a problem or something bad.

Synonyms: magnitude, vastness

How to Spell Enormity

Syllables: e - nor - mi - ty

Tricky part: The start is en, as in enormous, and the end is ity. Students often write a in place of the i.

Watch out for: enormaty, inormity, enormitey

Memory tip: Take enormous, cut off ous, and add ity: enorm + ity.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Only after the flood did the villagers see the enormity of the damage.

Example 2: The enormity of the task, cleaning the whole beach, did not stop the volunteers.

Example 3: She slowly understood the enormity of her mistake.

Fun Fact

Enormity comes from the Latin enormis, meaning out of the normal pattern, from e (out of) and norma (a rule).

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

en_rm_ty

a) u, i
b) o, i
c) o, a
d) a, i

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b) o, i. Enormous gives the o, and the ending ity gives the i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) magnitude
b) calamity
c) severity
d) inormity

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d) inormity. It begins with en, just like enormous.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

enormity

a) silence
b) magnitude
c) kindness
d) smallness

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b) magnitude. Both words are about how big or how serious something is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The enormity of a disaster is ____.

a) when it ended
b) where it took place
c) who reported it
d) how huge and serious it is

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d) how huge and serious it is

2. The volunteers realised the enormity of the clean-up job. They found the job ____.

a) already finished
b) quick and easy
c) huge and hard
d) fun and simple

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c) huge and hard

Associated Words

chancellorfreakthriftydenialclumsily
ridiculoustemptevadecellarverbose

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