knotty

Day 65Level 2

NOT-ee

troublesome

complex; difficult to solve

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

troublesome, thorny

Antonyms:

smooth, facile

Example Sentence:

Though Jimmie is skillful with dialogue, there are ways he ties the events together that are knotty.

Related Words

adjoin

uh-BUHT

border on; adjoin

to caution

ad-MAH-nish

to caution or warn

spurious

uh-PAHK-ruh-fuhl

of doubtful authenticity

diligent

uh-SIJ-oo-uhs

hard working, diligent

ready to fight

buh-LIJ-er-uhn

waging war

disparaging

dih-ROG-uh-tawr-ee

tending to damage; disparaging