Misleading wordAges 15–20Enormity
Great wickedness or seriousness of a wrong.
The enormity of the crime shocked the whole town.
Not this
Large size.
✗ We admired the enormity of the new stadium.
Remember: For size, say 'enormousness' or 'vastness'. Many dictionaries now accept 'huge scale', but formal writers avoid it.
Short lessonMisleading wordsSome words mean something quite different from what they seem to say.