You, the teacher, may need a dictionary do this activity.
- Choose a word which is long, difficult, and unknown to the students, a good word to begin with is: warmonger.
- Without using a dictionary, your students write down a definition. (They can work out the definition in groups of three). Allow them a few minutes to think and write.
- Collect the definitions and read them aloud.
- When you have finished reading, they will have to vote which of those is the correct one. (It doesn't matter if none of them is the correct one)
- After they have voted and none of the groups guessed the meaning you read the correct one aloud.
Then you can have the students to discuss their writings.
Here is a good list of words: http://yubanet.com/oddnews/100-Funniest-Words-in-English.php#.UXEh4qK-2So