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Cajole sounds like

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Cage hole

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To fool with flattery or false promises; coax; deceive

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Cajole

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Cajole mnemonic device

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A large cat sits outside a parakeet cage. The cage has a small hole at the top. Inside, a parakeet is perched on the swing. “You have the most beautiful feathers I have ever seen,” says the cat. “The colors are magnificent. Why don’t you squeeze out of that hole so I can get a better look at you?”

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Honesty; frankness

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Candor

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Candor sounds like

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Can door

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Candor mnemonic device

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There is a door on the stage. The door is trying out for a dance job. The producer, a tin can, is delivering the bad news with as much honesty as possible. It says, “Miss door, let me be candid. Your knees are knobby, you become unhinged when the tempo changes, and you never seem to know if you are opening or closing. I am not knocking you, but don’t ring our bell, we’ll ring yours.”

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Large; roomy; spacious

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Capacious

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Capacious sounds like

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Car patients

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Capacious mnemonic device

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A doctor uses her car as an office. She explains, “this car has an incredible amount of room inside. The front seat is a waiting area in the backseat has three separate examining rooms.”

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Surrender; yield

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Capitulate

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Capitulate sounds like

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Capital late

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Capitulate mnemonic device

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The government of a small nation has just been overthrown by a neighboring country. In the capital city of the overthrown nation, The president is speaking with his military commander, who has just arrived with troops. “I’m sorry,” he says, “but you got here too late. I was forced to surrender.”

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Unpredictable

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Capricious

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Capricious sounds like

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Cap riches

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Capricious mnemonic device

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A man is standing in front of the slot machine in a casino. He puts a quarter into the slot, pulls the handle, and hold his cap under the chute, waiting hopefully for his riches. He doesn’t know if or when it will happen, but he’s sure it could happen

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Scold; punish

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Castigate

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Castigate sounds like

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Curse the gate

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Castigate mnemonic device

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Picture someone scolding a gate

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Burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm

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Caustic

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Caustic sounds like

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Caw stick

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Caustic mnemonic device

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A crow is crying (“caw caw”) because it has been burned by a stick coated with acid

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Speed

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Celerity

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Celerity sounds like

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Celery

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Celerity mnemonic device

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A stock of celery is moving at high speed. The celery might be in the form of a race car zooming around a track

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To criticize

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Censure

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Censure sounds like

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Send ashore

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Censure mnemonic device

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A man is wading to shore from a large sailing ship. He is the navigator of the ship, and has been sent to shore by the captain and the rest of the crew because they blame him for getting them lost at sea. They had sent him to ask directions from the people on the beach. As he walks, they shot at him from the ship: “you couldn’t find your way across a bathtub!” “Try not to miss the beach.”

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Punish; discipline; castigate

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Chasten

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Chasten sounds like

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Chase sin

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Chasten mnemonic device

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An old-fashioned religious mother who is trying to discipline her mischievous son: “I’ll keep scrolling and finishing until I’ve chased the sin right out of you!”

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School; punish; castigate

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Chastise

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Chastise sounds like

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Chase ties

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Chastise mnemonic device

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The same man who yelled at the gate is now chasing ties around the yard, scolding them.

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Anger

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Choler

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Choler sounds like

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Collar

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Choler mnemonic device

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A dog is very angry about the ridiculous collar he has been forced to wear

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Draw a line around; define limits; confine; restrict

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Circumscribe

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Circumscribe sounds like

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Circus crib

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Circumscribe mnemonic device

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The baby elephant is headed for a career in the circus, but she has a lot to learn. Her trainer puts the elephant in a baby crib and places the crib inside one of the circus rings. The elephant may climb out of the crib, but may not go outside the circle, her limit. Her movements have been circumscribed

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Cautious

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Circumspect

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Circumspect sounds like

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Search inspect

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Circumspect mnemonic device

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A chipmunk peeks from her house- a hole in the trunk of a hollow tree. She must go out for food, but before leaving the safety of her tree, she carefully and methodically looks around, or searches and inspects, to see if a predator is waiting to snatch her

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Mercy

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Clemency

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Clemency sounds like

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Clam in sea

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Clemency mnemonic device

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A clam is a judge presiding over an undersea court room. The defendant is a muscle accused of fixing races at the snail track. Judge: “the maximum sentence for this crime is one weekend on a dry beach filled with small children and biology teachers. But it is your first offense, so I will show clemency. I hereby sentence you to eight hours of voluntary service working with oil spill survivors.”

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Secluded or isolated from the outside world; a place of seclusion

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Cloister

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Cloister sounds like

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Closed oyster

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Cloister mnemonic device

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There is a giant closed oyster. Someone is hiding inside the shell.

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Unite; grow together

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Coalesce

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Coalesce sounds like

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Coal S

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Coalesce mnemonic device

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A man puts some charcoal into his barbecue grill, throws in a match, and goes into the house. When he returns, he sees that the coals have come together to form a large letter “S” at the bottom of the grill. “When they say it makes a Super Fire, they aren’t kidding!”

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Two for someone by threatening or physically overpowering them

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Coerce

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Coerce sounds like

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Course

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Coerce mnemonic device

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A young army private has to run an obstacle course, which requires him to climb a flaming wall, swim across the pond filled with hungry alligators, and run through a field of rattlesnakes. The soldier is reluctant to run the course, but his sergeant forces him with threats of physical harm, verbal abuse, isolation, double shifts in the mess hall, and court-martial.

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Self-satisfied; unconcerned

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Complacent

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Complacent sounds like

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Come play, cent

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Complacent mnemonic device

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A penny sits on a park bench. Two small children call to him, “template, sent!” But the penny, smiling, hands behind head, eyes closed, is too self-satisfied to move from the bench.

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To change your behavior at someone else’s request; conforming; obeying; yielding

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Compliant

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Compliant sounds like

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Complaint

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Compliant mnemonic device

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The man working in that complaint department of the store has put up a sign over his desk that says, “complaint.” His bosses walked by nine or 10 times, and each time has told the man to change the spelling to “compliant.” Even though he knows it is incorrect, The employee gives in and make the change. So now he works directly under a sign that says, “compliant.”

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