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Quotidian

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(adjective): daily. Think: QUOTA. The meter maid met her daily QUOTA of parking tickets by her QUOTIDIAN patrolling of the streets.

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Apotheosis

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(noun): a perfect example. Think: A POTENT THESIS. My professor said he gave me only A in the class because my paper was the APOTHEOSIS of a persuasive essay: it had A POTENT THESIS.

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Promulgate

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(verb): to make known. Think: PROMOTE MULLET. The hillbilly hairstylist would often PROMOTE MULLETS by PROMULGATING about them to new clients.

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Celerity

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(noun): quickness. Think: ACCELERATE. After Cee Lo switched to an all-celery diet, he lost 0 pounds and his ability to ACCELERATE increased, as did his CELERITY.

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Fitful

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(adjective): irregular; intermittent. Think: FIT-FULL. Our new baby only sleeps FITFULLY - the night seems FULL of his crying FITS.

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Amenable

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(adjective): willing; cooperative. Think: AMEN-ABLE. After she shouted, “AMEN!” I was able to tell that she was AMENABLE to my plan.

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Taciturn

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(adjective): not talkative. Think: TAKES HIS TURN. If he’s passive and TACITURN at the debate and just politely TAKES HIS TURN when speaking, he’ll never win.

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Rarefied

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(adjective): lofty; reserved only for a select few. Think: RARE FIND. The truffle your pig dug up is a RARE FIND, peasant - you dare not eat such a RAREFIED delicacy - save it for his Majesty.

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Encroaching

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(verb): gradually invading one’s rights or property. Think: ROACHES. My apartment’s ROACHES are ENCROACHING upon my space: they now occupy the kitchen.

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Notorious

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(adjective): famous for being bad. Think: NOTORIOUS B.I.G. The NOTORIOUS B.I.G. got away with calling himself NOTORIOUS since he sold crack as a youth.

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Juggernaut

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(noun): something very powerful. Think: JUGGLER-KNOT. That JUGGLER tied that huge KNOT by juggling six balls of yarn - it’ll be a JUGGERNAUT to untie.

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Aegis

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(noun): protection. Think: EGG US! Go ahead, try to EGG US - our house has the AEGIS of the police, since my dad’s a cop.

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Nondescript

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(adjective): plain. Think: NO DESCRIPTION. The little desert island was so NONDESCRIPT that it had NO DESCRIPTION in our guidebook.

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Restive

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(adjective): restless; fidgety. Think: REST on STOVE. Good luck taking a REST on a STOVE - you’ll feel too RESTIVE to sleep because you’ll worry it will turn on.

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Pugnacious

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(adjective): wanting to fight. Think: PUG NATION. Imagine how PUGNACIOUS a PUG NATION would be - those little dogs definitely would be fighting all the time.

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Conniving

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(verb): secretly plotting to do bad things. Think: CON KNIVES. Mean girls act nice, but don’t be CONNED: they’re CONNIVING to stick KNIVES in your back.

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Amortize

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(verb): to gradually pay off or reduce. Think: A MORTGAGE. Unless you have a ton of money, when you buy a house, you probably AMORTIZE the loan with A MORTGAGE.

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Adamant

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(adjective): stubborn; unyielding. Think: ADAM… DAMN IT! God was ADAMANT that ADAM not return to the Garden of Eden: “I said no, DAMN IT!”

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Defunct

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(adjective): no longer existing. Think: DE-FUNCTION. When I can fly in my dreams, the law of gravity seems to be DEFUNCT, like it has been “DE-FUNCTIONED”.

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Sybarite

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(noun): one devoted to pleasure. Think: SIT at a BAR. If you go SIT at a BAR every night to watch sports and drink beer, you might be a SYBARITE.

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Virulent

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(adjective): infectious; harmful; hostile. Think: VIRUS. The swine flu VIRUS is so VIRULENT that it can kill a previously healthy person.

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Obstinate

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(adjective): stubborn. Think: OBSTACLE IN IT. The OBSTINATE horse behaved as though there was an OBSTACLE to movement IN IT.

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Umbrage

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(noun): offense; annoyance. Think: UMBRELLA RAGE. Someone who takes UMBRAGE at his UMBRELLA probably felt RAGE when it broke during a storm.

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Mendicant

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(noun): a beggar. Think: MEND? I CAN’T. If you tell a MENDICANT to sew up the holes in his clothes, he’d probably say, “MEND? I CAN’T! They’re about to fall apart.”

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Cordial

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(adjective): affectionate. Think: CORDIAL (noun). The alcohol in the CORDIAL (noun) made me act more CORDIAL (adjective).

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Sectarian

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(adjective): narrow-minded. Think: SECTOR. SECTARIAN views are shallow because they only consider one SECTOR of the whole issue.

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Cupidity

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(noun): greedy desire for. Think: CUPID. After being shot by CUPID’S arrow, Sarah developed such CUPIDITY for her valentine that she called him daily.

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Repugnant

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(adjective): gross. Think: UGLY PUG. Although some people think PUGS’ upturned faces and wheezing are cute, many find the breed to be REPUGNANT.

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Abound

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(verb): to be numerous. Think: ABUNDANT. Kangaroos ABOUND in Australia; they’re ABUNDANT, bouncing around wherever you look.

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Turgid

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(adjective): swollen. Think: TURKEY IN. After Thanksgiving dinner, my belly was so TURGID that it looked like I had eaten the whole TURKEY.

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Novitiate

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(noun): a beginner. Think: NOVICE INITIATE. The NOVITIATE is a NOVICE frat brother, so they’ll INITIATE him by making him run around campus wearing a thong.

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Quixotic

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(adjective): idealistic; impractical. Think: QUICK EXOTIC. It’s QUIXOTIC to think that you should earn some QUICK cash by becoming an EXOTIC dancer.

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Subversive

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(adjective): seeking to undermine or disturb. Think: SUBVERSIVE VERSES. The political poet was detained by government officials for her “SUBVERSIVE VERSES.”

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Stolid

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(adjective): unemotional. Think: SOLID. The STOLID butler was SOLID and expressionless; he never broke down and cried.

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Gamboled

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(verb): danced around happily; frolicked. Think: GAME BALL. After she scored three goals and led the team to victory, the coach awarded her the GAME BALL and she GAMBOLED all over the place.

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Puerile

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(adjective): childish. Think: PUBERTY. The high school freshman’s PUERILE sense of humor was typical of a boy who was going through PUBERTY.

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Circuitous

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(adjective): roundabout; not direct. Think: CIRCUIT-ISH. The crooked cabdriver took a CIRCUITOUS route; his path was CIRCUIT-ISH to increase the fare.

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Adept

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(adjective): very skilled. Think: ADAPT. Mountain lions can ADAPT to almost any climate and environment; they’re ADEPT at survival.

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Prudent

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(adjective): wise. Think: PRUDE STUDENT. In high school, PRUDE STUDENTS are PRUDENT, since it’s not a great idea to be 6 and pregnant.

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Unassuming

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(adjective): modest. Think: UN-ASSUME. The millionaire’s UNASSUMING car definitely didn’t make us ASSUME he was wealthy.

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Upbraided

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(verb): criticized severely. Think: UPSIDE BRAID. The hippie UPBRAIDED me so much that I was afraid she was going to slap me UPSIDE the head with her giant BRAID.

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Gambit

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(noun): a move made to try to gain an advantage. Think: GAMBLE IT. When you play chess, sometimes you have to GAMBLE IT and use a GAMBIT by sacrificing a piece for a better position.

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Pacific

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(adjective): soothing. Think: PACIFIER. The infant’s PACIFIER had a PACIFIC effect, and she was soon asleep.

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Prodigious

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(adjective): impressively large; extraordinary. Think: PRODIGY. The child PRODIGY could multiply PRODIGIOUS numbers in his head.

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Imminent

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(adjective): about to happen. Think: IN A MOMENT. The evil-looking storm clouds told us a downpour was IMMINENT - it would happen IN A MOMENT.

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Fortitude

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(noun): strength. Think: FORTRESS. The Bulgarian weightlifter’s mental FORTITUDE during training gave him a body that looked like a FORTRESS.

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Stultify

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(verb): to make ineffective. Think: STUPID DOLT. If you STULTIFY yourself by punching yourself in the skull, you’ll become a STUPID DOLT.

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Diminutive

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(adjective): tiny. Think: DIMINISH U. If I DIMINISH U with my magic wand, you’ll become DIMINUTIVE.

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Gauche

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(adjective): awkward. Think: GO DOUCHE. The GAUCHE thing about Summer’s Eve commercials is that they’re basically telling you to GO DOUCHE.

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Altruistic

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(adjective): unselfish concern for others. Think: ALWAYS TRUE STICK. My wingman is ALTRUISTIC: he’s ALWAYS TRUE and STICKS by my side when I hit on chicks, even if he’s not interested in any of them.

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Precocious

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(adjective): very talented at a young age. Think: PRE-COACHING. Sadie was PRECOCIOUS at piano PRE-COACHING; she taught herself to play Mozart at the age of two.

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Insipid

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(adjective): bland; dull. Think: IN SIPPY. FYI: if your drinks are served IN SIPPY cups, you’re probably a baby - that’s why they feed you INSIPID, mushy foods.

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Grandiose

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(adjective): affecting grandness by showing off or exaggerating. Think: GRAND IDEAS. I have a lot of GRAND IDEAS: for example, my GRANDIOSE plan to jump the Grand Canyon with my rocket car.

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Disputatious

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(adjective): inclined to argue. Think: DISPUTE. After being pulled over, the DISPUTATIOUS lawyer unwisely DISPUTED the accuracy of the cop’s radar gun.

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Modicum

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(noun): a small amount. Think: MODEST AMOUNT. My pet mouse is cheap to feed because a MODICUM, or MODEST AMOUNT, of food will fill up his little belly.

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Piebald

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(adjective): many-colored; varied. Think: PIES. The horse’s coat was PIEBALD, pebbled with blotches of so many colors that it looked like PIES were thrown at it.

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Otiose

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(adjective): useless; lazy. Think: TORTOISE fetch. Playing fetch with this TORTOISE is OTIOSE.

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Concomitant

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(adjective): accompanying, especially in a less important way. Think: CAN COME WITH IT. Drinking too much carries the CONCOMITANT risk of depression that CAN COME WITH IT.

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Raucous

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(adjective): noisy; disorderly. Think: ROCKS US. The Beastie Boys’ RAUCOUS track, “Fight For Your Right to Party”, ROCKS US.

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Abashed

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(adjective): embarrassed. Think: BASHFUL the dwarf. When Snow White kisses him, BASHFUL gets so ABASHED that he blushes.

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Whimsical

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(adjective): playful; random; fanciful. Think: WHIM. The princess’s WHIMSICAL ideas included her sudden WHIM to travel to Antarctica.

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Cardinal

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(adjective): of main importance. Think: CARDINAL bird. You’d think the bright red male CARDINAL (noun) was the most CARDINAL (adjective) bird because of its vivid color.

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Solipsistic

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(adjective): being extremely self-centered. Think: SOLD LIPSTICK. The model whose image SOLD LIPSTICK became SOLIPSISTIC due to all the compliments she received.

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Titular

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(adjective): relating to a title. Think: TITLE. The TITULAR character in Harry Potter is Harry Potter because his name is also the TITLE of the book.

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Inimitable

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(adjective): not capable of being imitated. Think: IN-IMITATE-ABLE. Michelangelo’s art is INIMITABLE and IN-IMITATE-ABLE; it has a magic that cannot be reproduced.

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Dudgeon

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(noun): a tantrum caused by being offended. Think: DUNGEON GRUDGE. I was in high DUDGEON after they threw me in the DUNGEON for jaywalking, and I held a GRUDGE.

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Incorrigible

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(adjective): unable to be reformed. Think: IN-CORRECTABLE. Despite his teachers’ best efforts to make him sit still, the hyperactive little boy seemed INCORRIGIBLE and IN-CORRECTABLE.

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Encomium

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(noun): praise. Think: IN COMIC-CON. IN COMIC-CON, the entertainment convention, nerds give ENCOMIUM to the latest comic-book movies.

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Exodus

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(noun): the departure of many people. Think: EXIT US. During the Syrian civil war, there was a mass EXODUS of refugees who must have been thinking, “EXIT US!”

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Milieu

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(noun): setting or environment. Think: MY LOO. I prefer to use MY LOO in my own MILIEU - other people’s bathrooms are gross!

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Storied

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(adjective): having an interesting/celebrated history. Think: STORIES. Dos Equis’ “most interesting man in the world’s” STORIED history makes people tell his STORIES.

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Droll

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(adjective): funny. Think: ROLL (with laughter). DROLL humor makes me ROLL with laughter.

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Bonhomie

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(noun): a pleasant and friendly mood. Think: ABUNDANCE of HOMIES. When I have an ABUNDANCE of HOMIES, I have BONHOMIE.

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Hiatus

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(noun): an interruption or break. Think: HYATT. The Hawaiian HYATT ad urged us to take a HIATUS from work to stay at its luxurious hotel for a few days.

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Deplete

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(verb): to use up. Think: DELETE. DEPLETED uranium has had some of its radioactivity DELETED.

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Perfidy

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(noun): treachery; treason. Think: PERFORATED FIDELITY. When I realized my friend spread rumors about me, I felt like he had PERFORATED FIDELITY because of his PERFIDY.

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Assuage

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(verb): to make less severe. Think: MASSAGE. Getting a long MASSAGE will ASSUAGE those sore muscles.

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Sumptuary

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(adjective): made to prevent overindulgence. Think: CONSUMPTION-ARY. CONSUMPTION of harmful things, like cigarettes or alcohol, can be limited with a SUMPTUARY tax.

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Recidivist

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(noun): someone who relapsed into crime. Think: SID’s DIVISION. Sid had two sides to his personality: the law-abiding side and the RECIDIVIST.

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Evinced

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(verb): revealed. Think: EVIDENCE. Vince EVINCED the villain by providing EVIDENCE.

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Despoiled

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(verb): stripped of value. Think: SPOILED. Desperate for oil, the U.S. drilled in Alaska and DESPOILED the land, and act which SPOILED it for future generations.

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Anomaly

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(noun): something unusual. Think: ABNORMALLY KNOBBY KNEE. I have an ABNORMALLY KNOBBY KNEE; my doctor tells me it’s an ANOMALY.

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Pariah

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(noun): an outcast. Think: MARIAH’S anthem. MARIAH Carey became a PARIAH after butchering the national anthem in front of 80,000 fans.

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Unconscionable

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(adjective): unreasonable; not guided by conscience. Think: UN-CONSCIENCE. It would be UNCONSCIONABLE to leave your two-year-old alone at home - you’d have to have no conscience - an “UN-CONSCIENCE”.

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Panacea

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(noun): a cure-all. Think: PAN OF Vitamin C. The hippie advised me that eating a PAN OF vitamin C is a PANACEA for illness.

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Revanche

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(noun): revenge. Think: REVENGE. Motivated by REVENGE, the French monarch ordered her general to take REVANCHE on those who had captured the island.

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Uniform

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(adjective): always the same. Think: Army UNIFORM. Throughout the U.S., the UNIFORM (noun) that Army soldiers wear is UNIFORM (adjective).

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Husbandry

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(noun): careful management. Think: HUSBAND. In the 950s, a woman’s HUSBAND usually practiced HUSBANDRY of their finances.

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Tenuous

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(adjective): lacking substance or strength. Think: TENTATIVE. At the debate, the TENTATIVE speaker’s argument was unsurprisingly judged to be TENUOUS.

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Spendthrift

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(noun): someone who spends wastefully. Think: SPEND before THRIFT. SPENDTHRIFT means someone for whom SPENDING comes before being THRIFTY.

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Streamlined

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(adjective): simplified; modernized. Think: STREAM LINE. The STREAMLINED shape of a trout lets it swim through even a rushing STREAM in a straight LINE.

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Illiberal

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(adjective): narrow-minded. Think: ILL LIBERAL. Unlike his fellow open-minded Democrats, Jack was so ILLIBERAL that people thought he must be a mentally ILL LIBERAL.

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Hackneyed

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(adjective): trite or overused. Think: HACKED KNEES. The veteran soccer player had HACKED KNEES; his knees were HACKNEYED from overuse.

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Jingoism

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(noun): extreme nationalism, belligerent foreign policy. Think: RINGO-ISM. The British man’s JINGOISM went so far as to make him campaign for the Beatles’ RINGO Starr to rule the free world.

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Halcyon

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(adjective): happy; peaceful; prosperous. Think: HELL’S SHE ON? In her HALCYON years, people would ask “What the HELL’S SHE ON?” because she was constantly happy.

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Askew

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(adjective): slanted to one side. Think: SKEW. Your picture is ASKEW because the earthquake SKEWED it from hanging evenly.

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Apposite

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(adjective): appropriate. Think: A POSITIVE SITE. Wikipedia is A POSITIVE SITE because it’s APPOSITE for all kinds of research.

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Proximity

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(noun): closeness. Think: APPROXIMATELY. APPROXIMATELY means “close to”; PROXIMITY means closeness.

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Rapacious

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(adjective): greedy; predatory; ravenous. Think: RAPES US. The RAPACIOUS new tax law takes so much of our earnings that it effectively RAPES US.

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Melodramatic

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(adjective): overly dramatic. Think: DRAMATIC MELODY. It’s MELODRAMATIC to hire a violinist to follow you around and play a DRAMATIC MELODY when you enter a room.

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