Denounce-Disclose

Question 0

Denounce sounds like

Answer 0

Dean ounce

Question 1

Criticize; condemn

Answer 1

Denounce

Question 2

Denounce mnemonic device

Answer 2

A short thin college dean named Dean Ounce, who criticizes everything and everyone at his school. He also yells at students, “you are all lazy and dumb and a disgrace to this institution.” One of the student says to another, “pound-four-pound, Dean Ounce is the most critical dean we have ever had.”

Question 3

Emptied; drained; used up

Answer 3

Depleted

Question 4

Depleted sounds like

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The pleated

Question 5

Depleted mnemonic device

Answer 5

A saleswoman is talking to a customer who was looking through a rack of pants. “I am sorry,” she says, “the pleated ones are all gone.”

Question 6

To express regret or disapproval; complain; criticize

Answer 6

Deplore

Question 7

Deplore sounds like

Answer 7

Deep lure

Question 8

Deplore mnemonic device

Answer 8

2 fish are in the ocean discussing a fisherman’s baited hook. The first fish says, “this is disgusting. We are 500 feet down and we have to look at plastic worms? Why would anyone use such deep lures, anyway?” The Second fish says “I guess they are just not interested in those shallow fish that live upstairs.”

Question 9

Disapprove; belittle

Answer 9

Deprecate

Question 10

Deprecate sounds like

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Debra Kate

Question 11

Deprecate mnemonic device

Answer 11

Debra Kate, Dean Ounce’s sister is the headmistress at a girls boarding school. She is very strict and old-fashioned. Like her brother, she believes her role is to express disapproval, and she is constantly letting her students know how unhappy she is with them.

Question 12

Make fun of; ridicule

Answer 12

Deride

Question 13

Deride sounds like

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The ride

Question 14

Deride mnemonic device

Answer 14

Park-and-ride, two-man are laughing uncontrollably at their friend who has just gotten off “the ride,” a roller coaster that obviously frightened the man a great deal. One of them says, “maybe you should stick with the kiddie rides!”

Question 15

Feeling hopeless or depressed

Answer 15

Despondent

Question 16

Despondent sounds like

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The spoon dent

Question 17

Despondent mnemonic device

Answer 17

A man with a very large collection of antique spoons. He sits holding a dented spoon in one hand, his face buried in the other as he cries to his wife

Question 18

Tyrant

Answer 18

Despot

Question 19

Despot sounds like

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Desk pot

Question 20

Despot mnemonic device

Answer 20

A pot is standing on top of a desk, proclaiming to be in complete power: “OK I’m in charge here!”

Question 21

Poor; lacking possessions

Answer 21

Destitute

Question 22

Destitute sounds like

Answer 22

Dusty tooth

Question 23

Destitute mnemonic device

Answer 23

A man is so poor that he only has one tooth left because he can’t afford dental care. And even that one tooth is dusty because he doesn’t own a toothbrush.

Question 24

Lacking a plan; aimless

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Desultory

Question 25

Desultory sounds like

Answer 25

This dull story

Question 26

Desultory mnemonic device

Answer 26

The father of the groom has gone up to the microphone to toast the newlyweds. As he begins to speak, the groom says, “Oh no, not this dull story! He just rambles on and on. He doesn’t even think about what he wants to say until he gets up there!” The father begins ramble about a random story.

Question 27

High level of skill, especially with the hands; adroitness

Answer 27

Dexterity

Question 28

Dexterity sounds like

Answer 28

Decks Terry

Question 29

Dexterity mnemonic device

Answer 29

A magician named Terry is so skillful with a deck of cards that he is known as “Decks Terry.” Some people say he can even shuffle cards while they are still in the box

Question 30

A bitterly critical speech

Answer 30

Diatribe

Question 31

Diatribe sounds like

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Dye a tribe

Question 32

Diatribe mnemonic device

Answer 32

The Indian chief is enraged and is screaming at a man who has dyed the entire tribe green

Question 33

To move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; to go off on a tangent

Answer 33

Digress

Question 34

Digress sounds like

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Die grass

Question 36

Digress mnemonic device

Answer 36

The guest speaker at the American Lawn Club’s annual convention. The speaker’s topic is “How to bring dead grass back to life.” Just a few minutes into his talk, while discussing the problem of dead grass under the barbecue grill, the lecturer begins to tell his audience about a really fun cookout he went to when he was visiting his sister in Arkansas, and the great recipe she gave him for shish kebab, and how his brother-in-law, Mark, cheated at Monopoly, and…

Question 37

causing lateness; stalling

Answer 37

dilatory

Question 38

dilatory sounds like

Answer 38

delay story

Question 39

dilatory mnemonic device

Answer 39

A little girl who doesn’t want to go to the dentist. She starts to tell her mother a long story about her day at school. Her mother says, “This is just a ‘delay story’ because you want us to be late.

Question 40

insightful; perceptive

Answer 40

discerning

Question 41

discerning sounds like

Answer 41

this urn Ning

Question 42

discerning mnemonic device

Answer 42

Two archaeologists digging at a site in China. They uncover a vase, or urn, and one of the archaeologists begins to describe it after a very brief examination: “This urn? Ning. That is, it’s from the Ning dynasty. It’s easy to tell because of this pattern of dragon teeth along the bottom. That is distinctive of Ning. Also, the color and shape of the handles are clues that this urn is from the Ning dynasty.” The second archaeologist adds, “Also, it says right here on the bottom, ‘made during the Ming Dynasty.’

Question 43

provide information; reveal

Answer 43

disclose

Question 44

disclose sounds like

Answer 44

this close

Question 45

disclose mnemonic device

Answer 45

Two corporate chairmen are in a meeting. A vice president of one of the companies comes out of the meeting to talk secretly with waiting reporters. Holding two fingers a quarter-inch apart, he whispers, “They are this close to making a deal.” Then he says, “But you didn’t hear it from me.”