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Term
quotidian
Definition
-ordinary
-daily quota
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champion
Definition
-promote
-champion a champion's success
Term
acquiescent
Definition
-compliant
-quietly go along
Term
insipid
Definition
-dull
-only sip, tasteless
Term
sordid
Definition
-dirty
-sordid crime
Term
gainsay
Definition
-deny
-gain from saying a gainsay of a crime
Term
capacious
Definition
-roomy
-large capacity
Term
discursive
Definition
-rambling
-lots of discourse
Term
fission
Definition
-splitting
-lots of discourse
Term
painstaking
Definition
-careful
-painstaking process
Term
mellifluous
Definition
-sweet sounding
-fluid melody
Term
indubitable
Definition
-undoubtable
-certain
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indomitable
Definition
-invincible
-unable to dominate
Term
protracted
Definition
-prolonged
-not expedited
Term
rescind
Definition
-revoke
-rescind the title
Term
placate
Definition
-pacify
-placcid
Term
swathe
Definition
-wrap
-swaddle
Term
mire
Definition
-entangle
-mired in a mile of vines
Term
avouch
Definition
-affirm
-vouch for something
Term
recant
Definition
-retract
-take back
Term
pugnacious
Definition
-aggressive
-pug-ish
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avarice
Definition
-concerned with money
-greedy
Term
clement
Definition
-favorable
-clement weather
Term
sibilant
Definition
-sound with a hissing effect
-/s/
Term
providence
Definition
-economy
-economy provides
Term
prodigality
Definition
-wastefulness
-pro dig of oil
Term
inundation
Definition
-flood
-under
Term
penitent
Definition
-remorseful
-pennyless is remorseful for spending money
Term
taper
Definition
-decrease
-tapered bangs
Term
tout
Definition
-recommend
-laud
Term
pernicious
Definition
-harmful
-thorn
Term
tendentious
Definition
-intending to promote
-tending to promote
Term
platitude
Definition
-unoriginal saying
-plain attitude
Term
moribund
Definition
-declining
-bound for morgue
Term
scarce
Definition
-rare
Term
captious
Definition
-finding fault
-giving captions
Term
glacous
Definition
-grayish green
-grapes
Term
fatuous
Definition
-silly and pointless
-infatuated with someone means you're silly
Term
slight
Definition
-insult
-slight insult
Term
inordinate
Definition
-excessive
-not ordinary amount
Term
venal
Definition
-corrupt
-veal is a corrupt business
Term
preternatural
Definition
-extraordinary
-prettier than natural
Term
jaundiced
Definition
-bitter
-bitterly yellow
Term
coalesce
Definition
-merge
-converge
Term
agglomerate
Definition
-jumble together
-conglomerate messily
Term
canalize
Definition
-convert a river into a canal
-into a CANAL
Term
hortatory
Definition
-urging
-tries to exhort
Term
subterranean
Definition
-secret
-under the earth
Term
preponderant
Definition
-predominant
-PREdomiNANT
Term
inquietude
Definition
-restlessness
-not quiet
Term
stolid
Definition
-calm
-stoic
Term
diaphanous
Definition
-light, delicate
-delicate fan
Term
stalwart
Definition
-loyal worker
-a stale wart is always there
Term
proletarian
Definition
-member of working class
-stalwarts are stoletarians
Term
modish
Definition
-trendy
-modern
Term
caustic
Definition
-sharply attacking
-be cautious
Term
lurid
Definition
-sensational
-lucid dreams
Term
putative
Definition
-supposed
-put out
Term
pulchritude
Definition
-beauty
-un assumed beauty
Term
ineffable
Definition
-too great to be expressed
-un fing believable
Term
perspicacious
Definition
-have an understanding of things
-precocious
Term
upshot
Definition
-result
-the upshot of the basketball game was a shot in the basket
Term
palisade
Definition
-fence
-pal on this side
Term
declivity
Definition
-downward slope
-declining
Term
grate
Definition
-annoy
-grating noise
Term
ravel
Definition
-untangle
-unravel
Term
epistaxis
Definition
-nose bleed
-skin stack in your nose of blood
Term
latitude
Definition
-freedom
-go the latitude of the world
Term
treacly
Definition
-too sentimental
-molasses isn't really good just sentimental
Term
jocose
Definition
-playful, humorous
-joking
Term
maudlin
Definition
-emotion
-models are usually maudlin
Term
disburse
Definition
-pay out
-disperse your money
Term
decant
Definition
-drain
-de:down cant:drink
Term
ferret
Definition
-rummage
-ferrets ferret
Term
dilatory
Definition
-slowness
-delay
Term
linchpin
Definition
-vital person in an organization
-pin in the wheel to make it move
Term
watershed
Definition
-milestone
-water shed is a great watershed if you're thirsty
Term
gory
Definition
-bloody
-movie
Term
pied
Definition
-multicolored
-pied pony
Term
renege
Definition
-back out of
-re:again negate
Term
meretricious
Definition
-worthless
-meritless
Term
retrograde
Definition
-backward
-retro styles
Term
vulpine
Definition
-crafty, cunning
-like a fox
Term
proscribe
Definition
-prohibit
-PROhibit
Term
entrench
Definition
-install
-en:in trench:stall
Term
morganatic
Definition
-no one in family gets assets
-captain morgan
Term
assay
Definition
-determine quality
-say quality
Term
vernal
Definition
-appropriate in spring
-verde:green:spring
Term
surfeit
Definition
-excessive amount
-sur:above feit:money
Term
egress
Definition
-leave a place
-everyone will eventually egress Degrassi
Term
venial
Definition
-minor sin
-in denial about venial sin
Term
deaden
Definition
-make less intense
-make more dead
Term
parry
Definition
-ward off a blow
-Perry must have had to parry during his elections
Term
confer
Definition
-grant
-confer this degree
Term
multifaceted
Definition
-many sides
-many faces
Term
periphrasis
Definition
-indirect language
-around the phrases, circumlocutory
Term
parity
Definition
-equality
-not disparity
Term
becloud
Definition
-obscured, muddled
-cloud in the way
Term
progenitor
Definition
-ancestor
-first generation
Term
jauntiness
Definition
-stylish
-stylish jeans
Term
doctrinaire
Definition
-rigid in beliefs
-spread your doctrines
Term
elliptical
Definition
-obscure
-elliptical is an elliptical way to travel
Term
variegated
Definition
-multicolored
-variated colors
Term
abnegate
Definition
-deny
-absolutely negate
Term
genuflect
Definition
-show servility
-show genus defect that makes you genuflect
Term
repine
Definition
-fret
-repine over someone
Term
obstreperous
Definition
-noisy
-obstructing quiet
Term
limpid
Definition
-clear
-clear dead eyes
Term
gustatory
Definition
-concerned with taste
-eat with gusto makes you gustatory
Term
ambulatory
Definition
-related to walking
-ambling is ambulatory
Term
incisive
Definition
-focused thinking
-not indecisive
Term
obfuscate
Definition
-make unclear
-obscure
Term
list
Definition
-tilt to one side
-walk with a list makes you tilt to one side
Term
listlessness
Definition
-lack of energy
-you don't make lists when you're listless
Term
delectable
Definition
-delicious
-yummy
Term
unpalatable
Definition
-not tasty
-unable to put on your palate
Term
recalcitrant
Definition
-uncooperative with authority
-contumacious claudia
Term
mirth
Definition
-amusement
-birth is a mirth
Term
monaural
Definition
-one ear
-mono aural
Term
meritorious
Definition
-deserving praise
-deserving merit
Term
rectitude
Definition
-moral uprightness
-having a stick up your butt
Term
turpitude
Definition
-moral corruption
-corRUPT
Term
exhumed
Definition
-dig out
-archaeologists exhume and examine fossils
Term
supine
Definition
-lying face upward
-supine in a recliner
Term
meteoric
Definition
-very rapid rise
-like a meteor shooting up
Term
moiety
Definition
-portion
-i got the smaller moiety because i'm on a diet
Term
propinquity
Definition
-proximity
-proximity
Term
festoon
Definition
-wreath
-it's festive to hang a festoon at christmas
Term
replete
Definition
-filled or well supplied
-resupply something depleted
Term
relegate
Definition
-push to a lower level
-relegated down to a lower position
Term
fettle
Definition
-condition
-plane is in fine fettle so we can flly
Term
hermetic
Definition
-completely airtight
-air tight hermetic seal
Term
headlong
Definition
-in a rush
-when you're in a rush your head is into it and you're headlong
Term
pithy
Definition
-short and to the point
-short and pithy
Term
wan
Definition
-pale
-chinese are pale
Term
hoary
Definition
-grayish white
-hoarders usually have hoary hair
Term
pallid
Definition
-pale
-PALe
Term
ruddy
Definition
-red colored, healthy
-red mud is ruddy
Term
supercilious
Definition
-arrogant
-behaving above (super) everyone
Term
cookery
Definition
-act of cooking
Term
heretical
Definition
-different from common views
-heresy
Term
paean
Definition
-used to praise
-pander for paean (praise_
Term
attrition
Definition
-erosion
-i stopped attrition in LA
Term
accretion
Definition
-adding matter
-give credit, add matter
Term
mercurial
Definition
-volatile, capricious
-someone with mercury poisoning can become mercurial and change moods
Term
heterodox
Definition
-not conforming with orthodox standards
-hetero:different dox:belief
Term
husbandry
Definition
-careful management
-husband is in charge of husbandry
Term
misfeasance
Definition
-wrongful exercise of authority
-it's a misfortune if there is a misfeasance
Term
prodigality
Definition
-waste
-prodigal
Term
mensuration
Definition
-measuring
-measuration
Term
miscible
Definition
-able to forma homogenous mixture with something
-water is miscible with salt
Term
interdict
Definition
-forbid
-i am interdicted from getting less than 1000
Term
hindmost
Definition
-furthest back
-most behind
Term
tonal
Definition
-relating to tone
Term
pronate
Definition
-palm turned out
-palm up
Term
turbid
Definition
-cloudy
-turd in the toilet makes it cloudy and turbid
Term
catholic
Definition
-all embracing
-catholic church isn't really catholic because it doesn't embrace gays
Term
hegemonic
Definition
-ruling or politically dominant
-ruling hegemony
Term
prostrate
Definition
-lying face down
-straight down
Term
quiescent
Definition
-dormant
-quietly dormant
Term
digress
Definition
-stray
-but i digress or stray
Term
dissipate
Definition
-disperse
-disaparate is dissipating alone
Term
trough
Definition
-trough of a wave is the low part
-bottom of a trough is where food is
Term
helm
Definition
-leader
-i am the helm for many things
Term
accouter
Definition
-supply/equip
-accountant accouter their clients with paperwork for taxes
Term
rasp
Definition
-harsh, grating
-raspy voice is harsh
Term
divest
Definition
-remove
-i want to divest vests from most peoples closets
Term
amenable
Definition
-open and responsive, compliant
-claudia isn't amenable because she doesn't listen to directions
Term
stasis
Definition
-period of inactivity
-homeostasis
Term
panacea
Definition
-solution for disease
-panacea for obesity is diet and exercise
Term
rejoinder
Definition
-reply
-i would have rejoindered but i was busy studying
Term
peripatetic
Definition
-traveling, itinerant
-peri:around pat:places
Term
contrite
Definition
-remorseful
-contrition:guiltiness
Term
quell
Definition
-end something
-i want to quell the GRE studying
Term
raze
Definition
-destroy
-opposite of raise
Term
affluence
Definition
-wealth
-having affluence makes you influence people more
Term
indigence
Definition
-poverty
-indigent:poor person
Term
stridency
Definition
-loud and harsh
-strident bad noises
Term
mischance
Definition
-bad luck
-misfortune
Term
remuneration
Definition
-money paid for work
-re munate:pay
Term
steadfast
Definition
-unwavering
-steadfast impulsive decision
Term
perfidious
Definition
-untrustworthy
-perfidy:treachery
Term
rehash
Definition
-open up the old can of worms
-rehash problems aggravates them
Term
execrate
Definition
-slander
-execrate someone to give them a bad reputation
Term
noisome
Definition
-disgusting
-moist is noisome to katy
Term
divert
Definition
-entertain
-distract with divert (entertainment)
Term
furnish
Definition
-to give out
-people don't want to furnish their furniture
Term
appropriate
Definition
-to keep for one's own
-you should appropriate money, keep it to yourself
Term
fitful
Definition
-not continuous
-having fits of incontinuity
Term
piecemeal
Definition
-piece by piece, a little at a time
-eating a meal piecemeal is slow
Term
interminable
Definition
-endless
-not terminating
Term
concatenate
Definition
-link together in series
-JK Rowling concatenates HP series
Term
intemperance
Definition
-excessive
-not during temperance movement
Term
planetary
Definition
-involving planets
-PLANETary
Term
sententious
Definition
-self righteous
-believing in your own sentients strongly
Term
dispatch
Definition
-haste
-get a call on dispatch and have dispatch to get there fast
Term
efficacy
Definition
-success
-people who are efficient have efficacy
Term
plenitude
Definition
-abundance
-plenty of
Term
picayune
Definition
-worthless
-one penny is picayune because it's not worth anything
Term
exorbitant
Definition
-excessive
-extravagent
Term
torrid
Definition
-hot
-girls who shop at torrid are not torrid
Term
sliver
Definition
-shard
-sliver in my foot
Term
pilferer
Definition
-thief
-peasant pilfers money and food
Term
warmonger
Definition
-militant
-someone who likes war
Term
pillage
Definition
-rob
-pillage the village
Term
mitigate
Definition
-alleviate
-lawyers mitigates jail time
Term
archaism
Definition
-old fashioned thing
-archaic
Term
expiation
Definition
-make amends for
-get rid of the opium and expiate for it
Term
in efficacious
Definition
-lacking power to produce desired effect
-ineffective
Term
pneumatic
Definition
-operated by pressure
-pneumatic nail gun
Term
purulent
Definition
-discharging pus
-PUsulent
Term
propriety
Definition
-conventionality
-having propriety etiquette
Term
disabuse
Definition
-show someone an error in thinking
-don't let them abuse their thoughts, disabuse them
Term
embroil
Definition
-involve
-em:in broil:volve
Term
purvey
Definition
-sell
-provide
Term
venial
Definition
-major sin
-venal sin
Term
prone
Definition
-horizontal position
-prone in a bed
Term
unqualified
Definition
-certain
-#*()%@*#%
Term
nadir
Definition
-the lowest point in suffering
-nascent of something good later
Term
debacle
Definition
-fiasco
-how'd you get yourself in this debacle?
Term
zenith
Definition
-the highest point
-zenon is high in the galaxy
Term
cumbrious
Definition
-slow and heavy
-cumbersome
Term
prolix
Definition
-using too many words
-pro lexicon
Term
terse
Definition
-short and concise
-terse and brief
Term
demure
Definition
-modest
-demure is hottest!
Term
dessicated
Definition
-remove moisture
-deserts are dessicated
Term
cumulate
Definition
-gather together
-accumulate
Term
slake
Definition
-satisfy thirst
-quickly slurp to slake thirst
Term
boor
Definition
-no manners
-wild boars are boor because they don't have any manners
Term
obloquy
Definition
-verbal abuse
-abuse in speech
Term
inerrant
Definition
-incapable of being wrong
-in:unable errant:to error
Term
gouging
Definition
-digging out
-gouge out your eyeballs
Term
obliging
Definition
-cooperative
-oblige your request
Term
nebulous
Definition
-unclear
-cloudy
Term
histrionic
Definition
-melodramatic
-history can be melodramatic and histrionic
Term
dissolute
Definition
-lax in morals
-not absolute in morals
Term
resplendent
Definition
-splendid
-SPLENDid
Term
monastic
Definition
-simple
-mon:one astic:purpose
Term
rapacious
Definition
-greedy
-willing to rape for money
Term
occult
Definition
-mystical
-some cults are maily occult
Term
debauch
Definition
-corrupt
-debauchery is corrupt
Term
dement
Definition
-suffering from dementia
Term
obviate
Definition
-avoid
-OBVoId
Term
sap
Definition
-weaken
-zap energy
Term
vitiate
Definition
-ruin
-violate progress
Term
befit
Definition
-suit, be appropriate for
-fit
Term
grevious
Definition
-grave, serious
-meant to grieve, grave
Term
tangential
Definition
-off the point
-go off on a tangent
Term
tenuous
Definition
-very weak
-tenuous plans
Term
pander
Definition
-indulge
-don't ponder just pander!
Term
decimate
Definition
-destroy
-decimate a building
Term
gratuitous
Definition
-uncalled for
-gratuitous unnecessary violence
Term
clandestine
Definition
-secret
-CLoAk and DaggEr
Term
repentant
Definition
-remorseful
-repentant for your sins
Term
vainglorious
Definition
-feel self important
-vain
Term
contiguous
Definition
-bordering
-continue near
Term
libretto
Definition
-text of opera
-words freely sung
Term
spurn
Definition
-shun, push aside
-spurn=shun
Term
disingenuity
Definition
-craftiness
-not ingenuous, cunning
Term
raillery
Definition
-teasing
-deride the raillery
Term
artlessness
Definition
-without deception, honest
-art is deception, no art
Term
hale
Definition
-healthy
-halethy
Term
simpering
Definition
-smiling foolishly
-simper smile
Term
slew
Definition
-large number
-slew of applicants
Term
fruition
Definition
-fulfillment
-get fruition from the fruits of your labor
Term
plantigrade
Definition
-walking on soles of feet
-walking unlike a plant
Term
cruciform
Definition
-shape of a cross
-form of a cruce (cross)
Term
canonical
Definition
-ordered by church
Term
rakish
Definition
-dashing
-rake up girls with good looks and dapperness
Term
redoubtable
Definition
-awe inspiring
-remarkable
Term
dissipated
Definition
-disappear
-disapparate
Term
formidable
Definition
-intimidating
-something is formed large so it's formidable
Term
fortitude
Definition
-courage
-forte:strong
Term
invective
Definition
-insults
-invects anger
Term
accolade
Definition
-praise
-accolade accomplishments
Term
extradition
Definition
-expulsion, deport
-extra:out, dit:move
Term
overture
Definition
-introduction
-overture in b flat was first song
Term
woo
Definition
-make approaches to
-woo someone to make a good approach
Term
indisposed
Definition
-ill
-feel like you're in the disposal, can't come, i'm indisposed
Term
inconsequential
Definition
-unimportant
-no consequences
Term
bestir
Definition
-make an effort
-stir up efforts
Term
jar
Definition
-creates a painful or bothersome effect
-i was jarred by the shock of her death
Term
remit
Definition
-cancel, postpone
-adele remitted her concerts
Term
propitiate
Definition
-appease, placate
-pity, make happy
Term
macerate
Definition
-soften, break up by soaking
-make able to mash
Term
discomfit
Definition
-discomfort
Term
conflate
Definition
-combine ideas into one idea
-con:together
Term
burlesque
Definition
-parody
-SNL does a burlesque of Burlesque
Term
bucolic
Definition
-relating to country life
-buckaroo
Term
consternation
Definition
-concern
Term
lampoon
Definition
-slander
-harpoon someone with words
Term
repudiate
Definition
-deny the truth
-they repudiated that they were together
Term
exigent
Definition
-urgent
-need to exit
Term
crepuscular
Definition
-relating to twilight
-crescent moon
Term
encumber
Definition
-hold back
-make cumbersome
Term
exhort
Definition
-encourage
-exhort yourself to do well on the GRE
Term
bemuse
Definition
-puzzle, confuse
-be confused
Term
chaff
Definition
-outer part of the grain
-husk of seed inside is kernel
Term
raiment
Definition
-clothing
-rain jacket
Term
nostrum
Definition
-scheme to bring reform
-no government
Term
nuanced
Definition
-give subtle hints
-nuances
Term
gratis
Definition
-without charge, free
-thankful, so free
Term
fallow
Definition
-inactive
-fallen
Term
abeyance
Definition
-not active or in use
-at bay
Term
desuetude
Definition
-state of disuse
Term
quiessence
Definition
-dormancy
quietness
Term
usurp
Definition
-steal
-don't usurp slurpees
Term
gaucherie
Definition
-awkward mannerisms
-gosh-eries
Term
solipsism
Definition
-only self exists theory
-solip:self
Term
indolent
Definition
-lazy
-lazy indolent bum
Term
bilious
Definition
-nauseous
-feel bilious after a large bill and a big meall
Term
derogate
Definition
-belittle
-a derogatory phrase
Term
commandeer
Definition
-seize
-commandeer the ship
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