FACILE
Pronounced:<fah-seel>

In a sentence:
You draw a smiley face. It is a facile thing to do. Why?

Means:Facile means easy to do.
Definition:Facile: easy to do or easy to master

Memory trick:
FAC il E

remember FAC E in facile - smiley faces are easy to draw
Listen: facile

http://www.englishionary.com/F/Facile.htm

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AMALGAMATE


amalgamate
You amalgamate a white sock and a black sock.
What animal do you look like?
.
.
...A zebra.
Amalgamate means to blend or combine.
You are wearing a white sock and a black sock.

http://www.englishionary.com/A/Amalgamate.htm

REGALE
Pronounced:<re-gail>

In a sentence:
You are in a boat. You come upon a regale. Instead of a raincoat... you put on a shiny hat. Why?

Means:A regale is a party!
Definition:A regale is a party or a feast.

Memory trick:
REgal and GALE

regal means royal or grand
gale reminds of gala or a festival
royal gala
Listen: regale

http://www.englishionary.com/R/Regale.htm

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IRASCIBLE

Pronounced:<ear-ras-ah-bul>

In a sentence:

A bull is an irascible rascal.

Means:
A bull is an angry animal.

Definition:
Irascible means angry or crabby. Rascal means a troublesome person or animal.

Memory trick:
ir . rascible

ir reminds of irratible
rascible reminds of rascal
irritable rascal

Listen: irascible

http://www.englishionary.com/I/Irascible.htm

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PROPITIOUS

pro-pish-us
Convenient. Favorable. Kind. The weather today is propitious. prop.it.ious = proper it to us

http://www.englishionary.com/P/Propitious.htm

METE You are mete your meed of a mead. What did I say? . . ...You are alloted your part of a meadow. Mete means to give or divde. Meed means a part or a portion. Mead is a meadow or a field.

http://www.englishionary.com/M/Mete.htm

OSTENTATIOUS You wear an ostentatious hat... ...what is it made of? . .... Something flashy. Ostentatious means flashy or gaudy.

http://www.englishionary.com/O/Ostentatious.htm

PUNCTILIOUS You have punctilious punctuation. What shoud be done to correct it? . . ...Nothing. Punctilious means precise or to do something with great care. So your punctuation is very good. . http://www.englishionary.com/P/Punctilious.htm

EPILOGUE You add dialog to your epilogue in your travel log. What is it? . . .... A conclusion or an afterword.

http://www.englishionary.com/E/Epilogue.htm

WAGGISH Your dog is wagging his tail. You think your dog is waggish. What is your dog doing to you? . Making you laugh. Waggish means to amuse or make funny. http://www.englishionary.com/W/Waggish.htm

PRODIGAL Pronounced: prody-gul If you are a prodigal person... "When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul Lends the tongue vows." - William Shakespeare . . . ...You waste money on expensive things. Means: Extravagant spending. Reckless use of money. Memory Trick prod - i - gal prod reminds of product i reminds of I or me gal reminds of gallon or a lot products I buy by the gallon .

Listen: Prodigal
.

http://www.englishionary.com/P/Prodigal.htm

PROGENY Is your progeny a prodigy? Yes? ... If your child is a genius... ... then the answer is yes.

http://www.englishionary.com/P/Progeny.htm

ANIMUS I had an animus for you... ... you had an animus for me. But we have none now. Why? . We became friends. Animus means to have a hatred . http://www.englishionary.com/A/Animus.htm

ANTIPODE How can a centiped be an antipode to an annelid? . Tough question...yes. .... Antipode means opposite of. A centiped has legs. An annelid has no legs. So they are opposites in that respect.

http://www.englishionary.com/A/Antipode.htm

ANTONYM Your aunt is an antonym to a woman you do not know. What has she done? . . . Nothing. Atnonym means a word with an opposite meaning to another word. Your aunt is related to you... ... the woman is not. So they are antonyms to each other. Opposites. http://www.englishionary.com/A/Antonym.htm

ENERVATED The sun shine shinning.  It is a bright sunny day! I wake up... raise my hands high... and say.... ... I am enervated! What will I probably do next? Go back to bed! Enervated means tired or worn out.

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COLLEAGUE col-leeg You are in a league in college, with a colleague and a liege. What? You are in an group with shared interests in an advanced school with a fellow student and a superior... perhaps a professor.

http://www.englishionary.com/C/Colleague.htm

CONFRERE con-frair You are my confrere. Do you always agree with me? ... Maybe. A confrere is a fellow worker. So maybe you do and maybe you do not.  http://www.englishionary.com/C/Confrere.htm

PLATITUDE You have an attitude about my platitude. Are you rude? Not really. You just think I said something dull. A platitude is also a saying that is used too much. http://www.englishionary.com/P/Platitude.htm

STATELY GHOST I sent you a chat, but there is no answer. I say you are now a Stately Ghost. What have you become? . . . . Seen online, but cannot be communitcated with, because you are away from your computer. There are two states: 1. Seen and apparently talked to with no reply. 2. Disappearing because they come back and shut off the computer without reading your message. Ooooohhhhh!

http://www.statelyghosts.com/