PRICKET

What does a pricket go into?
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A candle.
A pricket is the little spike that you stick into a candle, so it won't fall over.

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Your dinner is a diminution of a meal.
How full are you?
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...Not very.
Diminution means reduction.
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A denizen knocks on your door.
Why do you let the person in?
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A denizen is a resident.
So the person lives there.
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PERSNICKETY

Are you a persnickety eater?
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Maybe, if you are a fussy eater.
Persnickety means finicky.
So a buffet is probably better for you.
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DENIZEN

A denizen knocks on your door.
Why do you let the person in?
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A denizen is a resident.
So the person lives there.

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Do you ever succumb?
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...I hope not! Never surrender!
Succumb means to submit or yield.
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

By Dylan Thomas

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UTTER

How many utters does a cow have?
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...None.
Cows can't talk.
Utter means to say something.
Cows haves udders.
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PRETERNATURAL

You walk in the woods...

enjoying the preternatural scenery...

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Preternatural means unusual.

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EPHEMERAL


I say your fame is ephemeral.
Why do I use the number fifteen?
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Because I probably call it your fifteen minutes of fame...
... since ephemeral means short-lived.

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INELEGANCE
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You wear a fancy new hat.
You get comments on the inelegance of it.
What will you probably do next?
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...Stop wearing the hat.
Inelegance means ungraceful or crude.
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