PRESCIENT
You are studying to be a scientist.
People say you are prescient.
What is special about you?

You are good at predicting the future.
Prescient means foreseeing.
It has nothing to do with being a scientist.
http://www.englishionary.com/P/Prescient.htm
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CALISTHENEUM

You go to a calistheneum.
Do you admire the art?



No.
A calistheneum is a gym.

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


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DELL
I have to type my report at your house.
I will go through the dell.
How am I getting to your house?
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By going through the small valley.
A dell is a small valley or ravine.

http://www.englishionary.com/D/Dell.htm
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CAPRICE

 

We will dine wherever your caprice takes us.
What kind of a car are we driving?

 

I don't know.
Caprice means to change your mind on a whim.

 

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

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BRABBLER
You babble about a bauble with a brabbler.
Huh?

You chatter a lot about a piece of jewelry with a quarrelsome person.
Babble - Talk a lot in an unclear way.
Bauble - A fine piece of jewelry.
Brabbler - A quarrelsome person who argues a lot.

http://www.englishionary.com/B/Babble.htm
http://www.englishionary.com/B/Bauble.htm
http://www.englishionary.com/B/Brabbler.htm
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DOWDY
I tell you:
I love your dowdy hat!
Why don't you thank me?

Dowdy means to be vuglar looking or to be in bad taste.
So... I am saying:
I love your ugly hat.
http://www.englishionary.com/D/Dowdy.htm

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