poky

Pronounced:
poh - kee


Definition:
confined


Meaning:
1. Confined; cramped. 2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting.


In a Sentence:
The other meeting room is a poky. It is so small.


Memory trick:
poky

pok reminds of poke
so small you can poke each other
Synonym; small

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corpulent

Pronounced:
core - pew - lent


Definition:
Fat


Meaning:
1. Very fat; obese. 2. Solid; gross; opaque


In a Sentence:
My wallet is now corpulent. It is now fat with money!


Memory trick:
corpulent

corp reminds of corporation or something big

Synonyms: Heavy; Stout.

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cajole

Pronounced:
ka - joal


Definition:
To make someone do something by flattering them.


Meaning:
To falsely compliment someone to trick them into doing something for you.


In a Sentence:
I will cajole him into finish the report tonight. I will tell him how smart he is and how a smart person would finish the report. Then... he won't be able to resist completing it for me.


Memory trick:
caj . ole

caj reminds of cage or cagey
cagey means to be tricky and clever

Synonym: deceive; seduce

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Declivity

Pronounced:
De - cliv - at - tee


Definition:
A downward slope.


Meaning:
1. Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity. 2. A descending surface; a sloping place.


In a Sentence:
We will have a declivity of problems as we fix each one. Soon we will have no problems.


Memory trick:
decli - vity

decli reminds of decline
Synonyms: Descent; decline

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Zenith

Pronounced:
zee - nift


Definition:
The highest point of a mountain.


Meaning:
The highest point of a mountain or the highest point of a thing... such as the sky.


In a Sentence:
Getting this job is the zenith of my career.  No other job has been better.


Memory trick:
Zen - ith

zen reminds of zen or a higher state
Zenith in Arabic means "The way or road above one's head";
Synonyms: peak; climax

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Itinerant

Pronounced:
eye - tin - er - ent


Definition:
To wander


Meaning:
Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.


In a Sentence:
I am an Itinerant consultant. I work at one company one week, and another company the next week.


Memory trick:
it - in - e - rant

rant reminds of to speak about different things
it - in - rant (different things)
it in different things

Synonyms: vagabond; vagrant

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You wear a decorous hat to an event.
Why does no one look at your hat?
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....
Your hat is appropriate for the event.

Decorous means that something is suited to a time and place.

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