Quixotic

Pronounced:
< Quick-zot-tic >

Persistently Impractical.  Unpredictable.

My use: 
It is quixotic of you to keep suggesting that Friday should be Hawaiian T-shirt day.  The company will never agree.

Literary use:
By George Eliot
As a consequence, her not infrequent excursions into the domain of satire are usually luckless and Quixotic.
 

Memory trick:
Quixotic

Quix (sounds like ) = quick
otic (reminds of ) =  neurotic or unpredictable
Quick at being neurotic

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Quasi

Pronounced:
< kway-zz-eye >

It means: 
To be like something.  Resembling.

Daily use: 
You are a quasi-teacher.  You always have the correct answers.

Memory trick: 

quasi

q (reminds of) = queue or a line of things

u (reminds of) = you

as (reminds of) = as

i (reminds of) = I

Things that are you,  but as I

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Ruminate

Pronounced:
<room-n-ate>

Think a long time about something.  Ponder 

My use: 
I will ruminate on your offer.  I will let you know my decision in the morning.

Literary use:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Again he faced the notice and read it through, and doubtless would have turned off again to ruminate upon it had not the sailor grasped him roughly by the collar and howled into his ear.

Memory trick:
Ruminate

R (reminds of) = are
u = (reminds of) you
minate (reminds of) = meditate

are - you - meditate

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Reticent

Pronounced < Ret-Ta-Sent >

It means:  To be reluctant to speak.  Silent.

Daily use:  I am reticent to tell you the location.  My buried treasure is too tempting.

Memory trick: 

RetIcent

 Ret (reminds of)  =  Return

I (reminds of)  =  I or me

cent (reminds of)  =  My two cents

Return to me, my two cents

I will keep my thoughts to myself

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Resplendent

Pronounced < re-splend-dent > (Sounds exactly like it's spelled)

It means:  Shinning brilliantly. Gleaming.

Daily use:  Your new shoes look resplendent. They are so glossy and pretty.
 

Memory trick: 

resplendent

re (reminds of)  =  regarding

splendent (reminds of)  =  splendid

 Regarding your shoes.  They are splendid.

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