Digress

Pronounced:
<di-gres>

To stop talking about the main topic.  

Change to another discussion.

My use: 
I digress.  

Let's not talk about cats anymore.  

Let's talk about birds.

Literary Use:
In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular
definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. --Locke.

Memory trick:
Digress

di (reminds of) = di or two - Mono means one - di means two
gress (reminds of) = progress

Start topic two and progress

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Hermetic

Pronounced < her-met-tick >

It means:  

 not affected by outside influence

Daily use:  

 We cannot be hermetic on this project.  We will need a lot of help.

Memory trick: 

Hermetic

hermet (reminds of)  =  hermit or someone who hides

ic (reminds of)  =  ick! or yucky

 a hermit says ick - go away

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Diffident

Pronounced:
<dif-fa-dent>

Lacking confidence in one's own ability.  Shy.

My use:
I was a diffident child.  I am now quite confident and friendly.

Literary use:
By Melmoth
You were always extremely diffident of their success.

Memory trick:
Diffi . dent

Diffi (reminds of) = different
dent (reminds of) = to ding or damage
different experiences dent my confidence

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Bibliophile

Pronounced:
< Bib-lee-oh-file >

A person who loves books.  Book collector.

Daily use: 
You are a bibliophile.  You have so many books on your desk.

Memory trick:
bibliophile

biblio (means) = book
phile (means) = love of

love of books

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Ebullience

Pronounced < ee-bull-yents >

It means:   

Overflowing with happiness.  High spirits.

Daily use:   

I felt great ebullience when they yelled surprise!  All my friends were there.

Memory trick: 

eBullience

eBull (reminds of)  =  A bull horn

ience (reminds of)  =  science

 bull horn + science

A bull horn's science is to shout out loud

Shout out loud about your great happiness.

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Histrionic

Pronounced:
<Hiss-tree-on-ick>

Insincere emotional acting.   

My use: 
I am not being histrionic.  I really do like your tie!

Definition:
Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.

Literature:
Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey.

Memory trick:
Histrionic
Hist (reminds of) = his story
ionic (reminds of) = bionic or robotic
his story is bionic

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Indigent

Pronounced:
<in-dee-gent>

My use:
I never worry about becoming indigent. 
I am too busy to count money because I have too many blessings to count.

 

Means
Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence.  Poor.

Literary use:
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wealth and poverty are seen for what they are. It begins to be seen that the poor are only they who feel poor, and poverty consists in feeling poor. The rich, as we reckon them, and among them the very rich, in a true scale would be found very indigent and ragged.

Memory trick:
Indi . gent

indi (reminds of) = independent or apart
gent (reminds of) gentleman or man
independent gent

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Contumely

Pronounced:
< kon-to-ma-lee >

It means: 
A rude comment from an arrogant person.  Humiliating insult.  

Daily use: 
I am never contumely.  I never insult people because I think I am better than them.

Memory trick:
contumely

con (reminds of) = con (opposite of pro) - against
tu (reminds of) = to
me (reminds of) = me
ly (can remind of) lie

a CON TO ME that's a LIE

Listen: Contumely

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