Fortuitous

Pronounced:
<for-two-ah-tis>

Lucky.  Lucky meeting.

My use:
It was a fortuitous day when we've met.  I was lucky to meet someone like you.

Literary use:
 It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
--Robertson.

So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon the whole
--Hazlitt.

Memory trick:
Fortuitous

Fortu (reminds of) = fortune
it (reminds of) = it
o (reminds of) = oh
us (reminds of) = us
fortune - it - oh - us

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Burgeon

Pronounced:
<bur-gin>

To grow fast.  To bloom.

My use: 
My downloads really did burgeon.  They grew amazingly fast.

Literary use:
by James Mason Hoppin
The mind's fancies had begun to burgeon in a genial sunshine ; nature gave ... in another beautiful series of Florentine Artworks

Memory trick:
burgeon

bur (reminds of) = burst
ge (reminds of) = gee
eon (reminds of) eon or a long time
burst gee eon
grows a long time

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Eclectic

Pronounced:
< ee-kleck-tick >

It means: 
Selected from many sources.   

Using the best things from different systems.

Daily use: 
Your email was very eclectic.  

It contained information from many various websites.

Memory trick: 

eclectic

ecl (sounds like)  =  eek

ectic (rhymes with)  =  hectic

eek + hectic = eek! It's so hectic!

Eek! We feel hectic when there are so many sources.

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Garrulous

Pronounced:
<gar-ral-lus>

Talking about boring or trivial things.  Rambling and annoying chatter.

My use: 
I have no time to be garrulous.  I have to finish writing my report.

Literary use:
By Virginia Woolf
After St. John had spent some hours in the heat of the sun wrangling with evasive and very garrulous natives, he extracted the information that there was a doctor, a French doctor, who was at present away on a holiday in the hills.
 

Memory trick:
garrulous

gar (reminds of) = garish or loud and flashy
rul (reminds of) =  rule
o (reminds of) = oh
us (reminds of) = us

Garish rule! Oh us!

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Affable

Pronounced:
< aph-ah-bull >

It means: 
Easy to approach.  Friendly.

Daily use: 
You are an affable person.  I always feel like I can talk to you.

Memory trick: 

affable

a (reminds of) = a

fable (reminds of) = fable or story

a fable

You can tell a fable to someone who is friendly.

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acerbic

Pronounced:
< ah-sir-bick >

It means: 
Harsh expression.  Making a bitter face.

Daily use: 
You look a little acerbic.  Perhaps I can cheer you up.

Memory trick: 

ace (reminds of) = ace or being good at something
r (reminds of) = are
bic (reminds of) = bicker

ACE aRe BICker

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