You have a lot of mettle.

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You have a lot of bravery.

Mettle means to have courage or to be brave.

It also means to not quit or stand fast.

A medal is a reward for bravery.

And metal means something made of gold or silver or bronze, and so on.

 

 

 

 

 

You quail from a quail.

Why do I guffaw?

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I laugh because a little bird scares you.

quail
to draw back in fear; lose heart or courage; cower

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quail
a small, short-tailed bird.

guffaw - a burst of deep loud laughter

 

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Are you erudite?

If you know you are erudite...

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Erudite
Having great scholarship; learned; well educated

 

 

When does incense ...
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When you don't like the way it smells.
Incense means to make extremely angry; infuriate; to make someone very mad.
Incense also is a wood or gum, that is burned to produce a pleasant odor.
How does one word have two opposite meanings?
 

How did they invent that one?

I am incensed!

 

 

I give a prolix speech.

Why do you need to drink an elixir?

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You need a pep drink because I won't stop talking.

Prolix
Indulging in protracted discourse; Tedious; wearisome speaking or writing.

Elixir
A drink that invigorates or gives you energy.

 

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I laugh because a little bird scares you.

quail
to draw back in fear; lose heart or courage; cower

also means...

quail
a small, short-tailed bird.

guffaw - a burst of deep loud laughter

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Think you are smart?

You are on a lawn and throw a green ball.
... your dog goes froward.
Why does he NOT bring it back?

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Froward means to be stubborn or disobedient...
... Your dog refused to get the ball.
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Froward

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Not willing to yield or comply with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as a froward child. Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish.

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Affable

a. [F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable.]

1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.

“An affable and courteous gentleman.  Shak.”

“His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.”

2. Gracious; mild; benign.

“A serene and affable countenance.

Tatler.” Syn. — Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending.

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What kind of drink makes you agog?

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Coffee!  Agog means to be excited or eager.

Agog

a. & adv. In eager desire; eager; astir.
'All agog to dash through thick and thin."  - Cowper.

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INCHOATE

<IN-KO-IT>

My project is inchoate.  It is still in the design phase.

Means:  Recently, or just, begun; but not fully in existence or operation

a. Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. — In´cho•ate•ly, adv.

“Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate.” Raleigh.

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You go to a lugubrious and lavish hotel.

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Lugubrious means mournful and excessively sad.
So it's not much fun.

lugubrious

a.Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously; doleful; woeful; pitiable; as a whining tone and a lugubrious look.

“Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality.” Hawthorne.

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Plumb

You plumb a plumb.
What is now in your hand?
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A plumb pit.   Plumb means to get to the bottom of something.


Plumb 

 To examine closely or deeply; probe:

"Shallow ideas are plumbed and discarded"

"I will plumb out the truth,  by using Google to do research."

 

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