Abridge

ABRIDGE

<Ah-bridj>

Abbreviate; truncate; shorten

Condensing something while keeping the general idea.

Abridge the book and it will be half the size because the extra words are removed.

Bridge (reminds) Bridge

We bridge and connect words by removing the extra words.

BRIDGE

Question: Your house is capacious! What kind of house do you have?

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Answer: You have a spacious house. It is big and roomy. Remember: Capacious sounds like spacious.

Agrarian

AGRARIAN

Pronounced:

Ah-grair-re-an

Synonyms:

Rural; peasant; farming

Definition:

Being a field or a large piece of green land.

Sentence:

The agrarian people farm all day.

Memory Trick:

A - grarian

Grarian (reminds of) green or green grass

The green grass covers the agrarian countryside.

GREEN GRASS

Question: We are at the zoo and the lion cage is empty. I turn around and you are lionized. Your nametag is blank, but I call your name and tell you to run. How did I know, who you are?

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Lionized means to be treated like a famous person. Being famous, I know your name.

Egregious

EGREGIOUS

Pronounced:

Ee-gre-jis

Synonyms:

Shocking; extreme; glaring

Definition:

Something that is very bad, in an offensive way.

Sentence:

The egregious bird stole our bait and we were all shocked and surprised.

Memory Trick:

E - gregious

Gregious (reminds of) outrageous

It is outrageous that you did something, so egregious.

OUTRAGEUOUS

Question: You see your faux face in a faucet. What happened to your face?

 

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Answer: Nothing. You see your reflection. It's fake because it is a reflection. Faux means fake.

Nascent

NASCENT

Pronounced:

Na-sent

Synonyms:

Beginning; promising; growing

Definition:

The new start of a thing that will continue on a long time.

Sentence:

The company was nascent when I started and I was the first employee.

Memory Trick:

N - ascent

Ascent (reminds of) ascent or rising up

We begin the ascent by with the first step

ASCENT

Question: Do you have trepidation, about going out, in tepid weather?

 

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Answer:  No! Tepid means warm. Trepidation means to have fear.

Hackneyed

HACKNEYED

hak-need

It is a hackneyed, cliché. It is, overused.

An Overused, saying.

stale . commonplace . unoriginal

hack - neyed

hack (reminds of) hack, or a person, who is not, very good
neyed (sounds like) need

A hack is needed, when you cannot think, of something new to say.

HACK NEED

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Judicious

JUDICIOUS

Pronounced:

Ju-dish-ish

Synonyms:

Wise; Sober; Sane

Definition:

Being reasonable when you make a decision.

Sentence:

You are a judicious manager because you are fair to your workers.

Memory Trick:

Judic - Ious

Judic (reminds of) judge or someone who is fair

You are a good judge, when you are judicious.

JUDGE

 

 Question:

  I am incredulous because you are sedulous. What did I say?

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Answer:

I am amazed because you are paying attention. Sedulous means paying persistent attention.

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Credence

CREDENCE

Pronounced:

Kre-dense

Synonyms:

Belief; trust; acceptance

Definition:

Believing that something is true.

Sentence:

I give credence to the gossip because I believe the rumors.

Memory Trick:

Cred - ence

Cred (reminds of) credible

Ence (sounds like) sense

We know it's credible when it makes sense.

CREIDBLE SENSE

 Question:

 I have an animus. You have an animus. Does everyone have an animus?

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Answer:
No. Animus means having hatred. A lot of people don't have one. The sun is shinning. It's a sunny 

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