Platitude

PLATITUDE

<Pla-tit-tood>

Cliche; trite; banal;

A dull saying that is used too much. 

Your platitude is boring because I heard it before.

PLAT - ITUDE

Plat	(Reminds)	Flat
Itude	(Reminds)	Attitude

We have a flat attitude when we tell a boring story.

FLAT ATTITUDE

Question: We play scrabble. You want to quit. I say quitting is an obliquity thing to do. Why do you sit back down and play?

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Answer: Obliquity means dishonest or underhanded.

Priggish

PRIGGISH

<Prig-esh>

Smug; vain; stuffy;

Annoying someone with petty rules. 

Your rule is priggish and it will waste time because it is complicated.

PRIG- G - ISH

Prig	(Reminds)	Pig
Ish	(Reminds)	To be

We are piggish when we annoy with rules.

PIG ISH

Question: You are a sailboat captain. You yell, "Put up the sails and scuttle ahead!"  How fast do you go?

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Answer: You don't. You sink your boat. Scuttle means to sink a ship on purpose.

Conduce

CONDUCE

<Kon-doose>

Contribute; promote; lead;

Leading to a result.

Fresh air would conduce to the health of the team.

CONDUCE

Conduce

(Reminds)

Conduit

A conduit leads to something

CONDUIT

Question: Your monster needs attention. You remonstrate your monster. Why do you run away?

 
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Answer: You argued with it. Remonstrate means to argue. Never argue with a monster.

Felicitous

FELICITOUS

<Fel-lis-set-tus>

Prosperous; jolly; Joyous;

Well apt for a pleasant situation.

You are felicitous because you are always happy.

FEL - ICITOUS

Fel	(Reminds)	Feel
Icitous	(Reminds)	Delicious

We feel delicious because we are happy.

FEEL DELICIOUS

Question: You won the lottery. You say you want to share it. Your words are euphonious. Are you honest?

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Answer:

You are honest. Euphonious means saying pleasant sounding words. I liked your words.

Denouement

DENOUEMENT

<De-new-mah>

Climax; finale; ending;

Ending of a complicated drama

The denouement was surprising because it was an unexpected conclusion.

DE - NOUEMENT

De	(Reminds)	De or after
Nouement	(Rhymes)	Movement

The ending comes after the movement.

DE MOVEMENT

 Question: You amalgamate a white sock and a black sock. What animal do you look like?

 
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Answer: A zebra. Amalgamate means to blend or combine. You are wearing black and white like the colors of a zebra.

Coax

COAX

<Cokes>

Persuade; manipulate; tend;

Convincing someone to act on something.

I will coax her into completing it by telling her the facts.

COAX

Coax

(Reminds)

Cokes

We give them cokes to persuade them to do something.

COKES

You live on the telluric. How do I know that I live there too?

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 Answer: The word Telluric means "on the earth"
 

Ascetic

ASCETIC

Pronounced:

Ah-set-tik

Synonyms:

Austere; stark; frugal;

Definition:

Self-denial.

Sentence:

You are ascetic and have great self-control.

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A - scetic

Scetic

(Reminds)

Skeptic

A skeptic will not do it.

SET TIC

Question: The snow is getting ubiquitous. Did it quit snowing?


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Answer: No. Ubiquitous means being everywhere. The snow is more everywhere because it is still snowing.