CAPRICE

CAPRICE

<Ca-preese>

Impulsive; unpredictable; inspiration;

Changing your mind on a whim.

The caprice of cats is entertaining because you never know what they will do.

CA - PRICE

Price

(Reminds)

Price

Prices are unpredictable.

CAP PRICE

 

You put a hat on your dog. I say, "I see your dog is waggish."  Your dog is not wagging its tail. Why do we laugh?

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Waggish means to amuse or make something funny. Your dog is doing something funny.

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BABBLE

BABBLE

<Ba-bul>

Drivel; incoherent; inarticulate;

Talking in a foolish manner.

You babble all the time, but people like you despite the chatter.

BAB - BLE

Bab	(Reminds)	Baby
Ble	(Reminds)	Bull or talk bull

A baby says bull because it is saying drivel.

BABY BULL

Question: The bride and groom are standing under a gazette on the lawn. It starts raining. Why do they get soaked?

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A gazette is a newspaper. It hardly covers both of them.

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BAUBLE

BAUBLE

<Baw-bul>

Trinket; ornament; trifle;

Cheap jewelry.

Your baubles are beautiful and they fool the best jewelers.

BAU - BLE

Bau	(Rhymes)	Baw or to cry
Ble	(Reminds)	Bull or a lie

You baw when your jewelry is bull.

BAW BULL

Question: You worry about the minutia by the hour. How many minutes will you worry?

 

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Not many. Minutia means small details or unimportant things. Small things are nothing to worry about.

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FLORID

FLORID

<Flor-id>

Ornate; blooming; rosy;

Flowery looking.

Your yard is florid and the pink flamingos complete the effect.

FLOR - ID

Flor	(Reminds)	Flower
Id	(Reminds)	Id or ego

Flowery is the id.

FLOWER ID

Question: A pachyderm knocked into my tachometer. How did you guess it is a hippo?

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A tachometer measures water flow. Hippos live in the water.

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DESICCATE

DESICCATE

<Des-ee-kayt>

Dehydrate; dry up; scorch;

Preserving something by removing the water.

You should desiccate the flower and make it a bookmark.

DESIC - C - ATE

Desic	(Reminds)	Desert
Ate	(Reminds)	Ate the water

A desert ate the water.

DESERT ATE

 Question: You draw a smiley face. Is it facile?

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Facile means easy to do. Drawing smiley faces is easy.

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HEDONIC

HEDONIC

<He-don-nik>

Pleasurable; decadent; wanton;

Being full of pleasure.

Your hedonic nature pleases me because you are fun.

HED - ONIC

Hed	(Reminds)	Heady
Onic	(Reminds)	Tonic

It is like a heady tonic when we have fun.

HEADY TONIC

Question: When does time make you timorous?

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When you are late. Timorous means being afraid.

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HALLOO

HALLOO

<Hal-lew>

Yell; cry; scream;

Hollering or shouting in a loud manner

The halloo alerted us and we hollered back.

HAL - LOO

Hal	(Reminds)	Hail
Loo	(Reminds)	Look

We hail you to look when we yell.

HAIL LOOK

Question: You sit in solicitude. People are all around you. How is that possible?

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Solicitude means to worry. You are sitting and worrying with people around you.
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TORPID

TORPID

<Tore-pid>

Sluggish; dormant; lazy;

Having no motion.

The torpid kite touched the ground because the wind refused to blow.

TOR - PID

Tor	(Reminds)	Tore
Pid	(Reminds)	Ped or feet

Tore feet and we cannot move.

TORE PED

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

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

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