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Egress is an exit. You got scared by a quacking duck and ran away.

EXPOSTULATE

EXPOSTULATE

<Ex-potch-chew-late>

Argue; protest; complain;

Reasoning earnestly.

You expostulate with the children and convince them that monsters are not real.

EXPOST - ULATE

Expost	(Reminds)	Expose
Ulate	(Reminds)	You late

Expose you until I make you late.

EXPOSE YOU LATE

Que. Is a confabulation always fabulous?

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Ans: It depends on the speakers. A confabulation is a conversation or a speech.

ABSTRUSE

ABSTRUSE

<Ab-stroose>

Confusing; obscure; profound;

Understanding with difficulty.

The abstruse sight of jumping turtles baffled the tourists.

ABS - T - RUSE

Abs	(Reminds)	Absolute
Ruse	(Reminds)	Ruse or a trick

It is an absolute ruse.

ABSOLUTE RUSE

Q. Your dinner is a delicious diminution of a meal. How full are you?

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A. You are not full. Diminution means to get smaller. Your meal is smaller.

CABAL

CABAL

<Ka-ball>

Conspirators; club; clique;

An association that is secret.

The cabal is mysterious because the group meets secretly.

They belonged to a secret cabal and they had a secret pinky handshake.

CABA - L

Caba

(Reminds)

Cabaret or club

We meet at a cabaret for our meeting.

CABARET

You write a poem that is two pages long. You ask me to add an erratum. Why do I refuse?

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Answer:

An erratum is an error or a mistake in writing. Why would I add that?

CANVASS

CANVASS

<Kan-vas>

Explore; seek; sift;

Searching well and thoroughly.

Canvass the neighborhood and interview everyone.

Do not worry. We will canvas the neighborhood and find your cat.

CAN - VASS

Can	(Reminds)	Can
Vass	(Reminds)	Vast

We can look vast and find it.

CAN VAST

A pachyderm knocked into my tachometer. How did you guess it is a hippo?
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Answer:
A tachometer measures water flow. Hippos live in the water.

PHLEGMATIC

PHLEGMATIC

<Fleg-mat-tik>

Dull; sluggish; apathetic;

Not easily excited to action.

A phlegmatic person never reacts and unconcerned glances are customary.

PHLEG - MATIC

Phleg	(Reminds)	Fledgling
Matic	(Reminds)	Automatic

A fledgling is automatically boring because it does nothing.

FLEDGE AUTOMATIC

A cetacean swims by our boat. Why are we not afraid?

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Answer:

A cetacean is a dolphin or a whale. Cetacean means an aquatic mammal having a blowhole.

SLAKE

SLAKE

Quench; refresh; satisfy;

Quenching thirst.

Slake your thirst and you will please your parched throat.

S - LAKE

Lake

(Reminds)

Lake

A lake will satisfy your thirst.

LAKE

You're lying in a lounge chair. I espy you. Do you stop lounging?

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