RUMINATE

RUMINATE

<Room-in-ate>

Meditate; brainstorm; consider;

Thinking hard about something.

Please ruminate on it and let me know.

All he does is sit in the room and ruminate. I wonder what he is thinking about.

Rum - inate

Rum (Rhymes) Room

Inate (Reminds) Innate or from the mind

We think in a room and become innate.

ROOM INNATE

Can you use a magnet to lift up a magnate?

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No. A magnate is an important person or a celebrity.

RUMINATE

RUMINATE

<Room-in-ate>

Meditate; brainstorm; consider;

Thinking hard about something.

Please ruminate on it and let me know.

All he does is sit in the room and ruminate. I wonder what he is thinking about.

Rum - inate

Rum (Rhymes) Room

Inate (Reminds) Innate or from the mind

We think in a room and become innate.

ROOM INNATE

Can you use a magnet to lift up a magnate?

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No. A magnate is an important person or a celebrity.

SALUTARY

SALUTARY

<Sal-you-tare-ee>

Wholesome; healing; nourishing;

Being beneficial to your health.

You should eat salutary food because it is good for you.

I know broccoli is salutary, but I really was hoping for ice cream.

Salut - ary

Salut (Reminds) Salute your health

Ary (Rhymes) Airy

Salute and enjoy the airy day.

SALUTE AIRY

You drive your car on a long trip. Should you have a gascon with you?

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No. A braggart is not good company. A gascon is a boaster or someone who is a know-it-all.

SCUTTLEBUTT

SCUTTLEBUTT

<Skud-del-but>

Babble; hearsay; rumor;

Spreading gossip without verifying the truth.

I never talk scuttlebutt because I don't like to spread gossip.

Scuttle - butt

Scuttle (Reminds) Scuttle

Butt (Reminds) But

It is a scuttle and we say, "But".

SCUTTLE BUT


 

You have an impressive John Hancock. What are you good at?

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Signing your name! Your John Hancock is your signature! A common phrase is "Put your John Hancock here."

SEDULOUS

SEDULOUS

<Said-you-lus>

Hard-working; busy; active;

Paying persistent attention to something.

You are sedulous because you pay attention well.

Your sedulous study has paid off. Here is an A+ for you.

Sed - u - Lous

Sed (Reminds) Said

Lous (Reminds) Lust

You said you would lust to know.

SAID LUST

Can you outrun a snafu?

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Yes. A snafu is a mistake. It does not run.

SKIFF

SKIFF

<Skif>

Rowboat; sailboat; dinghy;

Being a very small boat.

Please take the skiff and dock it near the yacht.

Skiff

Skiff (Reminds) Skip

A small boat skips across the water.

SKIP

Do you ever binge on bilge?

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I hope not because bilge is trash.

SODALITY

SODALITY

<So-dahl-lit-tee>

Society; association; brotherhood;

Being friends or comrades.

We have sodality because we get along and we make a good union.

He enjoyed the sodality of his club. Everyone liked each other.

Soda - lity

Soda (Reminds) Solo or one

Many become one

SOLO

 

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

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No. Espy means to see from a distance. You don't see me.

SOLICITUDE

SOLICITUDE

He sat in solicitude and could not enjoy the party because of his constant worry.

<So-lis-sit-tood>

Disquiet; uneasiness; concern;

Worry or anxiety

Your solicitude will turn to calm when you hear the good news.

Solicit - tude

Solicit (Reminds) Solicit

Tude (Reminds) Attitude

A solicit attitude is full of worry.

SOLICIT ATTITUDE

You are always coterminous when I come home. I don't mind because I like you. What are you doing?

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Being next to me. Coterminous means next to or near.