PEJORATIVE

PEJORATIVE

Pa-jaw-ra-tiv

Disparage; demean; derogatory;

Insulting for the purpose of being mean.

Never use pejorative words when you can say nice things instead.

He read a book on insults so he could have an insulting pejorative at the ready.

Pej - orative

Pej (Reminds) Peeve

Orative (Reminds) Orate or say

I am peeved and I will orate my anger.

PEEVE ORATOR

You don't like germane things. Why don't you respond when someone greets you?

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Germane means appropriate. You don't like appropriate things like greeting people.

PERSNICKETY

PERSNICKETY

Per-snik-et-tee

Picky; fussy; finicky;

Being hard to please.

The persnickety cannot make up their mind about choosing colors.



The persnickety boy would only wear fancy expensive sneakers.

Pers - nickety

Pers (Reminds) Purse lips

Nickety (Reminds) Picky

We purse our lips when we are picky.

PURSE PICKY

Your car has a stalwart engine. Can you drive it or does it stall?

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You can drive it. Stalwart means being strong. Your car has a strong engine.

PERSPICACIOUS

PERSPICACIOUS

Per-spee-kay-shish

Clever; astute; aware;

Having insight and wisdom.

I am perspicacious because not much gets past my wise mind.

The perspicacious child figured out what was in the box.

Perspi - cacious

Perspi (Reminds) Perspective

Cacious (Reminds) Tenacious

My perspective is tenacious when I think a lot.

PERSPECTIVE TENACIOUS


 

California is not caliginous. How can that be?

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California is bright and sunny.  "Caliginous" is to be dark and gloomy.

PETTIFOGGER

PETTIFOGGER

Pet-tee-fog-er

Nitpicker; quibbler; trifler;

Being a person who argues about trivial things.

Never argue with a pettifogger because he will bore you with trivia.

The pettifogger wanted to argue about trivial things.

Petti - fogger

Petti (Reminds) Petty

Fogger (Reminds) Fog or unclear

You are petty and foggy talking is trivial.

PETTY FOGGER

Tonight, I will lock my doors and lucubrate for hours. What am I doing?

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Studying. Lucubrate means to work or study at night.

PHOSPHORESCENCE

PHOSPHORESCENCE

Fos-for-res-sense

Glimmering; sparkling; shinning;

Being a glowing luminous light.

The phosphorescence bulb lit up the room and the dark was gone.


The bulb bathed the basement in a phosphorescence glow. Soon new things would be discovered.

Phosphor - escence

Phosphor (Reminds) Phosphor or glow

Escence (Reminds) Essence or nature

A phosphor essence thing glows.

PHOSPHOR ESSENCE

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

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

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PHOSPHORESCENCE

PHOSPHORESCENCE

Fos-for-res-sense

Glimmering; sparkling; shinning;

Being a glowing luminous light.

The phosphorescence bulb lit up the room and the dark was gone.

The bulb bathed the basement in a phosphorescence glow. Soon new things would be discovered.

Phosphor - escence

Phosphor (Reminds) Phosphor or glow

Escence (Reminds) Essence or nature

A phosphor essence thing glows.

PHOSPHOR ESSENCE

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

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

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PIED

PIED

Pyed

Checkered; speckled; flecked;

Being composed of many colors.

The coat is pied and spotted with a rainbow of color.

I wore my favorite pied tie. It was pretty and had a lot of colors.

Pie - d

Pie (Reminds) Pie or pieces

A pie can be in colorful pieces.

PIE

You cogitate loafs of bread. What will you probably do next?

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Think about something more interesting. Cogitate means to think deeply. Thinking about bread is boring.

PRESAGE

PRESAGE

Pres-sadge

Prophecy; forewarning; boding;

Having intuition or foresight.

I have a presage that something good is going to happen.

I had a presage that I would play in the snow today.

Pre - sage

Pre (Reminds) Before

Sage (Means) Sage or psychic

He knows before it happens because he is a sage.

PRE SAGE

You get in your car and forgo a road trip. How was your trip?

 
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You never took it. Forgo means to give up or to not do.