MOLLIFY

MOLLIFY

Mol-lee-fye

Placate; pacify; appease;

Making someone happy by saying kind things

I will mollify him with good words and he will not be upset.

I did mollify him with my words and now he acted like a friendly fuzzy mole.

Moll - ify

Moll (Reminds) Mole or trickster

Ify (Reminds) Iffy

A mole uses iffy words to make you happy.

MOLE IFFY



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MORDANT

MORDANT

Mor-dent

Cruel; biting; scathing;

A sarcastic and mean reply

He is mordant and always has a cruel reply.

His mordant words made Bill feel like a small bug.

Mord - ant

Mord (Reminds) Mortify or to shock

Ant (Reminds) Ant or little

You will mortify him like an ant and make him feel small.

MORTIFIED ANT


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MOROSE

MOROSE

Mor-rowse

Cranky; sad; gloomy;

Sullen and unhappy

I will send flowers to cheer you because you are morose

Mor - rose

Mor (Reminds) More

Rose (Reminds) Rose

More roses are needed because you are sad.

MORE ROSE


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MULTIFARIOUS

MULTIFARIOUS

Mol-tee-fair-ee-us

Numerous; varied; many;

Having many parts and diversity.


The company is multifarious and sells many things.


My new pocket gadget is multifarious and has nine different tools.

Multi - farious

Multi (Reminds) Multi or many

Farious (Rhymes) Various

Many and various things are diverse.

MULTI VARIOUS


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MUNIFICENCE

MUNIFICENCE

Mune-nif-ee-sents

Lavish; bountiful; benevolent;

Being generous and giving a lot.

We appreciate your munificence because you spend money on us.

I like your munificence. You are very generous!

Muni - fi - cence

Muni (Reminds) Money

Cence (Reminds) Cents

Money to you is just cents.

MONEY CENTS




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NATATORIUM

NATATORIUM

Nah-tah-tore-ee-um

Bath; tank; pool;

Being a swimming pool or bath.

She was in the natatorium and bathed all day.

We stayed in the natatorium all day.

Nata - torium

Nata (Reminds) Nature

Torium (Reminds) Aquarium

Nature swims in an aquarium.

NATURE AQUARIUM

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NEOLOGISM

NEOLOGISM

Nee-ol-la-jiz-am

Coinage; slang; newfangled;

Being a new phrase or expression.

It is a neologism because it is a new idea.

We need to make up a new neologism for our invention. A good name will help market it.

Neo - log - ism

Neo (Means) New

Log (Reminds) Log or book

Ism (Means) Ism or the theory of

A new log explains an ism.

NEW LOG ISM

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