Comport

Comport

<come-port>

conform; act; conduct;

behave in a certain manner- especially a good manner.

Students who comport well will be rewarded.

Memory trick:
comport reminds of comfort
it comforts others when we behave well

At work:
We are happy with the way you comport yourself. We are giving you a raise.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Ambulate

Ambulate

<am-bew-layte>

walk; ramble; step;

to move about from place to place.

I will ambulate across the entire country.

Memory trick:
ambulate reminds of ambulance

At work:
I will go ambulate and think about the deal.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Advent

Advent

<add-vent>

coming; appearance; entrance;

the arrival of someone or something important.

The advent of the electric guitar in 1931 changed music forever.

Memory trick:
advent reminds of vent
a vent is an air tunnel into a building
something comes out of a vent

At work:
Our sales zoomed with the advent of our new product.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Fallacious

Fallacious

<fah-lay-shis>

wrong; mistaken; inaccurate;

incorrectly believing something to be true.

Linus had a fallacious belief the Great Pumpkin would appear.

Memory trick:
fallacious reminds of false

At work:
It was a fallacious to predict the program would fail. It worked great.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Inimical

Inimical

<in-nym-mik-kul>

hostile; harmful; unfriendly;

something hostile and obstructing.

Birds can be inimical when there is a nest around.

Memory trick:
in reminds of not
imical reminds of comical
not comical

At work:
We should have a meeting to end the inimical feelings.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Delineate

Delineate

<de-lin-nee-ayte>

describe; depict; define;

to describe or detail something using an outline.

The artist liked to delineate with pencil before painting.

Memory trick:
de line ate reminds of "the line"

At work:
Let's delineate the project before we work on it. Let's design it on paper first.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers

Peripatetic

Peripatetic

<per-rah-pah-tet-tik>

nomadic; roving; wandering;

travelling to work in different places.

He lives a peripatetic life. He works in a different city every week.

Memory trick:
Peri reminds of periscope
a periscope allows us to see things above us
we look to see where we are going

At work:
A saleperson is peripatetic because there is constant travel.

(c) 2015 E. Carruthers