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Keepsake
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(n) souvenir
you need KEEPsake (souvenirs) to KEEP your memoirs. |
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Knavery
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(n) tricky
THere was a lot of knaVERY in slaVERY |
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Knoll
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(n) small, round hill
You can just rOLL down a knOLL. |
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Lackadaisical
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(adj) Lazy
LACKadaisical= have some sLACK |
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Lackluster
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(adj) Lifeless, dull
Something LACKluster LACKS LUSTER |
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Languid
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(adj) weak
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Laud
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(v) praise
to LAUD is to appLAUD |
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Lethargic
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(adj) not energetic
you will become lethARGIC if you did not eat GARLIC |
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Libel
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(n) make damaging statements in writing
LiBEL likes reBEL |
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Libertine
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(n) 放蕩者;玩樂者
Libertine like Free Liber for some TIME. |
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Lilliputian
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(adj) really small
LILLIputian like LILLy |
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Lionize
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(v) treat someone like celebrity
U know Ke$ha? She was lionized because she loves wearing LION costume. |
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Loquacious
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(adj) talkative
LOquacious people make me loco |
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Lugubrious
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(adj) extremely sad, gloomy
LUGubrious always LUGGing your problems around |
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Lurid
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(adj) shocking
LUcy got fire is LUrid |
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Maelstrom
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(n) disordered state
When you go to the Postal Office, you cause a MAIL STORM, a MAEl STROM |
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Malapropism
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(n) When people messes up words
Mal= bad, apro=approach MAL APROpism are imPROPER speech |
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Malinger
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(n) someone who is lazy someone who pretending sick to skip work
MaLINGER would not even lift a FINGER |
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Mawkish
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(adj) too sentimental, too sentimental for us to hate
turKISH is mawKISH |
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Melancholy
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(adj) sad
you will not be MELANcholy if you go to MILAN |
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Meticulous
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(adj) 過分精細的
It is metiCULOUS, it is ridiCULOUS. |
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Mettle
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(n) courage
a soldier cannot have METTLE without a METAL |
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MIasma
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(n) toxic atmosphere
MI-ASS-MA, you smell something that is from the ASS |
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Misconstrue
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(v) mislead, misunderstood
MISconsTURE= MIS understanding the TRUTH! |
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Mitigate
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(v) ease the pain
A ball Mitt mitigates the pain |
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Moony
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(adj) 發呆的
you will be MOONY if you staring at the MOON |
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Moot
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(adj) useless, irrelevant
Ms Hinkle is MOOT, no people give a HOOT. |
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Mordant
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(adj) 劇烈的;有腐蝕性的
MOZart's songs are MORdant |
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Multifarious
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(adj) diverse
Multi= many, farious=various |
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Mundane
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(adj) plain, average
MONDAY is plain, and so as MUNDAE |
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Munificent
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(adj) generous
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Muse
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(v) think沈思,冥想[(+about/on/upon/over)]
You muse about MUSE |
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Nadir
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(n) lowest point
you NADAR into the NADIR |
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Narcissist
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(n) self-centered
Narcissist-From Narcissus, the mythological boy who fell in love with his reflection |
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Nascent
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(adj)發生中的;開始存在的,初期的;未成熟的
When NASA is NAScent, there was no travel in space |
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Nebulous
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(adj) unclear
Nubela en espanol? |
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Necessitate
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(v) make necessary, oblige
Necessitate is NECESSARY |
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Nefarious
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(adj) Heinous, evil, awful
NeFARious, you are not FARY |
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Nondescript
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(adj) 難以歸類的;難以形容的
Nondescript is no de SCRIPT |
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Noxious
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(adj) toxic
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Obfuscate
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(v) to perplex
obFUScate=conFUSe |
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Obsequious
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(adj) 奉承的
obSE Quious = SEek Quieres en espanol? |
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Obtuse
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(adj) not too smart
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Odious
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(adj) heinous, mean
odious-think odorous, it stinks |
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Officious
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(adj) 多管閒事的
officious means to FISH you around |
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Olfactory
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(adj) sense of smell
My olFACTORIES sense tell me that I can smell an old FACTORY |
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Opine
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(v) speaks opinions
Opine means give Opinions |
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Ostensible
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(adj) 外表的;假裝的
That's so ODD. Ms Morris says to an Ostensible person |
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Ostracize
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(v) 放逐;排斥
stop TRACKING the AUstin. He was expelled from the school |
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Ostentation
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(adj) try to dazzle or impress
Austin Powers is Ostentatious |
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Palatial
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(adj) like a palace
PALAtial just like a PALAce |
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Palaver
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(v) 奉承;拍馬
you palaver with your pals |
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Palliate
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(v) to soothe
PALLIate means to PAllid (pale) your pain |
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Pallid
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(adj) pale
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Palpable
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(adj) can be seen or touch
heart PALPitations are PALpable |
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Paltry
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(n) not enough
Paltrow's purse is not Paltry |
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Parsimony
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(n) cheap
People in Paris is PARSImony |
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Pedestrian
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(adj) 平淡的,沈悶的
looking Pedestrian walk around is Pedestrian |
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Penury
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(n) EXtremely Poor
you don't have a spare PENNY |
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Perfunctory
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(adj) careless
I preFER the FUNction of a facTORY is not PERFUNcTORY |
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Peripatetic
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(n) someone who walks
A peripatETIC is so enerGETIC |
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Pernicious
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(adj) harmful
Per nic ious? meaning not NICE? |
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Perpetuate
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(v) keep it long lasting
PerPETuate means to Pet your PET |
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Perspicacious
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(adj) keen understanding, insightful
PERSpicaious means PERSons are have different PERSPECTIVEs |
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Perverse
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(adj) 墮落的;邪惡的 disobedient
someone just lipped the Verse with asking!!! |
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Petulant
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(adj) rude
Petting Tu es muy muy rude |
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Philanderer
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(n) womanizer, a man who plays women
A guy in PHILidaphia LAND is Womanizer |
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Philistine
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(n) 偏狹自滿、趣味庸俗的人
PhilisTINE just likes EnisTINE |
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Pilfer, Pillage, Plunder
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(v) to steal
Pilfer says "don't steal Pill or Plund" |
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Placid
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(adj) Peaceful
Place that is Peaceful |
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Plaintive
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(adj) sad lonely
It is just too PLAIN, so sad |
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Platitude
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(n) common
Platitudes is just like all the PLATES |
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Porcine
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(adj) Pigs like
PORcine=> PORK chop |
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Praxis
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(n) 練習;例題
PRA xis-> PRA c tiSE |
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Precarious
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(adj) Dangerous, unstable
PreCARious means people that are PRE-CAReful |
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Precedent
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(n) examples
George Washington set a PRECEDENT for how to be PRESIDENT. |
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Prevaricate
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(v)lie
PreVARicate means prevent VERification |
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Privation
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(n) lack what you need
PRiates lost their Veggies means VA... |
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Procure
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(v) obtain,get
try to Procure a cure for a patient. |
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Prodigy
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(n) smart kid
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Prognosticate
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(v) predict
PRO GnoSticate means to PREdict some GHost |
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Prolific
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(adj) giving much
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Prosaic
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(adj) common
Don't make your Prose be Prosaic |
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Proscribe
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(v) 禁止;排斥
Stop deSCRIBing means ProSCRIBE |
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Prowess
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(n) Braveness
Prowess make you feel Proud |
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Prudent
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(adj) wise, careful
Prudente en espanol? |
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Pulchritude
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(n) beauty
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Punctilious
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(adj) careful exact
you are a PUNCTilious, because you use so many PUNTUATIONS@ |
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Putrid
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(adj) nasty
Putrid things might make you puke |
