1. Ameliorate:
Improve, make positive strides
Sounds like: Amelia ate
Picture: Amelia, finally recuperating from her stomach virus, ate dinner. Her parents are happy that her health is finally improving.
Sentence: With her excessive tennis practices, her performance at the matches should surely ameliorate.
Sounds like: Amelia ate
Picture: Amelia, finally recuperating from her stomach virus, ate dinner. Her parents are happy that her health is finally improving.
Sentence: With her excessive tennis practices, her performance at the matches should surely ameliorate.
2. Esoteric: Hard to understand, known
only to a chosen few
Sounds like: Escort Eric
Picture: Eric, having joined the CIA, is escorted to the secret room.
Sentence: Nick was constantly criticized for his esoteric allusions to Hegelian philosophical theories.
Sounds like: Escort Eric
Picture: Eric, having joined the CIA, is escorted to the secret room.
Sentence: Nick was constantly criticized for his esoteric allusions to Hegelian philosophical theories.
3. Penurious: Stingy, cheap
Sounds like: Pennyrious
Picture: A new disease, pennyrious, in which those infected cannot seem to spend any money, not even a mere penny.
Sentence: My penurious aunt would never go shopping unless there was a clearance sale; needless to say, she had a limited selection of items in her closet.
Sounds like: Pennyrious
Picture: A new disease, pennyrious, in which those infected cannot seem to spend any money, not even a mere penny.
Sentence: My penurious aunt would never go shopping unless there was a clearance sale; needless to say, she had a limited selection of items in her closet.
4. Correspond: Be in agreement with; go
with something
Sounds like: Cory’s pond
Picture: The pond corresponds to Cory.
Sentence: Since the document was personalized, the principal assumed each piece of paper corresponded to a different student.
Sounds like: Cory’s pond
Picture: The pond corresponds to Cory.
Sentence: Since the document was personalized, the principal assumed each piece of paper corresponded to a different student.
5. Perspicacious: Mentally insightful,
shrewd, wise
Sounds like: Perspiration
Picture: A kid genius, sweating profusely, ponders his next move in the chess game.
Sentence: The woman wondered how such an inept woman could give birth to such a perspicacious child.
Sounds like: Perspiration
Picture: A kid genius, sweating profusely, ponders his next move in the chess game.
Sentence: The woman wondered how such an inept woman could give birth to such a perspicacious child.
6. Acclaim: Approve, praise
Sounds like: A clam
Picture: World renowned clam winning, yet again, another clam show
Sentence: Surprisingly, the film critic completely tore apart the acclaimed film in his critique.
Sounds like: A clam
Picture: World renowned clam winning, yet again, another clam show
Sentence: Surprisingly, the film critic completely tore apart the acclaimed film in his critique.
7. Supplant: To substitute for another,
displace
Sounds like: Sub ant
Picture: When the queen ant is tired, they bring in the sub ants to do her job.
Sentence: Many say that soon printed text will be supplanted by new emerging technology.
Sounds like: Sub ant
Picture: When the queen ant is tired, they bring in the sub ants to do her job.
Sentence: Many say that soon printed text will be supplanted by new emerging technology.
8. Harbinger: A sign of; forerunner
Sounds like: Ham Bringer
Picture: The ham bringer is a city hero and fortune teller. He visits every year: if he has a lot of ham with him, the year will bring harvest; if he comes empty handed, there shall be famine.
Sentence: Most nutritionists state that a large amount of sodium is a harbinger for food filled with preservatives.
Sounds like: Ham Bringer
Picture: The ham bringer is a city hero and fortune teller. He visits every year: if he has a lot of ham with him, the year will bring harvest; if he comes empty handed, there shall be famine.
Sentence: Most nutritionists state that a large amount of sodium is a harbinger for food filled with preservatives.
9. Tenet: Principle, doctrine, dogma
Sounds like: Ten “It”s
Picture: The new civilization replaced the Ten Commandments for the Ten “it”s: the ten principles they deem most important.
Sentence: The tenets of the Buddhist community included the eradication of the material wants and possessions.
Sounds like: Ten “It”s
Picture: The new civilization replaced the Ten Commandments for the Ten “it”s: the ten principles they deem most important.
Sentence: The tenets of the Buddhist community included the eradication of the material wants and possessions.
10. Bolster: Support or enhance
Sounds like: A conjunction for Bedazzled Holster
Picture: A decorative holster enhancing the gun.
Sentence: Her fluent Italian simply bolstered her claim of having completing 4 Italian classes.
Picture: A decorative holster enhancing the gun.
Sentence: Her fluent Italian simply bolstered her claim of having completing 4 Italian classes.
