Sexy Vocabulary 2.0
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Posted on 02:50:50 - 21/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Abed:
Meaning: (Adv.) on a bed.
Trick to Remember: I am on "abed"!
Example: My lazy sister lies abed until late in the morning each day.
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Posted on 11:30:39 - 21/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

Concomitant: naturally accompanying or associated with
Example: Natural ability concomitant with hard work often leads to success
Trick to remember: think of a committee that meets to organize a big con -
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Posted on 03:04:59 - 22/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Aberration:
Meaning: (Noun) a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome.
Trick to Remember: Sounds like abortion, which is not normal delivery.
Example: She is normally calm and level headed, so this outburst is an aberration.
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Posted on 11:25:02 - 22/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

Conformist: a person who conforms to common or accepted behaviors
Example: she was the conformist daughter while her sister was a rebel
Trick to remember: con - for - mist think of someone using mist for scamming (con)Last edited by kontamusse on 19:21:24 - 23/08/22 (3 years ago) -
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Posted on 04:52:17 - 23/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

#21
Abet:
Meaning: (Verb) encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
Trick to Remember: Sometime people make "a bet" if he dares to prank someone.
Example: He abetted the thief in robbing the bank.
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Posted on 08:54:23 - 23/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkSORDID (adj.)
MEANING: foul and run-down and repulsive, morally degraded, unethical or dishonest
EXAMPLE: His vices were rather of the sordid than of the satanic order.
TRICK: Think about soil and dirt, as they are dirty and foul, just like dishonest people.
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Posted on 19:30:01 - 23/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

Misanthropic: believing the worst of human nature and motives
Example: The misanthropic man had become cynical after years of observing how humans treat each other
Trick to remember: miss - ant - rope Imagine trying to hit an ant with a rope, but missing -
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Posted on 14:02:12 - 24/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Tacit:
Meaning: (Adj.) understood or implied without being stated.
Trick to Remember: Sounds like "take it", you take someone's stuff without asking, but by action you granted permission.
Example: Although no words were spoken, our nods represented our tacit agreement to a cease fire.
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Posted on 03:42:14 - 25/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Wince:
Meaning: (Verb) to tighten the muscles of the face briefly and suddenly in a show of pain, worry, or embarrassment.
Trick to Remember: When opponents "win", your win"ce".
Example: I still wince at the thought of that terrible evening.
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Posted on 21:41:45 - 25/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Writhe:
Meaning: (Verb) to twist the body about or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion...etc.
Trick to Remember: Pronounce the word write by twisting your tongue, it sounds like "writhe".
Example: He was writhing in agony.
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Posted on 15:31:50 - 26/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Harbinger:
Meaning: (Verb) a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
Trick to Remember: Sounds like "her finger", I know what will happen after looking at the gesture of her finger.
Example: The cuckoo is a harbinger of spring.
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Posted on 01:38:50 - 27/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

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Jaunt:
Meaning: (Verb) go on a short excursion or journey for pleasure.
Trick to Remember: Journey to your AUNT's place.
Example: I'm on the look out for a quick jaunt over to France for a week.
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Posted on 14:21:32 - 27/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link

Profligate: wasteful
Example: The profligate man would throw out perfectly wearable clothing
Trick to remember: imagine a professor (prof) trying to ligate all the student's notebooks together with an expensive glue. That would be profligate.
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Posted on 07:06:59 - 28/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Supine: lying face upward
Example: The patient reclined to a supine position in order to be examined by the doctor
Trick to remember: remember that Superman might fly over a pine, but he will never fly supine -
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Posted on 15:22:35 - 28/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Emanate: issue or spread out from
Example: The steam emanated from the soup
Trick to remember: The steam emanated from the soup, then thE MAN ATE it all -
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Posted on 23:44:50 - 28/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Idiosyncrasy: a mental quality of habit peculiar to an individual
Example: My idiosnycrasy is needing the light on to sleep
Trick to remember: Think of the group of idiots getting crazy, trying to move with synchronicity. That would be their idiosnycrasy. IDIOTS + SYNC + CRAZY = Idiosnycrasy
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Posted on 09:23:45 - 29/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Antipodes: direct opposite of something; In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it.
Example: Europe is at the antipodes of New Zealand
Trick to remember: Anti (opposite) -pod (a suffix meaning "foot"), the opposite of where your foot is standing is the other side of the earth.
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Posted on 17:59:10 - 29/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkCensus: An official count or survey, especially of a population.
Example: The estimated total at a census taken of the users only in torn presently was only6736 usersTrick to remember: It seems to belong to the 13th Cen that why Anjan keeps acting sus but anyways management would keep taking Census -
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Posted on 03:52:12 - 30/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkbadonkadonk: informal, slang, southern USA
Having an attractive, curvy, buttocks.
Use: damn, that badonkadonk is thicc! What's your pronouns?
Trick to remember:
rhymes with honkey tonk -
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Posted on 18:31:04 - 31/08/22 (3 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Belabor: argue or elaborate in excessive detail
Example: Gene belabored the plan to his teammates
Trick to remember: Be + Labor (giving birth), don't discuss with a mom while she's giving birth!
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