WORD: Harbor
PART OF SPEECH: Adjective
PRONUNCIATIONS: \’har-buhr\ or HAR-ber
DEFINITIONS:
(Dictionary)- To give shelter or refuge; to be the home or habitat of.
(SAT)- To provide shelter or refuge
(MY DEFINITION)- To give shelter to
SENTENCE: After a tremendous tragedy such as Hurricane Katrina, citizens from around the undestroyed area came to harbor the people left homeless.
MNEMONIC: HARBOR is FAMILY
EXPLANATION: Your family provides you of shelter physically and mentally
P.O.S: Adjective
Pronunciations:
Dictionary’s: \bi-‘nin\
My Translation: bee-nahyn
Definitions:
Dictionary’s: Of a gentle disposition, showing kindness and gentleness
SAT: Gentle; Kind Hearted; Mild
My Translation: Having a gentle nature
Sentence: Every time Jessie would volunteer at the retirement home she noticed how the senior citizens were benign. They would make her cookies and give her compliments. It was a refreshing thing to do after school since during the day she was surrounded by people who use harsh words and kids who got in fights.
Tantamount
Adjective
Dictionary - tan – t@ – maunt
Mine - tan – tuh – mount
Dictionary – equivalent in value, significance, or effect
SAT – equal; comparable
Mine – equal in all aspects such as value
Synonym – same, alike, equal
Sentence:
The two different times when my car and computer were taken away are tantamount. I was left without two things that are equal to me in value and that I cannot live without equally. My parents realize this and so the way they punish me is always tantamount to the how they did before.
Mnemonic –
The tantamount was the same
This works because the word “amount” is in the word tantamount and the amount of something that is tantamount is equal or the same in value. It will help you remember the definition that way.
Ponderous
Adj.
Dictionary - pän – d@ – r@s
Mine – pawn – duh – ruhs
Dictionary – unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size; very great weight
SAT – slow; weighty; labored
Mine – clumsy or hard to deal with because of great weight
Synonym – clumsy, awkward, burdensome
Sentence:
On Saturday Samantha went over to Amy’s house to help her move. She had decided that it would be a good time to ask her for some advice. She and Amy were carrying a big box that was ponderous do to the fact that the sides were ripping and it was filled to the brim with legos. Samantha looked at Amy and said, “I’m pregnant, what should I do?”
Amy stopped dead in her tracks and replied, “I don’t know, that’s too ponderous for me to decide on now. I’ll have to get back to you on it.”
Mnemonic – Pondering is ponderous
This works because usually if you have to think about, or ponder a weighty subject, then it is ponderous. It causes you to ponder it because it’s such a heavy thing on your mind. You can’t quite grasp the concept of it because of the weight that it has.
Wax Dat Ass Eat More Burgers
Wax
Verb
(dic.) ‘waks
(mine) waks’
(SAT) to grow gradually larger
(dic.) to increase growth
(mine) to gradually increase growth
Wax to the Max
To get to the maximum of anything you usually start at the minimum and gradually increase into the maximum. So you are waxing the minimum to the maximum which is what this mnemonic implies.
Word Essence
I first preheated the oven to 350 F, for this is the temperature at which cookies bake. Then I placed 1 in. balls of dough on a cookie sheet while waiting for the beep which would tell me the oven was pre-heated. After placing the cookies in the oven I shut the door, pulled up a chair, and sat admiring the cookies as they waxed in the heat. As the dough spread across the sheet my excitement waxed for the delicious treat until finally I heard another beep, which told my not of the oven’s temperature, but instead of the completion on my scrumptious dessert for you today.
When you get a new hammer, the world looks a little more malleable.
Malleable
Adjective
Pronunciation: mal-ee-uh-buhl
Mal-e-@-b@l
Mine: Mal-ee-uh-b@l
Definition: SAT: Easily shaped, adaptable
Dictionary’s: capable of being extended or shaped by beating
Mine: Able to be shaped by hammering or beating, adaptable
Synonyms: Adaptable, changeable
Sentence: Iron is hard and inflexible but if heated enough it becomes malleable and with a good hammering you can make it into just about anything.
Mnemonic: With a good mallet anything is malleable
If you have a big enough hammer you could pretty much shape any sort of thing with a good enough whack. Also mallet and malleable sound pretty similar.
Languish is like WOW!
Languish is similar to World of Warcraft because members of the world (of warcraft) lose energy and motivation to pursue things that actually matter.... like life. Members of the world (of warcraft) also lack the motivation to exercise and may become weak, which can lead to depression because all they have in their life is a level 70 paladin.
Word: Languish
Part of Speech: Verb
Pronunciations:
Dictionary's: 'lan-gwish
Mine: LANG-gwish
Definitions:
SAT Book's: To lose energy or motivation; to become weak or depressed
Dictionary's: To lose or lack vitality; to grow weak or feeble
Yeah I'm going to take a nap for sure
Mine: To be weak; to lack energy or motivation
Synonym: Weaken, deteriorate
Mmmm... Brownies sound really good right now
Mnemonic:
Don't languish or.... screw it
If you languish you will probably lose interest and motivation to continue and be liable to just say "screw it!"
Word Essence
All throughout the presentation I have been adding remarks about how tired I am and you can picture someone languishing away as they chow down on a batch of brownies.Word: Juncture
POS: Noun
SAT: point in time, especially a crucial one; joint or connection.
Dictionary: joint, connection; the manner of transition or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds of speech.
My translation: a point in time that is considered to be very important or crucial.
Synonym: point, joint, emergency.
Pronunciation: ˈjəŋ(k)-chər
My version: juhnk-chuhr
Sentence: After 85 years of a strong marriage, Anne-Marie, sitting at her husbands funeral, was remembering the life they shared, and the most memorable juncture she had with her husband; the day he asked her to marry him was, still, 85 years later, the greatest day of her life.
Mnemonic: Junction Juncture.
I chose this mnemonic because both words rhyme and juncture means an important moment in time and junction is a place or point of meeting, so junction juncture would be a place or point of meeting that is very important.
Word essence: since our word essence had to involve dessert, I decided to bring in brownies.
My word juncture will be expressed in this word essence in that when the students receive their brownies, it will be a juncture because a juncture is a crucial point in time, and I don’t know of one person on earth who does not like brownies. And knowing that they will be receiving, fresh, chocolate brownies, at no cost to them, will be a juncture because everyone loves brownies and getting to enjoy the flavor will be a very important moment in time.
Word: Desultory
POS: Adjective
SAT Definition: lacking a plan; aimless.
Dictionary: marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose.
My Translation: having no set plan or purpose
Pronunciation: ˈde-səl-ˌtȯr-ē
My Version: deh-suhl-tore-“E”
Synonyms: random, discursive.
Mnemonic: Desultory is to failure as Tiger Woods is to golf.
-I chose this mnemonic because if you have no plan for what you are going to do, or how you are going to do it, you will more than likely fail. And when someone hears the name “Tiger Woods,” they automatically think of golf. Hence, desultory is to failure as Tiger Woods is to golf.
Pecuniary Vehicle: over $1,000,000 inside
WORD: Pecuniary
PART OF SPEECH: Adjective
PRONUNCIATIONS:
DICTIONARY: pi - ‘kyu - 
ni – er – i
MINE: pih – kyoo – nee – air - e
DEFINITIONS:
SAT:
DICTIONARY:
1. Of or pertaining to money
2. Consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments
3. (Of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.
MINE: Involving money
SYNOYMS: Financial, Economic
SENTENCE:
When we play poker we play in a pecuniary manner because we bet real money. The involvement of money causes us to play more fairly and not just bet on any hand we get. Many people play online poker for real money as well.
MNEMONIC:
The pecuniary payment was paid
This works because payments involve money and the pecuniary payment implies that it involves money. Also, the repetition of p sounds makes it easier to remember.
Adjective
Dictionary - tan – t@ – maunt
Mine - tan – tuh – mount
Dictionary – equivalent in value, significance, or effect
SAT – equal; comparable
Mine – equal in all aspects such as value
Synonym – same, alike, equal
Mnemonic –The tantamount was the same
This works because the word “amount” is in the word tantamount and the amount of something that is tantamount is equal or the same in value. It will help you remember the definition that way.
P.O.S. – noun
Pronunciations - Dictionary: ZE-n@th
Mine: ZE-nuhth
Definitions – Dictionary’s: the culminating point
Mine: the highest point reached by something
Synonyms – peak, high point
Sentence – The skier charged over the jump, with his tremendous speed carrying him higher an higher until he reached his zenith and started coming back down to the snow.
Mnemonic - Towelie loves to reach a zenith.
Towelie from South Park is always getting as high as possible – or getting to a zenith, one might say.
Ponderous
Adj.
Dictionary - pän – d@ – r @s
Mine – pawn – duh – ruhsDefinitions
Dictionary – unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size; very great weight
SAT – slow; weighty; labored
Mine – clumsy or hard to deal with because of great weight
Synonym – clumsy, awkward, burdensome
Mnemonic – Pondering is ponderous
This works because usually if you have to think about, or ponder a weighty subject then it is ponderous. It causes you to ponder it because it’s such a big thing on your mind. You can’t quite grasp the concept of it or the significance of it so you think about it a lot.
Vacuous
P.O.S – Adjective
Pronunciations – Dictionary’s: VA-ky@-w@s
Mine: VA-kyuh-wuhss
Definitions – SAT – empty; stupid; purposeless
Dictionary’s: emptied of or lacking content; Stupid
Mine: empty;dumb.
Sentence: Everyone knows Kathleen’s knowledge of calculus is extremely vacuous because of her constant struggling in the class. Some people also might say she is just a little vacuous by nature.
Synonyms: vacant, air-headed
Mnemonic: Homer Simpson and his Donuts = Vacuous
Homer Simpson is a stupid person, plus he loves donuts, which have holes in them, showing both meanings of the word.
PART OF SPEECH: Verb
PRONUNCIATIONS:
DICTIONARY: HAM - per
MINE: HAM - purr
DEFINITIONS:
SAT: To interfere with movement or progress
DICTIONARY:
1. To hold back; hinder; impede.
2. To interfere with;curtail.
MINE: To interfere with
SYNOYMS: Obstruct, Trammel, Clog
SENTENCE:
When I blocked the field goal from going through the uprights, I hampered the football. I interfered with the movement of the ball towards its goal.
MNEMONIC:
D:A:M:P:E:R has been hampered by colons.
The word damper is being hampered or interfered with by colons because they are intruding on the spelling of the word. I know it’s a little far fetched but you get it, right?
WORD ESSENCE:
During my presentation my table will be throwing candy at me and the overhead, thus interfering with or hampering the presentation of my vocabulary word.
Word: Gravity
P.O.S.: Noun
Pronunciation – SAT: gra-vuh-tee
Dictionary: grav-i-tee
Mine: grav-uh-tea
Definition – SAT: serious or crucial nature
Dictionary: a serious situation or problem
Mine: something that is serious
Synonym(s): graveness
Sentence: A few weeks ago, a crazy student at this school attacked another student with a pair of scissors. The victim suffered many wounds but is ok and the suspect was arrested. Many people say that the incident was gravity.
Mnemonic: Grave Gravity.
This mnemonic means that something serious can become grave. Such as skydiving without a parachute. That’s a serious problem and you will die if you do that.
