Monday, February 4, 2008

Hamper

WORD: Hamper

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.

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