EVASIVE

ADJECTIVE

DICTIONARY S TRANSLATION:

- tending to avoid giving direct answers (protective)

- Intentionally vague or ambiguous

MINE:

- Intentionally avoiding direct answers

SYNONYMS:

- Ambiguous, elusive

It was clear that he had something to hide from me, when I asked him directly about his evasive behavior. But instead of simply telling me directly the truth, he responded with weird, evasive excuses. I realized that he just wouldn t tell me his secret and thus he avoided any further questing from me.

Harbor

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

Benign

Word: Benign

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

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.

Symmetry

My kind of Symmetry

Symmetry

Noun

Definitions

Dictionaries

-Exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis.

Mine

-Correspondence in size, shape, and position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line.

Synonyms

: Harmony Proportion

Pronunciations

Dictionaries-

sim'i-trç

Mine- sim-eh-tree

Sentence

Claudia’s face is very symmetrical. Her nose is located in the exact middle of her face and every mark she has on one side of her face, their exists an identical corresponding one on the other side.

Mnemonic-

Pope is Italian

When one thinks of Italians they think of mafia men

Most mafia’s were Sicilian based

Sicilian and Symmetry both start with S

Oh… and his hat is Symmetrical

This mnemonic uses a picture to help demonstrate symmetry. As the pope’s hat is symmetrical along a vertical axis. Also, the mnemonic works because pope is Italian, some Italians are Sicilians and both Sicilian and Symmetry start with s.

Undermine

Don't undermine my speed, get out of my way.

Undermine

Verb

Definitions

Dictionaries-To weaken, injure, or impair

Sat-To Sabotage or weaken, someone’s efforts

Mine-To sabotage another’s efforts

Synonyms: Weaken or Countermine

Pronunciations

Dictionaries- Un

d@r-mine

Mine- Un-duhr-mine

Sentence Man jack was being a dick last night. Every time Taylor and Jenna started going at it Steve would totally cockblock him. I mean every single move Taylor tried to pull Steve undermined him. The first time, Steve noticed they were off in a corner alone, so he ran over their to destroy or mood. A couple minutes latter when Taylor and Jenna were sitting together on the couch he just popped a squat in between them. He was trying to sabotage their whole night.

Nemonic-

Men contently undermine feminists because to them women are underfine.

This mnemonic comes from the sterotype that all men care about are looks. The idea being that men would undermine the efforts of feminists because to men as long as what is under the cloths is good their fine. These two words also go together because they both rhyme and start with under. Plus, the more adult theme makes it stick in peoples minds.

Wax

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.