Words Of The Week - 18 Words - 2-3 a day.

BUTTRESS (n&v) = SUPPORT - PROP UP - REINFORCE
The BUTTRESSES support the cathedral.
Plato's theory BUTTRESSED her argument.

CACHE (n&v) = HIDING PLACE - CONCEALED THING - SECTION
The gun's CACHE was out of sight.
The criminal was in haste to CACHE the murder weapon.

DELUGE (n&v) = FLOOD - INUNDATION - OVERFLOW
The DELUGE of jelly beans nearly drowned her.
Rain waters DELUGED the town.

OPPOSITES:

APOCRYPHA = FALSE - DUBIOUS - FICTITIOUS
--APOCRYPHA sounds like APOCALYPSE, or a revelation of truth, but that's FALSE.

APPOSITE = APPROPRIATE - GERMANE - RELEVANT
--APPOSITE sounds like an OPPOSITE thing to say, but really it is ESSENTIAL.

AVER = DECLARE - AVOW - PROCLAIM
--AVER is not like AVERSE or opposed; instead think about the word VERIFY.

CYNOSURE = CENTER OF ATTENTION - CELEBRITY - STAR
-Disregard the CYN which Also begins cynical…..there is no relation.

GAINSAY = DENY - DISPUTE - DISAVOW
--GAINSAY looks like a positive word, implying that to gainsay would be to endorse or advocate something.

RAZE = DEMOLISH - TEAR DOWN - DESTROY
--RAZE sounds just like RAISE or lift up, but it really DESTROYS like a BLAZE would.

SANGUINE = CHEERFUL - HOPEFUL - UPBEAT
--SANGUINE sounds SAD and SOMBER, but really means HAPPY and OPTIMISTIC.

VOLUBLE = FLUENT - ELOQUENT - TALKATIVE
--Don't be VOLATILE: being described as VOLUBLE is a compliment.

MNEMONIC: remember these words with certain memory tricks.

ABRIDGE = SHORTEN - CONTRACT - CONDENSE
--Build A BRIDGE and SHORTEN the walk.

ASPERITY = HARSHNESS - SEVERITY - ASCERBIC
-- A rhyme of good reason to remember:
If you treat others with ASPERITY
they'll come back at you with SEVERITY.

EGALITARIAN = DEMOCRATIC - EQUAL - PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
--All the patriotic EAGLES in America get full DEMOCRATIC freedoms.

EQUIVOCATE = PREVARICATE - QUIBBLE - LIE
--I VOCALIZE EQUALLY about anything, whether it's true or not.

IMBIBE = DRINK - GULP - SWALLOW
-You need a BIB if you drink too much.

PERSPICACITY = KEENNESS - ACUTENESS - SHARPNESS
_You have to be SMART, SHARP, or KEEN to use the word.

SOPORIFIC = SLEEP INDUCING - SOMNIFEROUS - DROWSY
--Warm SOUP before bed is a TERRIFIC way to fall asleep.
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