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Conspicuous

Conspicuous. Easy to notice; obvious “spicuous” sounds like suspicious. Everybody notices suspicious people. Defunct. Having ceased to exist or live De- not Funct- like function So not functioning or broken. Deleterious. Having a harmful effect

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Conspicuous

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  1. Conspicuous • Easy to notice; obvious • “spicuous” sounds like suspicious. • Everybody notices suspicious people.

  2. Defunct • Having ceased to exist or live • De- not • Funct- like function • So not functioning or broken

  3. Deleterious • Having a harmful effect • Sounds like delete which is always a destroying or clearing on the computer

  4. Dilatory • Habitually late • From the idiomatic expression dilly dally (take one’s time) which leads to being late

  5. Dubious • Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity • Sounds like Duo (two) • So there’s shifting between two ideas which promotes uncertainty

  6. Duplicitous • Given or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech • Duplex-buildings • Therefore, Duplicitous is like two intentions • Which will end up in deception

  7. Eminent • Distinguished; prominent • Em- in • To be in or cool, taking the spotlight • Preeminent- the most important

  8. Empathetic • Identification with understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives • En/Em- Suffix means in • Pathetic- pathos or feeling • In someone’s feelings or understanding them

  9. Erratic • Having no fixed or regular course; wandering • Rat- Like a rat wandering through a maze. No specified pattern

  10. Exorbitant • Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness • Ex- outside or no longer • Orbitant- like orbital. An expected pathway • So combined no longer following the excepted pathway or behavior

  11. Opulent • Exhibiting a display of great wealth • “opal”ent

  12. Ornate • Elaborately decorated

  13. Parity • Equality, as in amount, status or value • Parity • Antonym: disparity

  14. Perspicacious • Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted • Keeps things in “persp”ective

  15. Philanthropic • Humanitarian; benevolent

  16. Prodigious • Enormous • Synonyms: colossal, epic, gigantic, grand, huge, immense, tremendous

  17. Profundity • Great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning • Profound understanding

  18. Rancorous • Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will • Bitter, resentment

  19. Redolent • Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic; suggestive, reminiscent • Synonyms: balmy, savory, scented

  20. Sanctimonious • Feigning piety or righteousness • Synonyms: holier than thou, hypocritical, preachy, pious, smug

  21. Aesthetic • Having to do with the appreciation of beauty • anesthetic

  22. Affable • Easy going friendly

  23. Amiable • Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likeable

  24. apathetic • Feeling or showing little emotion • Opposite of pathetic

  25. Banal • Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite

  26. Bombastic • Given to pompous speech or writing

  27. callous • Emotionally hardened; unfeeling

  28. Cantankerous • ill tempered and quarrelsome

  29. Capricious • Impulsive and unpredictable

  30. Circumspect • Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences

  31. Specious • Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually not true

  32. Superfluous • Extra; unnecessary • “Super” “flowing”; overflowing

  33. Surreptitious • Done by secretive means

  34. Tawdry • Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance • Think of dirty “lawndry”

  35. Tenuous • Having little substance or strength; shaky

  36. Therapeutic • Having or exhibiting healing powers • Think of therapy and its benefits to one’s health

  37. Variegated • Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color, varicolored • Think of “very segregated”

  38. Verdant • Green with vegetation; covered with green growth • In the word “verdant,” 3 of the 4 letters in “green” are used

  39. Vicarious • Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of one another

  40. Vindictive • Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful • Vindictive and Vendetta have similar meanings and connotations.

  41. Filled with unrestrained enthusiasm or joy. Like a baseball team after winning a game. Exuberant

  42. Extremely shocking or noticeable Flagrant

  43. Given freely; unwarranted. Think of the “gratuity” or tip you leave after you eat somewhere Gratuitous

  44. A great personal dishonor or humiliation. The word ignorant has a similar sound and if someone says something ignorant it could cause them humiliation. Ignominy

  45. Harmless, having no effect. The word binocular sounds similar and a bird watcher with binoculars has no effect on the birds he is watching. Innocuous

  46. Giving praise. If you score high on the national Latin exam you get a “Cum Laude” award. Laudatory

  47. Easily understood; Clear. Intelligible. Lucid sounds like Liquid.. Water is a liquid and it is clear. Lucid

  48. Meticulous Meticulous means extremely careful or precise. The tic in the middle could remind you of a clock.. Which is a very precise way to tell time

  49. Multifarious Having great variety; diverse. The prefix multi- means many.. Which you could associate with the word’s description of a variety.

  50. Obsequious Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. Obedient, dutiful

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