| word | definition | numonic device | synonyms | antonyms |
| docile | easily taught | dogs are easily taught | manageable teachable pliant | unruly wayward intractable disobedient |
| dominate | rule | dogs are the dominate type of pet | control govern overlook | |
| entreat | beg | dogs beg for treats | plead beseech | clamor for |
| fallible | capable of being wrong | fallible sounds like failable | imperfect errant | foolproof unfailing flawless |
| fugitive | someone who flees or runs away; fleeting | fugitives run far | runaway deserter elusive | lasting enduring permanent |
| fickle | able to change rapidly; picky | cucumbers change into pickles quickly | capricious, inconstant faithless | lasting enduring permanent |
| grimy | dirty | grimy sounds like grindy & grindy is like dirt | filthy sooty soiled dirt-encrusted | spotless immaculate |
| iota | small | iota is a small word | speck dab jot bit smidgen | flood deluge avalanche glut |
| maul | to beat/mangle; a heavy hammer | maul & mangle have the same first 2 letters | rough-up manhandle batter | |
| potential | possible | potential & possible start with the same 2 letters | possibility capability | actual real unlikely impossible |
| radiant | bright | radiant sounds like rays & the suns rays are bright | glowing brilliant dazzling resplendent | dull tarnished lackluster |
| rural | farmland | the 3rd letter in rural & farmland are the same | countrified rustic | urban metropolitan citified |
| tactful | skilled; polite | some that uses tacks is skillful with them | skillful diplomatic discreet | clumsy gauche boorish indiscreet |
| substantial | significant | substantial and significant start the same | considerable tangible big | minor insignificant negligible |
| tamper | interfere with | | monkey-with fool-with mess with | |
| ultimate | last; most important | | farthest terminal | 1st initial most immediate nearest |
| uncertainty | doubt | uncertain has certain in it & uncertain is the opposite of certain | doubtfulness unsureness hesitation | sureness certainty confidence |
| anecdote | short story | annie sees dots | tale story sketch vignette yarn | |
| consolidate | unite | the last letters in consolidate are date & you unite on a date | strengthen merge | scatter disperse dissipate separate |
| counterfeit | fake | counterfeit sounds like counterfake | false phony bogus | genuine real authentic |
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Ch.18 LTI-MA 509
