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Dormant

(Adjective)

Meaning:Not actively growing or functioning; asleep; inactive
Sounds Like:Dorm_ant; Door_man → Doormen
Imagine This:Dorm ants, living in a comfortable full-service dormitory, are usually lazy and inactive.
The Doormen standing in front of those run-down hotels are usually not very active.They fall to sleep easily because there are very few customers.
Other Forms:Dormancy (noun)

Dour

(Adjective)

Meaning:Sullen, gloomy, stern, hard
Looks Like:Sour
Sounds Like:De(the)_hour
Imagine This:The clock is approaching midnight.“The hour has come,� the executioner told the death-row inmate to go into the gas chamber.At that point, the inmate felt everything becoming gloomy.
Sour dough bread is usually hard to swallow.

Duplicity

(Noun)

Meaning:Sneakiness; deceit; deliberate deception
Looks Like:Duplicate_city
Imagine This:A small city called “Duplicate city� clones it’s people so that it’s enemies are deliberately deceived that the city population is very large in order to avoid being attacked.