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Ominous

(Adjective)

Meaning:A sign indicating some disaster is about to happen
Sounds Like:A_minus (less)
Imagine This:When the couple relaxing on the sunny beach heard that a thunderstorm was coming their way; they knew that it would be a minus to their honeymoon because they have to less days of staying.
Other Forms:Omen (noun); Ominously (adv.)

Onerous

(Adjective)

Meaning:Difficult; weighty
Looks Like:One_rules
Imagine This:It is a difficult job for one person to rule over a town, handle all its paper work, and making all the decision for the town folks.
When one guy pick up the back-pack for his two weeks hiking trip, he said, “The weight is on me.�
Other Forms:Onerously (adv.); Onerousness (noun)

Opulence

(Noun)

Meaning:Great riches; wealth
Sounds Like:Opu_lent (borrow); Appliance
Imagine This:Opu is such a wealthy man, that he lent millions of dollars to his friends without IOU and without interest!
In a mansion lived a billionaire, there are enough electric appliances to drain the electricity of a nuclear power station.
Other Forms:Opulent (adj.); Opulently (adv.);